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@oralloy,

oralloy wrote:

oralloy wrote:
C8 Corvette to be powered by a naturally aspirated pushrod V8:
http://ls1tech.com/articles/2020-corvette-c8-why-no-dual-overhead-cam-engine-gm/

Picked for Wards 10 Best Engines 2020.
https://www.wardsauto.com/10-best-engines-propulsion-systems/chevy-corvette-lt2-small-block-v-8-answers-call

Ugh. No manual transmission though.

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2020/01/chevrolet-corvette-chief-engineer-tadge-juechter-why-the-c8-doesnt-get-a-manual/

"You want a slick-shifting manual. Now we have an engine between your shifter and the transmission, which means you can't use mechanical linkages, it has to be a cable, which makes it kind of rubbery and vague."

Well at least the Camaro and Challenger are still being made.

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@oralloy,

Mustang is the last one to be available in Manual.

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@Leadfoot,

I didn’t know they sold any of those outside France. It was a Fiat brand originally. Peugeot bought them and killed them, in short.

Seen on the Canard Enchaîné’s front page, about the escape of Carlos Ghosn (ex Renault & Nissan) from Japan:

Ghosn With The Wind

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@McGentrix,

The Mustang stopped using pushrod engines after the 1995 model year.

I'm pretty sure the Camaro and Challenger offer manual transmissions.

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@oralloy,

Stick is still an option on the M240i order sheet.
Its a $0.00 option, just like the moon roof delete.

The B58 straight 6 made the engine list too i see.

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@Olivier5,

Chrysler imported them to US for a couple of years. Americans just didnt 'get' them.

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@Leadfoot,

To be fair, the Simcas were not designed with the US market in mind. They were Fiat-derived cheap, popular cars for a latin-European market.

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@Olivier5,

They arrived in the days of $0.25/gal gas, before the Arabs turned off the spigot.
A few years later they'd have been a hit.

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@Leadfoot,

I don't know that any French car can sell well in the US.

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@Olivier5,

They would have in 1974.
Now you can’t sell anything that isn’t an SUV, truck or crossover to Americans unless it’s to the shrinking pool of petro-heads.

Reminds me of what a car salesman said to a friend who was looking to buy a small economical car in that panic. He was quoted a higher price than the much larger and upscale cars in the showroom. The salesman actually said to him,
“If you want economy you have to pay for it.”

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@Leadfoot,

2021 is probably going to be the last model year that Ford will build sedans of any sort.

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@Leadfoot,

Leadfoot wrote:

Stick is still an option on the M240i order sheet.

But do they have a pushrod V8 to go with it? I'm something of a purist.

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AC Cobra!

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Who the hell doesn't like AC Cobras enough to give'em a thumbs down?
Must be one of those Tesla fan boys.

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

aaah Corvette, the canal boat of sports cars.
they go great in a strait line. Are there any results from any major tracks with the 2018 and later re-designs.??

Nurburgring:

Ferrari Enzo: 7:25.21

Ferrari 488 GTB: 7:21.63

Porsche 911 GT2 RS: 7:18.00

2018 Camaro with a pushrod V8 and a manual transmission: 7:16.04

The notion that "a car can only steer if it has a tiny little girly engine" has never been true. Pontiac Ram Air IV Trans Ams were readily trouncing tiny little girly engines back in 1969-70.

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@oralloy,

the point is??

The camaro is as much a stick shift as is my Explorer in "S" mode. Its center mount paddles

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@farmerman,

The point is that your nonsense about manual transmissions and pushrod V8s being obsolete, is nonsense.

Cars with a proper pushrod V8 can maneuver just fine. There is no need for those little girly engines that you are always promoting.

I don't know what's up with your explorer, but this looks like a manual transmission to me:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremec_TR-6060_transmission

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@oralloy,

havE you drivn any "mmanly man cars" using a Tremec manual tranny.?? I have. Tell me one thing that you know is unique about them.??

I think you are BSing like you were about "aiming a shotgun"

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@farmerman,

You cannot provide any examples of an untrue statement in my posts.

Neither can you provide any examples of me talking about aiming a shotgun.

The only person here who spouts BS is you.

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@oralloy,

The very fact that you stated how to "Aim" a shotgun when any idiot knows you dont really "aim" a shotgun .(at the time you said that, even gungasnake gave you a time out).
Did you ever drive a car with the tranny for which you are feigning an orgasm?? I think not, otherwise youd be able to answer my question very easily.

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