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I was pottering home from a fishing trip a couple of weeks ago on a road much used by UK magazines for road test videos which I admittedly drive often, when a 911 turbo overtook me. I carried on pottering for a while and then thought "I wonder if I could catch him" so set off, caught him easily...

If we keep this up EVs will become as shite as piston engined cars. Like buying a computer and simulating MS-DOS

It was circuit dependant and I had left before the final version was tested and barely remember the results of my, somewhat crude in those days, simulation over 40 years ago. The gain was in keeping the engine near the peak power for more of the time and eliminating the deceleration during the...

Tyre noise on 911 and Taycan is probably because the suspension mounts are relatively stiff for fast response and handling and therefore transmit noise to the structure more effectively. Some nice soggy rubber bushes would fix it but it would "fix" the handling and response too.

When I had a demo of the Taycan the sales person demonstrated the sound and I put up with it for about a minute, decided it was totally pointless and did not put it on my spec and have never regretted it.

There was a similar but more complex system where the "belt" was a string of profiled compression links on a steel band, it was used on some cars but was expensive, and the Formula 1 version was banned before it raced.

I don't really understand your question. CVTs are so much objectively better than the multi ratio gearbox needed for a piston engined car they were banned in Formula 1, but more expensive. It is the fact that a piston engined car has such a narrow power band it needs multiple ratios. For me that...

As an engineer I have always seen the noise and need for a multi ratio gearbox in a piston engine as a bug not a feature. Equally, as an engineer I know that well engineered cars often fail to attract many sales...

In 2018 my final short list was between a Panamera plug in hybrid ST and a Toyota Prius plug in hybrid. I chose the Toyota and still have it. It was 600kg lighter and had a much more elegant (but patented) hybrid system. It was also narrower and shorter and so better for UK parking. The only...

Spot on. In realities it is SUVs that are for fuddy duddies and people who don't like cars or driving ;) And yes they are generally more dangerous - though I don't know about electric SUVs. One of the tyre engineers I worked with when I was in Formula 1 told me they make lower grip tyres for...

It is called Blackberry in England, I specced it to go with Mamba and so have a Aurora Borealis colour way ;) I would have chosen the Blackberry/Crayon (chalk in the US) had it been an option then. I have decided not to buy a new Taycan since the gains aren't enough to offset the downsides for...

Lower pressures are worse if loaded and going at higher speed. I run my 21" tyres at the loaded recommended pressure for long runs.

The monthly fee wipes out a lot of the savings for me since I only do around 6000 miles per year.

I read the first 3 years production is already sold.

The interior is the important styling for me if I am an owner, the exterior I almost never see. I think the interior is brilliant, not sure about the exterior yet but I do quite like it not being samey. It is less like it was designed for a teenage boy's bedroom poster than quite a few recent...

Sadly doesn't exist, and may never as a pure optimised EV

I like the MG Cyberster styling. I may buy one since I like open 2 seaters. https://www.mgcyberster.co.uk/

I have just dumped OVO and am going to cancel Connect. It is taking the piss. My actual phone contract on GifGaf is £6.50 a month and I get more use from it. I would pay £10 per month but, not having any other car that can do anything remotely, it was a novelty I hadn't experienced before and...

Cost may be at issue but and EV is spectacularly less mechanically complicated than an IC engined car. The motor and transmission are much simpler and also run cool enough not to destroy their own lubricant, making mileage probably less of a reliable benchmark on deterioration. A battery module...

For some years the Chinese have been educating more engineers than the west and don't need to copy much any more. They are well ahead in some areas. When I was an apprentice the Japanese were always accused of cheap copies - no more - and China are on the same trajectory and if people continue...