G. David Felt

That is so cool, I am sure the body felt wonderful after soaking in it for a good while. Bet your sister loved having her aches from arthritis taken away or at least diminished.

This is built on the same EV platform as the other EVs Hyundai Builds. They like GM has stated that EVs will allow a bigger diverse selection of autos at affordable prices. Yes everyone is starting at the high end of prices to recover R&D, but there is nothing to say that this will be a high priced 2 door car. I would say your applying ICE limitations of auto building to EVs which is wrong and I think Hyundai while seeing a place for a top performance Pony Car, will also realize they have a market for the entry and mid-level pony cars. This one I expect to come back and bite you in the ass as Hyundai has brought their EVs to market at much lower prices than others and are selling in decent volumes. I will have to slow down or stop by and snag a picture of the Doug's Hyundai as they have a ton of EVs delivered this week and so has a very nice selection to buy from.

@oldshurst442 Seems you are getting your wish for more cars, Hyundai has green lite this Pony Car and now they have released a teaser of an upcoming IONIQ 5 N edition, performance EV car. Yes Delorian used this original Pony car as inspiration for the Delorian. Hyundai had this press release photo.

Love this Video that Hyundai released on the 74. The video gives a great overview of the original Pony car and the new. Interesting that Hyundai clearly copied the Ford Mustang Bronco Horse. Video 1.mp4

Tesla is trying to get an exception to allow sales of the truck in Europe and yet Europe due to the pedestrian crash safety standards has the Cybertruck fail so is illegal to buy and drive in Europe. I expect Musk to loose this battle.

Cheap labor, will copy what Tesla built and sell it cheaper, no original idea here. They will probably sell a bunch at first then have sales fall off if the quality suffers worse than Tesla. No big surprise here into the troubles Tesla has had in building the Cyber truck. Leaked Tesla documents shed new light on why the Cybertruck is taking so long - The Verge

Lots to like, but why no indications on the chair or lumbar support dial, seems missing printing. I also am a bit surprised by the strong clicking noise on the levers which does not say luxury to me. I do like the two-tone interior look. Back of those chairs I can see looking so dirty and grimy in no time due to little kids shoes and others just not bothering to car. I do like the black grill treatment and the Cadillac brake calipers. Over all not a bad SUV, I can see Cadillac bringing it NA for a limited run.

China EV market is heating up and the latest home bred company to compete against Tesla has started to take pre-orders for their Tesla Y killer EV. They expect to sell 6 to 8 thousand a month. XPeng to start pre-sales of G6 SUV on Jun 9 - CnEVPost

Just saw my first LYRIQ in the wild here today and the folks driving it looked to be in their 40's, very happy looks on their face and it pulled away fast and strong. Was cool to see.

Saw a brand new IONIQ today and will say WOW, they are quiet and nice cars. Way too low for me to drive, but I like the quality of the car.

That is awesome Robert!!! So happy for you.

