Today I'm in a displacement lover's hell. The trip from Chicago to Dearborn was made in record time, but not because of some big, burly V-8. The twin-turbo six of Motive's long-term BMW 135i was responsible for pinballing me through the mouth-breathing, truck-driving hordes of rural Michiganders along I-94. And here at Ford's Beech Daly technical center, the buzz inside is all about the upcoming EcoBoost V-6, which Ford hopes will provide V-8 power with V-6 efficiency. Suddenly, the whining from purists two years ago when BMW announced its first turbocharged gas engine since the '70s doesn't seem like a big deal. This is Ford. Mustangs and F-150s. V-8s and Toby Keith. And now that's all fallen to turbochargers and economy? What's next, painting the blue oval green? To peek behind the curtain and see exactly what's going on, I've come here to get my hands dirty. I'm going to build one of the first EcoBoost engines...
But that would only happen in my magical dreamworld, where VW dealers were a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-like experience, everything had 4Motion and only cost $12K, and the ORLY owls were my co-pilots.
These guys sign my paycheck and I still haven't driven an EcoBoost whip. I. Am. Angry.
what a bunch of crap. you need to drive one and report back asap!
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But that would only happen in my magical dreamworld, where VW dealers were a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-like experience, everything had 4Motion and only cost $12K, and the ORLY owls were my co-pilots.
I'm too committed to alcoholism to drive home to Dearborn and keep my job.
you gotta do what you gotta do!
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But that would only happen in my magical dreamworld, where VW dealers were a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-like experience, everything had 4Motion and only cost $12K, and the ORLY owls were my co-pilots.
This in a ford fusion would make a GREAT 25-27K alternative to the 335i. If it were 25k that would be amazing.
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The AMG was always the slutty girl with fake boobs. You can run her to 186 mph and it will be the time of your life. Little scary, though.
The M6 is the supermodel that just gave birth to your 3rd child, two weeks later she appears at your pool party in a bikini that makes all the other girls hate her.
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