Rumorpile: Scratch 1.4T Out: Jetta and Beetle To Get 1.8T

Would love one in a EV powertrain, especially the last Convertible!

WOW, very cool car and compared to Ferrari and McLaren it is a deal, but WOW, the price. Chevy announces Corvette ZR1X pricing and reveals Quail Silver Limited Edition ZR1X MSRP The 2026 Corvette ZR1X will start with an MSRP3 of $207,395 (including $1,995 DFC) for the 1LZ coupe and $217,395 (including $1,995 DFC) for the 1LZ convertible. The ZR1X 3LZ coupe will start with an MSRP3 of $218,395 (including $1,995 DFC) and 3LZ convertible will start with an MSRP of $228,395 (including $1,995 DFC). ZR1X will be available by the end of 2025 and is proudly built in America at General Motors’ Bowling Green Assembly Plant in Kentucky from U.S. and globally sourced parts. The ZR1X Quail Silver Limited Edition will have a starting MSRP3 of $241,395 (not including delivery fees), and production will begin next year. The ZTK Performance Package is available for the Quail Silver Limited Edition ZR1X, incorporating higher spring rates, modified chassis controls calibrations, the ZR1X Carbon Fiber Aero Package, as well as Michelin Pilot Cup 2R tires.

Yes, seems weekly shootings happen, and the gun nuts do not seem to understand why better controls over how gets guns is desired by the public. So tired of the innocent shooting of people over Gangs, family issues, etc. Columbine was sad, even sadder was Sandy Brook Elementary school. I totally disagreed with the mother who said she wanted to bond better with her mentally reduced son and picked guns and shooting. No commonsense person would give a person with mental reduction in thinking a weapon one would hold but seems the gun nuts have to have their guns.,

It's a very sad thing that school and shopping center shootings just seem to run together in one's memory these days ... or you miss knowing about some from the news. It used to be that they were rare and very shocking that you remember them very clearly, meaning where, when, etc.  I'm talking Columbine, for example. Last night, someone visiting SoCal from Reno told me there was a shooting in the valet area of the GSR, formerly the MGM Grand Reno, where he had moved to from SoCal.  I hadn't even heard of this. I just looked it up.  Sadly, it's a true story.