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Originally Posted by steel insane
Gas at $6/gallon & you'll see V8s.. in the garage.
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Not gonna happen.
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Originally Posted by Bonanza7
Yeah...Some people still will need the extra 2 cylinders to compensate for their other....shortcomings.
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Originally Posted by 2012-2SS
Why else do you think Ford killed the Ranger?
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Ford didn't so much kill the Ranger. It already died of old age about 10 years ago. Ford just finally pulled the plug on the life support.
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Originally Posted by The_Blur
GM has been developing a new DI V8 platform for a while. GM will not ditch the V8 when they have so much technology yet to throw at it to improve performance and fuel economy.
If GM is working on a force-fed V6, it's about time. We can't let Ford have all of that action, can we?  |
Thank you. I was waiting for someone to say it.
Honestly, I don't get this TTV6s replacing V8s. I mean, I understand it from a marketing perspective....people have this notion in their heads that the TTV6 will be greatly efficient, and that V8s are old and wasteful, and in marketing perception becomes reality. And if Ford does it, GM has to do it because of perception alone.
The part I don't get is where are all the benefits for all the cost. From what I can tell, in the real world, downsized and turbo charged engines that maintain the same output of larger engines with 2 more cylinders only offer marginal fuel mileage increases if anything. Certainly not enough to justify the additional upfront cost. And for a buyer like me who keeps his cars for the long haul, the two $1500 each time bombs often referred to as turbochargers waiting for the day to blow a hole in my savings account is unsettling.