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[Junglejim]

Renting a car for my France/Spain trip next month and I am not familiar with the French cars... Citroen C3, Peugot 36 or a megane?

 

[bdpopeye]

You're not getting an option of a 3.2? Raptor comes with a 2L, Wildtrack and XLT can be optioned with the 2L, but come stock with the 3.2 here.

Are you posting about a Ford Raptor pick up? Here the US version;





Model: 2019 Ford F-150
MSRP: From $52,855 (USD)
Horsepower: 450 hp
MPG: 15 city / 18 highway
Engine: 3.5 L V6
Towing capacity: 6,000 to 8,000 lbs

 

[digrar]

Smaller platform than the F150, I believe Ford in the US have bought back the Ranger this year, on the same global T6 platform, but running a little 2.3L petrol ecoboost motor. Some talk of getting the 2L diesel we're talking about above, but I just tried to spec one out online and only got the petrol option.

 

[Bombardier]

Are you posting about a Ford Raptor pick up? Here the US version;





Model: 2019 Ford F-150
MSRP: From $52,855 (USD)
Horsepower: 450 hp
MPG: 15 city / 18 highway
Engine: 3.5 L V6
Towing capacity: 6,000 to 8,000 lbs

Those Eco Stats would be useless here in the UK with the price of fuel but that beast looks awesome!

 

[Dixon66]

Those Eco Stats would be useless here in the UK with the price of fuel but that beast looks awesome!

Having driven one that a friend owns, I can attest, they are absolutely fantastic beasts.

Check out the "The Grand Tour" episode where they are in Canada and Jeremy is driving one.

 

[BCNTM]

Renting a car for my France/Spain trip next month and I am not familiar with the French cars... Citroen C3, Peugot 36 or a megane?

had a C3 in Spain a couple of times - nice easy drive
Just avoid Goldcar last one we had we christened 'boing' as it made that noise every time we went over a bump - 4 bald tires and the number plate was something 1942 - and that was an upgrade.............
If you are going to Canary Islands just PM and I can point you to the best hire firm

 

[bdpopeye]

Those Eco Stats would be useless here in the UK with the price of fuel but that beast looks awesome!

I don't think most Americans realize how expensive fuel is in the UK and Europe and much of the World. Prices vary here in the US. As an example I'm in San Diego right now and gas is running $3.65 up to 4.00+ a gallon;

$3.65 / US gallon = 0.857 Euros / liter

4.00 / US gallon =0.94 Euros / liter

..now in Cedar Rapids Iowa, where I normally live, right now gas is;

$2.60 / US gallon = 0.61 Euros / liter

$2.69 / US gallon = 0.63 Euros / liter

The Lowest price I found in the USA is in northern Mississippi;

$2.19 / US gallon = 0.51 Euros / liter

If anyone is interested gas buddy map will show you the price of fuel in the USA;

USA and Local National Gas Station Price Heat Map - GasBuddy.com

Check out the heat map for average unleaded gas prices around the country for both Canada and the US. Type in your city to see a local gas prices map.

www.gasbuddy.com

 

[bdpopeye]

This is a list of the top ten best selling vehicles in the US as of April this year;

Focus2move | USA Best Selling Cars 2024 - The Top 100

USA Best Selling Cars Ranking in 2024 reports Ford F-Series (-4.4%) in 1st followed by the Chevrolet Silverado, which dropped 1.2%, and the Toyota RAV4, up 14.1%. The Honda Civic rose 7 spots into 10th.

focus2move.com

 

[Dixon66]

My F-150 went over the 175K mile mark this week on a trip to NYC. BTW, with regards to the gas prices, my F-150 has a 36 gallon tank, that is 136.275 Liters.

 

[TheKiwi]

136 litres - that'd cost me about NZ$330 to fill at the moment.

 

[berkut76]

This is a list of the top ten best selling vehicles in the US as of April this year;

Focus2move | USA Best Selling Cars 2024 - The Top 100

USA Best Selling Cars Ranking in 2024 reports Ford F-Series (-4.4%) in 1st followed by the Chevrolet Silverado, which dropped 1.2%, and the Toyota RAV4, up 14.1%. The Honda Civic rose 7 spots into 10th.

focus2move.com

They should really break this up by State. I have no idea how Equinox looks like without the help of google. Surprised that there is no Prius on that list.

 

[bdpopeye]

have no idea how Equinox looks like without the help of google.

Wow! Those SUVs are everywhere. My stepdaughter has one.

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At skyscrapercity.com there is a classic cars thread;

Classic cars thread

www.skyscrapercity.com

Skyscrapercity is the largest forum online covering many, many subjects and in many different languages covering many nations!

Many of the cars posted in that thread are European in origin. Excuse me, no offense intended, but many are very ugly..to me. Just butt ugly. So I post stuff like this;

Here's some classic American Iron from the Motor City....





1956 Ford Crown Victoria





1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser





1958 Chevrolet Impala





1959 Dodge Royal Custom





1961 Chrysler 300

 

[Marsch]

Click the following link if you like Porsche.

Luftgekühlt 2019

 

[bdpopeye]

1967 Lamborghini Miura...It was first shown at the 1966 Geneva Auto Show. It was designed by a team of engineers who worked for Lambo but built it on their own time. Power came in handy with this car since it had a 350-horsepower 3.9 liter V12. 764 Miura’s were built between 1966 and 1973.


Bond James Bond
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Vantage Coupe Released in 1963, the Brtish luxury car was an evolution of the final series of DB4. The principal differences between the DB4 Series V and the DB5 is the all-aluminum engine. Best known as the James Bond car, it first appeared in Goldfinger. To promote the film, the two DB5s were showcased at the 1964 New York World’s Fair, and it was dubbed as the most famous car in the world.


1968 Dodge Charger


1969 Chevrolet Camaro


1961 Chrysler 300G Coupe The ’61 300G saw restyles to the car. The grille, formerly wider at the bottom than the top, was inverted. The quad headlights, once side-by-side, were arranged in an angled fashion, inward at the bottom. At the rear, the taillights were moved from the fins to the tail below them, and the fins were made sharper at the point.


1964 Pontiac GTO This particular Pontiac was regarded as one of the pioneer muscle cars. Eventually, the ’66 GTO a separate model for the first time since it was sneaked into production as a trim level of the Tempest in 1964...To beat around GM’s displacement cap on intermediate cars, the GTO was initially called an option so it could slide through a loophole of the policy. While all ’67 GTO’s used 400 cubic inch 48’s, their configurations varied considerably. The top GTO engine configuration of that year produced 360 horsepower and 438 ft-lbs of torque.


1969 Ford Mustang


1970 AMC Javelin

 

[Junglejim]

Went to a Nissan dealership last eek and they had this pupper on display and for sale... with the Ranger Raptors selling like pancakes here the local Nissan decided to up their game buy introducing one offs from the factory like this one

 

[Marsch]

Renting a car for my France/Spain trip next month and I am not familiar with the French cars... Citroen C3, Peugot 36 or a megane?

I don't know what a 36 is? I assume you mean a 308? If that's the case I'd go for a Megane (GT or RS if possible).

 

[Marsch]

Alpine has released some news about their new A110S (Sport) model today.

https://www.alpinecars.com/en/modele-a110s/

 

[Marsch]

Nürburgring 24h Classic livestream (German commentary)

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Great weather and lots of beautiful classic cars. Currently two 911 RSR fighting for the lead.

 

[Marsch]

ADAC TOTAL 24h Race 2019

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The race will start at 15:30 CET.

 

[colin traveller]

That time when the R32 was banned from Aussie motorsport events ..