Nope.
Car and Driver needs to give up the woke narrative, period.
Engines WIIL prematurely wear out if manufacturers bolt on a turbo-science!
All this BS cause a cult of loons believe CO2 is a poison and danger at 400 parts per 1,000,000 of our atmosphere (hint-that’s a miniscule part of the atmosphere)
My truck has a pushrod iron block V6 with a manual tranny. I’m sure the power figures are poor by today’s standards, but it’s 30 years old with 220k miles and still runs great.
Puh-leeze...
What is the price for a Cummins diesel?
I like my hemi. Have a 2007 Charger with the hemi, 200,000 miles and running great. Have a 2011 Ram with hemi, 110,000 miles and running good.
This guy writes like a hyperactive 12 yr old. Horsepower! Horsepower! Horsepower! Turbo! Turbo! Turbo!
No mention of Fords foray into putting turbo sixes into work trucks. Turbos are race equipment. They are not magic. They work by making the engine work harder. For trucks they make more sense in diesel. Hope what ever they use to keep the cam in sync with the crank is ultra hardened…
Twin turbos? Good luck.
“And for those who mourn the V-8 rumble, we’d note that the Hemi engaged its cylinder deactivation system whenever it could, and in that mode it sounded like a goat that fell down a well.”
Now that’s something that has been going on for a while and fortunately, smart owners have been circumventing MDS and AFM for a while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAbYwHiXVHk
https://blog.1aauto.com/what-is-mds-how-do-i-disable-it-on-my-hemi-engine/
1. Number of cylinders is mostly just a number today. The higher the cylinder count, the higher the $cost.
2. Todays Overhead cam and variable valve timing (VVT) engines add height to vertically aligned engines. Added height raises the hood and detracts from visibility. V-aligned engines allow for lower hoods and better visibility.
From what I have heard people say when they actually test drive these small engine turboed vehicles their supposed specs don’t align with the actual driver experience.
I bought one of the last Tundras with a big V8. I’m not convinced double turbo charged 6 cylinders will be nearly as long lasting as a big V8 loafing along. Maybe when my Tundra dies I’ll change, but I’m retired, put under 10K a year on it, and expect it to last me until my 90s.
If they made this in a Suburban format, I would buy one.
The GM Suburban/Ford Expedition L/Lincoln Navigator L vehicles all have the troublesome joint venture 10 speed transmission.
I wish GM or Ford would make the ZF 8HP transmission an option...
V8 elimination is a bureaucratic order to increase CAFE standards until gasoline is effectively outlawed.
Shove the electrics.
I'd be looking for a very long warranty here... Gotta keep in mind that the old Mopar that we all loved so much... (yeah, it was a labor of love) is long gone. No reason for any particular brand loyalty, including the brand that one has now, with the lying, fake, binary oil pressure gauge that kinda looks like a real one in the dashboard. Even GM doesn't do that last time I checked.
Torture Testing the Hurricane Twin Turbo Straight Six
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJP27QYtsgY