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Old 09-08-2012, 01:09 PM   #351
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More impracticability won't sell more cars.
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Old 09-08-2012, 01:19 PM   #353
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Should I be waiting for the EVO XI instead?...(running for cover)..Lol
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Old 09-08-2012, 04:36 PM   #354
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Subaru has plenty of practical vehicles.
Other than the WRX/STI , not with any sporty aspirations.
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Old 09-08-2012, 05:02 PM   #355
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Other than the WRX/STI , not with any sporty aspirations.
True, but I have said it before and ill say it again. The WRX is great at being a versatile performance oriented car. But it will not be able to grow as a performance car if something else doesnt give, like some versatility.
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Old 09-08-2012, 06:06 PM   #356
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Should I be waiting for the EVO XI instead?...(running for cover)..Lol
No such car is being developed. Mitsu is going hybrid for all future cars. Evo is dead after the X.
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Old 09-08-2012, 08:14 PM   #357
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True, but I have said it before and ill say it again. The WRX is great at being a versatile performance oriented car. But it will not be able to grow as a performance car if something else doesnt give, like some versatility.
You are correct sir!
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Old 09-08-2012, 08:16 PM   #358
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No such car is being developed. Mitsu is going hybrid for all future cars. Evo is dead after the X.
Wait, I thought the whole big thing about the Evo XI was that is was going to be a hybrid, and a sporty one at that.
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Old 09-08-2012, 08:22 PM   #359
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True, but I have said it before and ill say it again. The WRX is great at being a versatile performance oriented car. But it will not be able to grow as a performance car if something else doesnt give, like some versatility.
That is usually where versatility across the lineup of cars takes over.

A single car can't be everything to everyone, but a model lineup of cars can have a wider scope.

If WRX and WRX STI become more focused... I think the suggestion I posted last night, and have posted before, has more merit.

3-door Forester Sport, based on XV Crosstrek's shorter length, roof height and ride height, but same width. WRX/STI equivalent drivetrain hardware.

Subaru's answer to more expensive models like Evoque 3-door, and Range Rover Sport, and the Range Stormer concept... and a better performer than the new Mini Paceman.

If one car can't be appealing to a wide variety of buyers, maybe two cars can cover it.
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Old 09-08-2012, 08:37 PM   #360
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True, but I have said it before and ill say it again. The WRX is great at being a versatile performance oriented car. But it will not be able to grow as a performance car if something else doesnt give, like some versatility.
With better technology like torque vectoring, no lag turbos, performance CVTs, etc., versatility can be sustained while still improving performance.
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Torque vectoring - yes please.

no lag turbos - sounds like a lot of vulnerable complexity. I'd rather have an H6 with more displacement-generated latent torque, and a lower cruising RPM.

Performance CVT - no thank you. A CVT can be numerically fast, but absolutely driver-uninvolved. the more you make it seem like a traditional transmission, the more the point is moot anyway. A CVT acting as a CVT is designed to, turns the driver into more of a biological autopilot occupying a seat, suggesting what the car should do.

And that mostly addresses power, not chassis weight. Safety testing is mandating that vehicle chassis weights keep rising... antithetical to a compromise between high performance power levels and CAFE-mandated fuel economy.

increasing power, or maintaining the same power level while getting better fuel economy, while cars get heavier... is a problem... and the heavier car mitigates the sharpness of handling...

...although sometimes sharp handling is better left to the weekend backroad strafing, and the track, than shaking one's dental work out of their head on a daily basis in a daily driver, or a modest-size road trip car.
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No such car is being developed. Mitsu is going hybrid for all future cars. Evo is dead after the X.
You are wrong that it's not being developed but right about the hybrid part;

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The next-generation Lancer Evolution "XI" will be a diesel-hybrid vehicle.

"We will start work on the project next year, and it will be ready within three," said Masuko. "I have set the goal of developing a sporting car featuring electric power."
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Torque vectoring - yes please.

OK. Tell me how Subaru's AWD is not torque vectoring. I have read about it in a few places and they all describe what Subaru's system does. All of those training videos with cars on rollers seem to show this. What is missing that all of ya'll seem to want?
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Old 09-08-2012, 09:48 PM   #365
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Torque vectoring as purely a description of what is happening, yes.

Torque vectoring as the commonly used term for "wheel torque manupulation for better handling", no.
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Old 09-08-2012, 09:55 PM   #366
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Torque vectoring - yes please.

no lag turbos - sounds like a lot of vulnerable complexity. I'd rather have an H6 with more displacement-generated latent torque, and a lower cruising RPM.

Performance CVT - no thank you. A CVT can be numerically fast, but absolutely driver-uninvolved. the more you make it seem like a traditional transmission, the more the point is moot anyway. A CVT acting as a CVT is designed to, turns the driver into more of a biological autopilot occupying a seat, suggesting what the car should do.

