

Ford EcoBoost V6







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RE: Give rising prices another 5 years...
By Dr of crap on 6/2/2011 12:35:30 PM , Rating: 2
While I agree with your ability to buy whatever car you want, I've seen plenty of "sport cars" driven so slowly on the entrance ramp, my 2.2 liter 4cyl can beat them onto the freeway.

It's not the car that's slow, it's the driver.
I can't stand people that can't merge onto the freeway properly! That being AT SPEED!

There are plenty of Mustangs being driven way to slowly for their own good.

RE: Give rising prices another 5 years...
By mindless1 on 6/2/2011 2:44:55 PM , Rating: 1
It's not a matter of how fast a car "can" accelerate, it's that you're ragging it out if you're always asking high(er) RPMS to get the same job done, as well as more stress on a suspension/etc if the car wasn't built for sustained use at that performance level.

People want a car with RESERVE power, not something that barely gets the job done, though I'm not implying a midsized or smaller vehicle needs in excess of 200HP.

RE: Give rising prices another 5 years...
By jabber on 6/2/11, Rating: -1
By Spuke on 6/2/2011 6:19:13 PM , Rating: 3
But things will change. As mentioned you'll be largely 4 cylinder bound within 10 years. Enjoy it while you can. The last hurrah.
I, and it seems most Americans, don't have a problem with cylinder count, we just want some power. Non issue with today's 4's. I hate to bring up facts but if you look at actual US cars sales, you'll see that most Americans have been driving 4 cylinder cars for decades now. Americans typically go for lower optioned vehicles and 4 cylinders make up the bulk of those vehicles. Add some power to them like they're doing today and even V6's getting supplanted.

