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Americans like it because when you sit in a big V8 and smash the accelerator it jolts you forward and pins you in the seat while the engine is roaring like a li
by qbasic_forever 3y ago
Americans like it because when you sit in a big V8 and smash the accelerator it jolts you forward and pins you in the seat while the engine is roaring like a lion. It's fun, like going down a hill in a rollercoaster. That's really all there is to it. Hearing it makes you think of the fun yourself.
- ricardobayes 3y agoSo why do most Americans hate or at least dislike electric cars then? Which does the same, even more so?
- qbasic_forever 3y agoWho says Americans hate electric cars? Teslas are selling quite well here. But you have to realize America is enormous--its over 2600 miles to drive end to end. Our highway system and infrastructure isn't setup to completely replace gas or diesel with electric for long term trips. It's getting much better, but I suspect reluctance to get an electric car in the US primarily comes down to cost and range anxiety.
- jerkstate 3y agoTeslas have great acceleration too!
- nimbius 3y agothis is actually a really great comment. Mercedes is pivoting to the crossplane kinda for this reason (the american market.) it makes a V6 sound like a V8, keeps their engine design euro spec compliant, and helps deliver torque which their twelve SUV lineup desperately needs considering most weigh in at over two short tonnes. crossplane also helps mask turbo whine which most red-blooded americans associate with their massive trucks, not sport SUV offerings.
- handedness 3y agoMercedes is running cross-plane cranks in their V6 engines because V6s are cross-plane out of necessity. That applies to all engines with cylinder counts which are not exponents of 2.
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- afguoibiobio 3y agoA "dinky", "small-displacement", "underpowered" European or Japanese sports car will do the same job. There are many replacements for displacement. The American preference for big, heavy vehicles with big, heavy engines is just aesthetic.
- cdot2 3y agoYou can't get the sort of low end torque with a turbocharged i4 that you can with a large displacement V8 even if they both have the same peak horsepower. More low end torque give a better throttle response and different characteristics than more high revving engines.
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- roarcher 3y agoGoing to such great lengths to shoehorn a dig at Americans into a random conversation is a very strange hobby. Consider finding a new one.