balthazar

No, not factory, but a few were built & purchased... Just sayin'..

mercedeees = mass market mainstream, made easier by striving with clenched teeth for "a car (& cargo van) for every purse & purpose". Go mercedees!!! Me, I'm hoping they realize their proclaimed goal of 'a mercedees in every driveway', now THAT would be special. I just hope I don't get flak from my neighbors when there's none in my driveway...

"Mm-mmmm, rentals.....," said mercedees. "Eat 'em up, yum!"

I'll bet this was pricier...

1800 '74 Hurst/Olds's built, 380 with the W-30. Interesting take on the hood- '70 scoops molded into a '74 hood; sorta nice in an over-the-top manner. The Year of the Bumper kills the mediocre '73 design for me. Nice car but NOT at $55K. By the narrowest of margins: Jeer.

That means it's peak is 260, and it delivers 234 or higher between 1500 & 5800. TRQ is RPM dependant but the peak is not necc at 1500... or am I misreading your question?

Pretty nice Mark there, Olds; they still had real style then. • • • Saw a circa '66 Rambler Classic, white sedan, decent shape, regular driver parked on side street.

From that horrible period in Detroit Iron where 'Malaise DeLuxe' came standard on every model !

^ So performance doesn't matter in the XK... they might as well put a TATA 1.3L 4 in there then.

^ That's why they're irrelevant.

Everyone thinks they can drive well, too. Not the general consensus tho, it seems. Because I've yet to see any 'expert' opinion against hands-free conversations.

These spy shots are completely pointless- that could be a 2001 Silverado under there.

^ It's an interesting idea tho- some people can handle talking & driving fine -it is not like DUI in that respect. Wonder if there could be a way to test & pass that- it's merely another skill set. Texting is another issue tho.

^ With a 50 year run still ongoing, I would be utterly shocked if it was discontinued. doesn't look like something they're thinking about ditching anytime in the next... 25 years.

The jack from 17M to 250M is ridiculous.

B-b-but... the other current engine is an Ancient Pushrod Monstrosity, how can ANYONE overlook it ???? Dear God, it's 2011!

^ Positively archaic.

So that's 2 things Kaiser stylistically gave to autodom: super over-elongated taillights, and BMW's pirated "Kaiser kink". Kaiser called them "Safety-Glow Taillights".

I don't like the idea of the 2.8 liter, that belongs in a Mini, not a BMW.

Kaisers have been most excellent..... at lending their bits to hot rods over time. That rear overrrider; hawt stuff Cheers.

^ DINGDINGDING! - that's the answer I was looking for. Hence the wording "the first"; the trick being I was referring to Chevrolet the man, not Chevy the car division; I could not use "their first". Louis Chevrolet did indeed build a DOHC, 4-valve/cyl engine for the '20 Indy 500. Frontenac was his second auto company after he left Chevrolet, tho he & his brother also ran the Chevrolet Brothers Manufacturing Co, making numerous parts, ironically perhaps, primarily for the Model T, all as mentioned above. Nice work, rjbartop!

Well, in actuality it is the Germans that are starting to compete with acura; the FWD luxury segment is fixed to get down right crowded...

Actually, who really cares what the engine specs are for Bentley in the last 3 minutes? No Bentley owner has any remote idea how to open their car's hood anyway.

Bentley is "all about" pushrods, changing that now is going to KILL sales (because everybody shops with valve actuation as their prime directive, don'tcha kno).

1953 CORVETTE ???!?!?!?