kuhla Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/porsche-boss-confirms-new-395bhp-four-cylinder-engine From that link... In an interview with Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport magazine, 60-year-old Müller said Porsche road cars would follow the lead of the company’s hi-tech 919 Hybrid race car in receiving four-cylinder engines. But while the 919 Hybrid runs a unique vee-configured engine, the unit being readied for the Boxster and Cayman will follow the lead of Porsche’s classic six-cylinder engine with a 180deg horizontally opposed layout as part of a modular engine strategy. So it will be an H4? Boxer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1no Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bennorz/13028734305/in/photostream/ prodrive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jedi2155 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 2015 Cruze is like....-_______- http://jalopnik.com/2015-chevrolet-cruze-this-is-actually-it-1562868423 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1no Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 never again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 WHY EVERY TIME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2155 Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 happens to me too. there was a fix somewhere i forgot but yah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2155 Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 http://youtu.be/vI8StT4eljM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2155 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 No sleeping or reading your autonomous vehicle says CA. http://www.autoblog.com/2014/05/25/autonomous-car-regulations-california/ I hope that only applies to these test vehicles and not the final end product..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ren Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 DMV completely missing the point. autonomous cars have been shown to be safer than real drivers. the only valid point in that entire thing was the insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2155 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 On average maybe, but its all about having people in the hands of the vehicle in case of the small statistics where they fail. And we all know software code fails at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ren Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 thats what the insurance is for. I don't believe having people capable of overriding the car actually makes it safer. I probably am super biased about this topic though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Not to derail the topic, but that's another somewhat contentious issue. Who exactly is liable for accidents involving self driving vehicles? The company that produces the vehicle? Or the driver who is "operating" the vehicle? If you're not involved in the driving input it would be a hard sell to suggest that you assume the responsibility for any accidents incurred. That's the equivalent of saying you would be liable for an accident if the city bus you were riding hit someone. I understand at least the temporary measure of not being asleep or reading, but I have a feeling these laws will be relaxed at some point when the legislators become more comfortable with the technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ren Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 if the controller software is liable for the accident then the company that produced the software should be liable for the accident. that may not necessarily be the car manufacturer. that said, the act of proving fault may involve a much different process like pulling data logs from the car or some such. it won't be as simple as "he said she said" as the software can't speak for itself, obviously. ironically, here in Michigan it doesn't matter who is at fault for an accident. whenever you get into an accident each person pays for his/her own repair costs, so the owner of the car would most likely always pay. you can't fault the software when there is no finding of fault in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kuhla Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Top performance car power-to-weight ratios under $100k, $50k and $25k http://www.autoblog.com/2014/07/02/best-car-power-to-weight-ratios-feature/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1no Posted July 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 DAT ECOBOOST ford win i like how the gli and the gti is 6 and 10 eventho they have the same hp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2155 Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 So I mentioned that my main coworker quit, today was his last day. A lot of people from around the organization was making an effort to meet him one last time. He's moving to Palo Alto to work at Tesla but his main hope is to work on self-driving cars like that above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ren Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 what division is he going into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2155 Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 He's going to be a Systems Validation Test Engineer at the Palo Alto facility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ren Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 systems validation is a cool job, you get to play with big toys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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T1no Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 all of them MMMM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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