Ju-yung Chung founding Chairman of Hyundai wanted to help rebuild Korea after the Korean War and improve the lives of the people. He introduced at the 1974 Turin Motor Show the Pony Coupe Concept. To quote Hyundai: "The two-door sports car’s exterior featured a sleek roofline, pure surfaces, dynamic proportion profiles and a unique shape for the B pillar, which elevated its daring spirit. The interior showcased an iconic sensibility with the Giugiaro monocoque design and driver-centered floating architecture. With its unique aesthetic sensibility, the 1974 Pony Coupe Concept was a groundbreaking model in its time. Unfortunately, due to the adverse global economic conditions in the late 1970s, what could have been Hyundai’s first sensational sports car was unable to reach commercial production and was lost to history." We all have seen how much Hyundai Motor Group has grown into the current global auto industry it is today. We fast forward to the desire of Hyundai to bring a modern version of this Pony Car to concept form again when they introduced the N Vision 74 Concept Car. Comparisons of the original to the current. The N Vision 74 will now compete in the Concept Cars and Prototype category at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, one of the worlds largest and best know competitions from May 19th to May 21st. We now have via a Korean News site: [Exclusive]"Pony Coupe will be mass-produced" Hyundai Motor Company to be announced later this month - Money Today (mt.co.kr) That Hyundai is going to move forward with this EV. Inside sources have stated that on the 27th of June, Hyundai will hold a Pony Day at their Hyundai Motor Studio in Seoul to reveal the production model of the Pony Coupe According to various sources, the Pony Coupe from 1974 was of great inspiration in the creation of the DeLorean DMC 12 which was as we all know later used for a time machine in the 1980's classic "Back to the Future" Hyundai as a very profitable auto company has been returning to it's past legacy for inspiration especially in production of their IONIQ series of EVs. Auto enthusiasts have been very vocal about Hyundai producing the N Vision 74 car at a time that many auto companies are going truck/SUV only. Hyundai has returned to bringing back the original Pony Car by working with the original designer Giorgetto Giugiaro and his son along with others in the Hyundai family to restore for public enjoyment the Pony Car. The original specs for the Pony Car. The N Vision 74 Concept specification also includes a Hydrogen generator for extended driving range. Hyundai brought back the original team that created the Pony Car for the review of the restoration. Hyundai has opened a Heritage Exhibition to high light the PONY and introduce RETRACE a book and magazine series celebrating the brands heritage. Hyundai Motor Opens Heritage Exhibition 'PONY, the timeless' and Introduces RETRACE, the Heritage Publication Series - Hyundai Newsroom This brings us to what inspired this story to begin with, the news story that Hyundai will during the Month of June 2023 reveal a production EV version of the N Vision 74 Concept. Hyundai already has the platform and 77.4kWh battery pack to support such a performance EV. The question for you the reader: Is this the start of a new Pony car war with American brands as Hyundai brings to market a 2 door coupe with 680 HP (500kW) and 664 lb-ft of torque (900Nm) with RWD torque vectoring EV? Should Mustang, Camaro and Challengers be worried? Will the Japanese and Chinese respond? View full article

Yes, they get the Tintcoat paint on all the lower level trims below the ZL1 and SS, the top level has a Panther Black Matte paint, the first ever offered on a Camaro and only on the ZL1 trim plus other options. The SS gets a Panther Black Metallic paint which I do wonder how much different is it from the Black Metallic Tintcoat paint. At least the ZL1 edition will truly have a few things to make it stand out from the others.

Rereading it, I think they are just stating that there is other models available, it does not seem to imply that you can get that package on anything other than the special V8. They also just released this today and it also will use the same special V8 motor. Camaro Motorsports Heritage Grows with ZL1 Garage 56 Edition (chevrolet.com)

Chevrolet Commemorates Panther Code Name with Sixth-Generation Camaro Final Collector’s Edition The 650 horsepower LT4-powered ZL1 Collector’s Edition, limited to 350 units, will feature a Panther Black Matte exterior color – the first matte paint offered on Camaro from the factory. The ZL1 will also feature the front splitter from the ZL1 1LE, and the rear wing from ZL1 1LE on coupes. The Black Metallic ZL1 stripe, red brake calipers and black lug nuts complete the exterior look. On the inside, all 350 Collector’s Edition ZL1 vehicles receive a serialized steering wheel badge representing where that vehicle was built in sequence.

Wrong, Tesla only in the last couple of years started to make a profit, they lost money hand over fist. QUOTE of Tesla History: Tesla was founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. Elon Musk joined the company in 2004 and became CEO in 2008. Tesla posted its first quarterly profit in 2013 and reported its first full-year profit in 2020. Ten years till it's first profit and 17 years till it's first year of profits. GM announced the BOLT in 2015, started shipping them in 2016, had hiccups no different than Tesla and then announced the Ultium program in 2020, shipped the GMC Hummer and BrightDrop EVs in 2021. They have multiple models coming out this year. 10 years to a profitable year compared to 17 years to a profitable year for Tesla. How is that a bad thing? As I have told you before it takes time to ramp up production to lower prices and deliver said product. GM is doing it as is Hyundai, Kia, Gensis, VW far faster than Tesla has been able to update let alone deliver new products. I would be worried that Tesla which is having a demand problem much like Ford is a bigger issue of having to be bought out by someone in 2030 than GM going away from the market place.

