Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

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Dammit

I agree with you that logically torque is the thing, and the AMG's (tiny in your terms) 5.4 V8 delivers this in spades.

To me a sports car should be about revs though- that and the accompanying metallic howl.

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Jung in reply to @Dammit

Man I LOVE a high winding, big cam race motor, yowling away. I guess you're looking at over 400hp though? How often are you going to get to wind that out on the road?

Both will be awesome, I just reckon big cubes will be awesome more of the time.

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Brommers in reply to @Jung

And if you've got fully-programmable fuel mapping, chuck a load of extra fuel in a 0-5% throttle between 6 and 7krpm. Lovely burble on the overrun.
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Dammit in reply to @Jung

Shortening up the gear ratios (a lot- the Porsche box is loooong) is going to have to happen.

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