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This is what Im talking about. This is the kind of car, any car, ICE or EV that I need and want in my life. I desperately want this. The sound. Yes its fabricated. I believe its an authentic electric motor sound, tuned and manipulated to sound like that. But that aint no different from how Ferrari tunes its engines, headers and exhaust, to sound the way they do. Chevy has done the same with the SBC and went to Ferrari levels of tuning with the LT6 flat plane 5.5 liter. Yamaha engines like the Lexus LFA V10 has been tuned to sound awesome... Yamaha for those that want to be ignorant about this is not just a motorcycle company. They make musical instruments of all kinds. They specialize to make sounds that sound good in our ears. They literally make music... This concept definitely makes me forget about the Hellcat. After hearing Tim Kuniskis speak, I know this is coming. I also know some sort of 4 door will also be available. A Dodge EV me thinks will be in my driveway, unless Ford or Chevy upstages this. Only hiccup I sees with my decision in buying into a Stellantis EV is if the tech falls short of FoMoCo's or GM's Ultium platform But, I got faith. The French(Citroen and Peugeot) have been selling EVs for awhile now. I dunno how that tech stacks up to Lucid, Ultium, Ford, Tesla...but since Stellantis also consists of Opel, a good engineering company, and Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep these SRT engineers who are great in what they do, I dont see how Stellantis EV tech to be not competitive. Not to mention Fiat and Maserati and most importantly, Ferrari. Yes, Ferrari. Stellantis still owns shares in Ferrari and I would imagine Stellantis would have some access to Ferrari engineering if only it even was just for consultation. Ferrari engineers are still excellent in what they do. There are some very talented folk at Stellantis if we are to be serious about talking about engineering. Stellantis is not a small company...

Join me in wishing @NINETY EIGHT REGENCY , a long time member and our reporter, a happy birthday! Thanks to Landis, we get to sample automotive videos and articles from past decades as well as more recent ones. Some of them now look and sound very funny to us in 2022 and, then, some of the regular presenters of these videos are quirky and entertaining. Nonetheless, all of the content is informative. Today is also the birthday of Napoleon Bonaparte and Julia Child. I always knew that. Of more contemporary personalities, it is the birthday of Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lawrence, and Melinda Gates. But most of all, this is a day I always remember because it would have been my dad's birthday. My dad always spoke his mind and his filter didn't always work, so this could be entertaining. My mom always went for the diplomatic approach and tried to keep the peace with everyone. I think I'm much more like my dad in this regard. Happy birthday, Landis!

My understanding, at least in the near term, is that the inline TT6 is replacing the V8s. The 3.6 Pentastar will remain....