And that mostly addresses power, not chassis weight. Safety testing is mandating that vehicle chassis weights keep rising... antithetical to a compromise between high performance power levels and CAFE-mandated fuel economy.

increasing power, or maintaining the same power level while getting better fuel economy, while cars get heavier... is a problem... and the heavier car mitigates the sharpness of handling...

...although sometimes sharp handling is better left to the weekend backroad strafing, and the track, than shaking one's dental work out of their head on a daily basis in a daily driver, or a modest-size road trip car.
I'd rather not have even more forward weight bias that a 6 cylinder would bring over a 4 banger.
A CVT could go a long was towards negating turbo lag. Furthermore a CVT could potentially offer more driver control than a typical manual. Not only could a driver select more set ratios to shift with, but the same driver could customize those set ratios not only before beginning to drive, but also on the fly. Better yet, with a scrolling shifter a CVT could offer a driver completely adjustable torque/RPM adjust-ability at any point in the CVTs range. All this and with driver adjustable variable performance/gas mileage parameters.
Torque vectoring could go a long way with dealing the effects of weight and handling dynamics.
I'm not suggesting that all this is a panacea for bad engineering design. Obviously all this technology would still be better used on a fundamentally well designed platform. What I am saying is that we don't have to sacrifice too much to not only maintain versatility while maintaining performance, with technology we can actually increase versatility and increase performance. After all, hasn't the automobile always basically been and exercise in technological engineering?
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You are wrong that it's not being developed but right about the hybrid part;
That is news to me. Did that come out after the report of the X being canceled? All they said was the X would continue till 2014 and no plans were made for a successor.

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OK. Tell me how Subaru's AWD is not torque vectoring. I have read about it in a few places and they all describe what Subaru's system does. All of those training videos with cars on rollers seem to show this. What is missing that all of ya'll seem to want?
Torque vectoring as we are describing is not the differential allowing one wheel to spin faster than the other and then applying brakes to slow a slipping wheel. Torque vectoring is sending more power to the inside wheel on a curve to provide additional grip. It does not work unless you are turning (yaw sensors). The system literally redirects power away from the outside wheel. Or system does not have the ability to split torque on one axle. Our center diff does it but that's not the same idea as the Sport Differential from Audi, Evo, GT-R and SH-AWD.
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Stay with a damn manual transmission. Dont cran the car with technology. it takes away the essence of driving...
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That is news to me. Did that come out after the report of the X being canceled? All they said was the X would continue till 2014 and no plans were made for a successor.


Torque vectoring as we are describing is not the differential allowing one wheel to spin faster than the other and then applying brakes to slow a slipping wheel. Torque vectoring is sending more power to the inside wheel on a curve to provide additional grip. It does not work unless you are turning (yaw sensors). The system literally redirects power away from the outside wheel. Or system does not have the ability to split torque on one axle. Our center diff does it but that's not the same idea as the Sport Differential from Audi, Evo, GT-R and SH-AWD.
I think you have inside and outside reversed.
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If the car gets a little smaller/lighter and keep the price increase keeps down to $1k or so, I'll be okay with pretty much whatever else they do with it.
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Stay with a damn manual transmission. Dont cran the car with technology. it takes away the essence of driving...
It can add to the essence of driving.
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OK. Tell me how Subaru's AWD is not torque vectoring. I have read about it in a few places and they all describe what Subaru's system does. All of those training videos with cars on rollers seem to show this. What is missing that all of ya'll seem to want?
Torque vectoring does happen with VTD and DCCD... between the axles. It is more active than simply reacting to and limiting slip, or a static torque bias.

Most talk of torque vectoring refers to that active torque application behavior across the rear axle, though, to apply more torque to the outside rear tire, to get the car to turn in quicker.

Acura RL's SH-AWD, Audi Sport Differential, and Mitsubishi EVO X's Active Yaw Control (IIRC) are the most well known torque vectoring systems on production cars now.

It tends to minimize the feel of understeer in a turn, without making the car truly loose and on the edge of control the rest of the time.
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I'd rather not have even more forward weight bias that a 6 cylinder would bring over a 4 banger.
Turbocharging, with it's associated plumbing, intercoolers, exhaust complication, and oil and coolant supply, plus the added aspects of lag-mitigation are not zero weight, and are not necessarily reliable.

An EZ H6 is not much heavier, and less than 3" longer than an H4, due to smaller cylinder pitch, and more open space in the block. It can have more torque near idle, off boost at lower RPMs, which allows lower cruising RPMs, and less throttle input required in stop and go driving. While generally being less complex, more reliable, and less under-hood heat and cooling system demands.

The torque vectoring mentioned can mitigate the front-engined aspect of Subaru's drivetrain anyway, whether H4T or H6.

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A CVT could go a long was towards negating turbo lag. Furthermore a CVT could potentially offer more driver control than a typical manual. Not only could a driver select more set ratios to shift with, but the same driver could customize those set ratios not only before beginning to drive, but also on the fly.
This is what I mentioned. Trying to make a CVT act like a geared transmission makes it pointless to have a CVT in the first place.

