Recent content by Elfin

Odd that they would need to upgrade the front motor to get half the power of the rear motor. Of course I'm assuming that the info about the front and rear motors of the GT being identical except for the inverter is correct. There's also the unexplained efficiency loss in the Dream Edition. I was...

I want 10% challenge! 400kW and V3 Supercharger. Everything else I care about I can find out on a test drive.

I would not be driving like that with all season tires unless I had a spare. It would not take long to get a sidewall tear. Though I suppose I wouldn't be driving like that in a $120k crossover either... haha

Someone bring an angle gauge and measure! Actually you could use your phone...

It just seems like if you're adding power to an already powerful car it doesn't make sense to add a more powerful front motor. Faster acceleration will just take more weight off the front wheels.

I'd rather have the extra 20mm of width and 0.6" of diameter in the front and live with all the downsides. 0-60 in 3.5s would be no problem with RWD. I would be curious the relationship between tire width and traction. What are your thoughts on the Dream Edition having equal power front and...

I still want this tire setup. I assume these are not Hankook Ions...

What's the advantage of narrower front tires though? Certainly all wheel drive changes the optimal tire widths?

I feel like you're talking about a level of driving that's not applicable to 99% of drivers. :p I do reasonably well at autocross and I don't notice these things. I would note that many people run square setups on cars that come stock with staggered wheels because most cars understeer from the...

How many studios are there now? Doesn't this mean they've produced about 100 vehicles in three months? Seems like they should put a more positive spin on this... Like how much faster they're producing them now than three months ago.

Any speculation about what's under the cover???

All that engineering effort but if you look at autocross results nobody is running Michelins. It just seems like the odds are low that any OEM tire is actually the best for any given customer's preferences, especially with a "jack of all trades" vehicle like the Gravity. For example for my...

My conspiracy theory is that OEM tires are just a way for tire companies to make extra money and for car manufacturers to lower costs. They sell the tires to automakers at a discount and then charge a premium to the consumer for tires that are only marginally different. I put "generic" Michelin...

Here is the circuit from Hyundai's patent. I think it's identical except for the placement of R3 which makes no functional difference. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200361323A1/en

How is this different than the E-GMP (Hyundai) system?