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F1 teams close to agreeing new 2013 engine formula - 4 cylinder twin-turbo To be honest when i first read this i was outraged. This sport has been f***ed with so much in the last few years i have almost lost all interest in it. Now after reading what everyone else has said here i am maybe willing to give these new engines a shot assuming they can and will out preform or be on par with the 3.0L V10s of the glory days (completely my opinion i know many people would not agree with me). My biggest and only objection to these new engines, as long as they are solid performers, is the way they are marketed. the only thing that is talked about is how this proposed engine will benefit the environment. nowhere does it mention potential performance gains or making the sport more exciting. I do not believe global warming is as big of an issue and some would like you to believe and lets be honest, if you are watching F1 its not to be green. If these engines turn out to be what some people here say they could be then great but i just want the focus to be on making the sport faster not greener. side note. 1300hp from a 4 banger is very impressive even if only for a short time but i am wondering if anyone has any torque figures for those BMW engines?

Chevrolet Volt Li-ion battery packs to be manufactured by LG Chem key words are "even AMG is looking into hybrids these days". the difference is that Mercedes and AMG and probably BMW Audi Volkswagon and many others i am sure are all "looking" into this technology, compared to toyoto just making an eye sore that is hugely over priced and not refined to the point where it is any better in terms of pollution than most cars on the road today. And when i say it is not any better i am talking about the energy and toxic chemicals that go into making hybrids. If or when Mercedes ever makes a hybrid or fully electric car you can be sure that it will be near perfect compared to the far from perfect hybrids on the roads today. the production of the car will be 100% environmentally friendly and the emissions will be next to nothing, but since mercedes has not found a way to achieve this yet they haven't made a hybrid, they are still researching and developing one. What all the companies who are making hybrids today are doing is bad. They are appealing to a small group of people who want to "make it better" and will pay almost anything to have hybrid written on their car. Its a status symbol and if any of these people knew the horrible truth about hybrids today would probably sell their cars.

Chevrolet Volt Li-ion battery packs to be manufactured by LG Chem haha take out the trash... that was cute hope you didnt lose too much sleep coming up with that one. Now instead of making people pay out the ass for hybrids to compensate the cost of "development" why not release a wide variety of super efficient 1.1-1.8 litre gas and diesels vehicles which people would buy anyway while they made a car that was truly powered by a renewable energy source. And what are you talking about giving money to countries that hate the U.S.... you are cornered and faced with the facts that hybrids are a horrible waste of time and now you are resorting to ranting about nothing and insulting everyone else for having a different opinion. Give up buddy nobody here is with you.

Chevrolet Volt Li-ion battery packs to be manufactured by LG Chem Mradem, what everyone who hasnt been brain washed by AL gore is saying, is that the technology of "environmentally friendly" cars at the moment is less efficient and more polluting then the "gas guzzlers" on the road today. No one said give up on making it better but we are saying to put these cars on the road now is making it worse. dont do it by trial and error refine the technology first then release it to the general public. Maybe its you who is not getting it