Why can't this be the new MS3?

[happy and angry]

i dunno, gm had tons of problems with the inline 5 in the colorado's and canyons. imo, id rather have a V6 than an I5 =/

Volvo has been building reliable straight-5's for almost 30 years. This is a Volvo motor. The layout of the motor should be entirely irrelevant. All that matters is what the motor can do, and in this case it puts out 305 hp and 325 lb.ft of torque and is getting rave reviews.

 

[ryannn]

well my bad

go volvo.

 

[happy and angry]

No worries. Maybe 10 years ago when I first heard about straight-5 my head my head just about imploded because I wouldn't wrap my head around how the hell they balanced them, and then told myself they must be bad motors. Took a friend's mid-90's Audi S4 5-cylinder turbo to show me I was being an idiot...

 

[chief_wiggum]

Just when you thought this topic was done...No one does it like Top Gear. Here's hoping that they run the RS around their track and post video.

http://www.topgear.com/us/features/more/are-you-stig-enough/

 

[mikesul]

In another color I would like to try a drive in that RS.

 

[Gmac03]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that down the road they will release this car in the states.

Gmac

 

[fastguy]

first of all its an american car it will break after 25k miles pos imo fail!!!!!

 

[mattj3636]

lol, define break? will it crack in half? how do cars break?

our cars "broke" within the first year, aka the recalls on bolts, do you consider that breaking?

cars dont just "break"

 

[Nliiitend1]

first of all its an american car it will break after 25k miles pos imo fail!!!!!

Oh God, not this asshat again....

 

[Gmac03]

I could of sworn that I saw somewhere that Ford quality was higher than Honda right now. But maybe I just dreamed that up.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/17/ford-initial-quality-beats-honda-ties-toyota-according-to-fo/

Only downside I see with this is that the survey was actually done by Ford. But none the less if it's on the internet it must be true.

Gmac