And if you are not manually controlling the engagement, and the gear ratio, it is definitively not "more driver control than a typical manual", as the computer is controlling the transaxle, and the engine's throttle. The interior controls are merely making suggestions.

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Better yet, with a scrolling shifter a CVT could offer a driver completely adjustable torque/RPM adjust-ability at any point in the CVTs range. All this and with driver adjustable variable performance/gas mileage parameters.
If you are going to do manual, you might as well have a REAL manual.

If you are going to have an automatic, it may as well be truly hands-off. Even if it can be numerically fast if sufficient power is input, it is not driver-involved.

If you want to split the difference, a dual-clutch like a PDK/DCT is more direct than a CVT mechanism behind a torque converter.

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Torque vectoring could go a long way with dealing the effects of weight and handling dynamics.
I'm not suggesting that all this is a panacea for bad engineering design. Obviously all this technology would still be better used on a fundamentally well designed platform. What I am saying is that we don't have to sacrifice too much to not only maintain versatility while maintaining performance, with technology we can actually increase versatility and increase performance. After all, hasn't the automobile always basically been and exercise in technological engineering?
All technology, with no (or incorrectly interpreted) philosophy as to how it interacts with human perception and preference, can also miss the mark.

Autopilot is technology, too, after all, and it isn't just for planes anymore.

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Turbocharging, with it's associated plumbing, intercoolers, exhaust complication, and oil and coolant supply, plus the added aspects of lag-mitigation are not zero weight, and are not necessarily reliable.

An EZ H6 is not much heavier, and less than 3" longer than an H4, due to smaller cylinder pitch, and more open space in the block. It can have more torque near idle, off boost at lower RPMs, which allows lower cruising RPMs, and less throttle input required in stop and go driving. While generally being less complex, more reliable, and less under-hood heat and cooling system demands.

The torque vectoring mentioned can mitigate the front-engined aspect of Subaru's drivetrain anyway, whether H4T or H6.



This is what I mentioned. Trying to make a CVT act like a geared transmission makes it pointless to have a CVT in the first place.

And if you are not manually controlling the engagement, and the gear ratio, it is definitively not "more driver control than a typical manual", as the computer is controlling the transaxle, and the engine's throttle. The interior controls are merely making suggestions.



If you are going to do manual, you might as well have a REAL manual.

If you are going to have an automatic, it may as well be truly hands-off. Even if it can be numerically fast if sufficient power is input, it is not driver-involved.

If you want to split the difference, a dual-clutch like a PDK/DCT is more direct than a CVT mechanism behind a torque converter.



All technology, with no (or incorrectly interpreted) philosophy as to how it interacts with human perception and preference, can also miss the mark.

Autopilot is technology, too, after all, and it isn't just for planes anymore.

Turbocharging is not necessarily unreliable (I have over 212000 miles on my turbo engine, without any issues). The extra cylinders, valves, etc., of a 6 compared to a 4 cylinder comes with added complexity and potential failure rate as well. One could argue that not using turbocharging is a waste of the internal combustion engines inherent efficiency/performance. Subaru system as it stands already has a rather unfortunate weight bias, adding to the dilemma seems like an anathema to increasing sporting performance. Your point about torque vectoring negating the extra weight is well taken, but the same torque vectoring system working with less to compensate for might offer even greater performance.

Understand that with a CVT the drivers could be free from preordained gear settings and modify them as the driver saw fit, and on the fly too! Better yet with a scrolling gear gear level the driver could adjust the torque/RPM's anywhere within the range of the CVT. Forget the 4,5,6,7 set ratios decided by someone other than the driver, when virtually hundreds of ratios could be actuated by the driver on the fly! Basically bypassing the computer, the computer might only be needed if by driver error a chosen ratio would be damaging.

What is a "real manual"? One that allows the driver to select from a set number of decided by someone other than the driver predetermined ratios? One that allows the driver to select from a set number of predetermined driver chosen ratios? One that allows the driver to select from a yet undetermined number of set number of ratios. One that allows the driver to eliminate any set number of ratios and choose any number of ratios at anytime? Or one that can do all that, and offer "auto pilot" at the discretion of the driver? Past technological limitations don't necessarily warrant authenticity.

A CVT can offer more or less driver involvement at any time at discretion of the driver, while offering greater efficiency and greater performance (especially with turbocharging and toque vectoring ), and has the potential do it better than any other currently competing alternatives.

Embrace the potential!

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So your going to modulate gear ratios to balance the chassis mid corner instead of the throttle? No thanks. Change for the sake of change is stupid. Change for a meaningful improvement is far better

Just setting the engine to max power and varying gear ratios constantly sounds very unappealing as the engine drone at one single rpm band would be unnerving.
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