NEWS: New bill in US Congress would allow for turnkey replicas

[olddog]

Why bother shutting down these cars, when they hate the unwashed masses owning any internal combustion engine. Just make gasoline $12 a gallon. Their billionaire friends can still play.

I recall an interview where he said fuel will be phased out over the next 10 to 15 years. So far it looks like he may deliver a little sooner than that. No judgements or opinions here, just stating what was said and what I have observed.

Those electric Cobra's are looking a little better all the time.

[Mark IV]

The rule requires a certified engine, this doe NOT mean it will be a "certified crate engine" but it can be a "piggyback" certification i.e. the powertrain from an current production vehicle. We used this to EPA the AC MK IV, it was the Mustang 5.0 powertrain and as long as the weight was within a percentage (or less) and the ratios were within an allowable range you could certify with a simple tailpipe test and the evaporative "shed" test. So the fact that GM has certified crate system has no bearing on using a Coyote or an Ecoboost in a certified replica.