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Stinger gets a new 2.5L turbo engine, 300hp/310ftlb torque. I'd still take the 6, but this would be a good balance between power and efficiency (assuming it's efficient).
I was looking forward to trying out a new G70 with the new styling to see if they changed anything else. We got our first 2021 in today and it looks exactly the same?? I guess the new version must not come out until next year. It is still a good looking car, especially with those wheels and the Brembo brakes.
Stinger gets a new 2.5L turbo engine, 300hp/310ftlb torque. I'd still take the 6, but this would be a good balance between power and efficiency (assuming it's efficient).
Thats pretty cool, assuming it carries over to the G70 and they continue offering a 6mt
I'm so tempted at this price but I hate that it has leatherette. Like, literally none of the other cars even have this option. But the 6-speed! Hell yeah lets put in FAKE LEATHER!
I'm so tempted at this price but I hate that it has leatherette. Like, literally none of the other cars even have this option. But the 6-speed! Hell yeah lets put in FAKE LEATHER!
The description says heated and cooled leather seats. Is it not really leather?
So they never offered the 6MT with the more righteous power-train. However, they have a new 2.5L inline 4 coming down the line, but they're discontinuing the 6MT when that happens.
So they never offered the 6MT with the more righteous power-train. However, they have a new 2.5L inline 4 coming down the line, but they're discontinuing the 6MT when that happens.
What. The. Fck.
The only saving grace? Conservative JB4 tune. With a +2 spark plug (just in case) and a mild tune, you can get 50-70hp and 80-100ft-lb of torque. This would leave the car in the low 300's for power. This is the optimal range. But I just don't understand Genesis on bringing out the better motor and dropping the 6-speed. Hell why not slave it to the 3.3 and call it a day. That would have been sucked up a lot of sales for anyone not pony'ing up the dough for a M3.
So they never offered the 6MT with the more righteous power-train. However, they have a new 2.5L inline 4 coming down the line, but they're discontinuing the 6MT when that happens.
What. The. Fck.
<1% take rate on the 2.0 6MT--I head 200 total at one point. Face it--manuals are dying. The Corvette isn't even available with a manual anymore, the chances that more than tens of people would want a 50K+ 6MT V6 turbo Genesis is pretty slim. There just isn't a positive ROI in it.
Originally Posted by ryanwhite74115
The only saving grace? Conservative JB4 tune. With a +2 spark plug (just in case) and a mild tune, you can get 50-70hp and 80-100ft-lb of torque. This would leave the car in the low 300's for power. This is the optimal range. But I just don't understand Genesis on bringing out the better motor and dropping the 6-speed. Hell why not slave it to the 3.3 and call it a day. That would have been sucked up a lot of sales for anyone not pony'ing up the dough for a M3.
Yeah, I've said that before--JB4 the 2.0 and this thing would be a pretty sweet daily driver. The leatherette would be a hard sell.
As more and more of what I call "nanny technology" is being pumped into new cars and the fact that many drivers theae days are too lazy- or dumb- to actually drive, it is only inevitable that a true manual transmission will eventually fade away.
Everybody wants to be driven, not drive. Really sad.
As more and more of what I call "nanny technology" is being pumped into new cars and the fact that many drivers theae days are too lazy- or dumb- to actually drive, it is only inevitable that a true manual transmission will eventually fade away.
Everybody wants to be driven, not drive. Really sad.
I don't disagree, but it should also be acknowledged that in most cases, automatics exceed the performance and efficiency of the available manual counterpart. You can have your cake and eat it too (while driving)
Had my 16 year old in the car the other day, and I came out of the hole poorly, and shifted into second poorly. It was just bad. I said out loud to myself, "Well that was messy." And without missing a beat, while her head was buried in her phone, my daughter said, "You're not kidding, old man."
Point being, there's a component of undeniable fun (and in this case, humility) in driving a manual transmission. When it's right, and you hit that sweet acceleration curve with a perfect 2-3 shift, or when you rev-match just at the perfect moment on the downshift into a sweeping turn... there's no automatic transmission on earth that can match the satisfaction, the total engagement, of that moment.