I realize many will see Luxury Volvo versus average Chevrolet, but I was thinking price wise, more options that are not $70K plus like some complain about.

This is cool, something to compete with the Chevrolet Equinox EV. https://insideevs.com/news/670927/2024-volvo-ex30-small-suv-debuts-brand-cheapest-ev-34950-usd/ Ouch, this is not good for Ford. https://thedriven.io/2023/06/05/electric-ford-mustangs-have-a-demand-problem-as-mach-e-sales-slump-44-pct/

This makes me not want to own Ford or Lincoln products as the recalls stack up over the last 5 years. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/recalls/2023/06/06/ford-recall-escape-maverick-corsair-fire-risk/70293951007/ Ford needs to get their quality act together. This is Not Quality Job 1 as they market. Having to park your auto and not use it till a fix is developed is not a proper response. Will Ford pay for auto rentals for these folks?

Such a dick move by supercar owners blocking ev chargers. https://www.carscoops.com/2023/06/lamborghini-and-mclaren-snapped-ice-ing-tesla-supercharger-in-australia/

Very Cool to see that the Equinox EV has gone into production test runs. GM Started Building 2024 Chevy Equinox EV Units (gmauthority.com)

I get what you are saying and agree that Lincoln is not going after the performance market. With that said, Cadillac I feel is taking a cheap way here in that they offer Luxury levels of their autos and then sport and performance. I get that the seats should be firmer in the Sport and Performance, but Luxury should be Luxury and I find nothing wrong with the magna ride suspension absorbing the bumps of the road while still having a total comfort chair inside like my 2006 Escalade. Sadly, Cadillac seems to have gone the firm seat for everyone even if you are buying the Luxury level of auto.

BBQ season has begun!!! I decided to on Saturday make baby back ribs. I decided I wanted to do two types of ribs, a traditional honey BBQ sauced ribs and one based on a Korean Spicy Pork dish which uses Gochujang which is the base of the sauce. A Gochujang BBQ sauce. To make sure the ribs were tender and juicy, I had been doing research on Brines. Wet Brine: 6 cups water, divided 1 (12 oz) light beer or imperial 1 cup apple juice or cider 1 cup dark brown sugar (sub light brown sugar if that’s what you have) 1/2 cup Kosher salt1 tablespoon granulated garlic1 tablespoon granulated onion 1/2 tablespoon Chinese 5 Spice 2 cups ice cubes I bought 10lbs of baby back Prime ribs from business Costco, so I doubled the Brine batch to ensure that they were well covered. I used two 19oz IPA Indian Pale Ale from DESCHUTES brewery. I then salt and peppered two racks of ribs and used my pork rub on the other two racks of ribs. I then wrapped them in parchment paper, covered with foil and back into the fridge for another 24hr nap before grilling them slowly. I have to say they came out very tender, juicy beyond compare, best ribs I have made yet, 250, slow go for almost 4hrs using only the outside two burners on my grill. The traditional ribs were awesome with a nice sweet sauce. The Gochujang BBQ sauce is a spice lovers dream. Darker than the traditional sauce in the pictures, this sauce was put on the salt n pepper ribs. Rich deep flavor, spicy, tender and the bones were left clean. For those wanting to try this sauce on their ribs, here is a very similar recipe that my wife has made as everything is in her head. https://www.koreanbapsang.com/dweji-bulgogi-korean-spicy-pork-bbq/ We add red pepper flakes to kick up the heat, make it as thin or thick as you like, adjust to personal taste.

Missed that in my quick look while catching up on work from PTO.