Comments by "Ryan UFC" (@ryanb8736) on "MotorWeek" channel.

  1. This guy is one of the oldest car reviewers in the business. I watched his shows on Saturday when I was 15. I’m now 52.
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  2.  @anaveragehuman2937 same guy and voice for 40 years of reviews.
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  3. Title is a lie and misleading. This is a Catalunya Red 2018. This is not a 2019, cause there are no 19’s sent to the US yet, and Catalunya red is not available on the option list for 19’s. If they ever come.
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  4. I only bought it because it’s a sedan. The best news from Audi was a 5 cylinder RS3 coming to the US in a sedan only. I pre ordered 2 months before pre orders started. I wasn’t even in the market to buy the car. 😁 A year later, I’m so glad with my most unexpected car purchase ever. I even got an Exclusive color for a little extra. That dam 5 cylinder caused all this. Haha
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  5.  @blackericdenice Hybrid was tested by many at 6.2 to 6.5 depending on DA. It’s pretty consistent. The Si best is 6.9 on a prepped track. Most people on streets get 7.2 to 8.8 seconds. It’s a hit or miss with traction. Si is not a great 0-60 car. It’s more of a great handling car. The 1.5 is very slow. The hybrid is the second fastest civic ever made. The type R is the fastest.
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  6.  @LongIslandMopars I’m shocked that Acura isn’t using Hondas hybrid technology. Acura is known as the premium Honda, but Honda has the premium hybrid drivetrain. The Integra, you can’t even get as a hybrid, yet a civic you can. The Integra comes in manual or a crappy CVT. This is why Integras are not selling well. They have an awful drivetrain.
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  7. Problem with them is they all aged horribly. Paints faded and most have rusted out. Interiors are trashed. Most are modded horribly and beat on badly. Many have also had engine issues.
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  8. You clearly haven’t been in one. The virtual cockpit is fast and excellent quality. The steering wheel is the best in the industry. I now hate round wheels. Lamborghini uses the same virtual cockpit and flat bottom steering wheel. Almost 300k so they must be pretty dam good. Some people like to judge just for a video. I’m sure you drive a better car, right? 😂
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  9. The 2020 beats it in every category.
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  10. That’s because the same V10 crew hand build this engine. It’s half of a V10 with a turbo. Tune and bolt ons are putting them into the 9’s with early development.
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  11. Adam Petten Not true. You need the Z51 performance package. No set price yet, but will be around 70k. They have NO numbers for Z06 and are not talking about the 0-60 of the Z06. The 0-60 under 3 seconds is for the 60k Stingray with the Z51 package. The Z06 will most likely be 2.5 seconds.
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  12. The previous is only built on hype. The hype is dying down on them now.
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  13. They are not making that engine anymore for basic Hondas. It’s only for Type R and Acura now.
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  14. Steve Schultz I drove a new 340i and wasn’t that impressed for 60k. That is overpriced. Got a new RS3 for a tad more and the performance is totally night and day.
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  15. Steve Schultz I drove the M240 and didn’t like only having 2 doors. Once having it loaded up it was the price of an M2. Too much money for what it is. I also don’t want a convertible. I need AWD too. Driving the M240 was a fun car, but not for its price. It’s too plain. After driving the RS3, it’s power and sound are amazing. Stock 1/4 is 11.9. Tuning takes it to another level. The interior is comfortable and nice looking. I’ve got an exclusive color so it’s rare for its model. In the end they are all nice cars and wish I could have one of each. The RS3 just won me over and love driving it. The sound is incredible. It just rips hard. The handling of the RS3 is also amazing.
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  16. CareerFireman You just have to understand what the RS3 is made for. It is a quality car that has a phenomenal engine. It’s heritage goes back to the Rally day with 5 cylinder engine. Audi RS team totally redoing the engine making it all aluminum with all state of the art parts. No expense was spared and is why they are expensive. Once you have driven one, you will understand why they are expensive and are all sold out. It’s the car we all begged Audi to bring to the US for years. Everything is overpriced these days, but for what you get and the speed you can carry in any weather, it’s great. Anything cheaper is just cheap. It would also take some serious modding with a stage 2 just to come close to the RS3 stock. Most states that’s illegal and people don’t want to bother. If you do want to do a stage 2 on an RS3, then you are keeping up with Super cars or killing them. The RS3 gives you such a high ceiling to start with. Getting 650 HP out of this is easy with bolt ons. You can also use the car in the snow as a daily. A 10 second car that only requires snow tires is unheard of.
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  17. Yes. Paint is much better now.
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  18. Yes. These ran very hot. Radiators popping. Starters seizing up, alternators stop charging. I was a mechanic back then. Don’t miss those days. All 80’s cars sucked other than Porsche 911’s. I still see a ton of 80’s Porsches on the roads these days. A few of my friends have them. Still best built cars that got even better.
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  19. Supras will sell just fine as long as they don’t mark them up. I know some knocked off the mark up when the C8 was announced.
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  20. 5 cylinder will probably be their most reliable engine. It’s built by the same team who build the V10. It’s half of the V10. People are drag racing these in the 9’s and 10’s non stop.
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  21. Shon Hall BMW’s are the most unreliable. I’m a BMW guy who bought an RS3. Best choice I ever made.
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  22. Hybrid is much quicker. It’s just a better car. Si is only better at handling and shifting feel. You can change suspension in hybrid to handle better than si.
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  23. Problem getting a new 230/240 is that they drop 20k value first year. M2 hold their value. So if you sell in 2 years, you lose way over double on the non M. Pre owned is the only way to buy a 230-240. Brand new I would go M. Cost less to play with the real car in the long run. Hard car to buy though. Long waiting list.
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  24. It’s a 30k exotic drivetrain. It’s a drivetrain the US has been waiting to get in a sedan. It’s a tuning monster. It’s pretty half of a V10 built by the same team who build the v10 for the R8/Huracan. Similar sounding engine.
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  25. mco119jj There’s nothing wrong with any of it. It’s actually perfect in every way. I’ve had a ton of nice cars, but I couldn’t imagine going to anything else for a very long time. Everything is so well thought out, amazing ergonomics, fast electronics, very quiet inside, super comfortable, all the buttons are in the best places, fit and finish are excellent. I love the sport back seats. I get so many compliments on them. Audi makes the best looking seats. It’s the only Audi I like other than the R8. Book values are staying pretty high on them too. I always said if Audi brings over the 5 cylinder, I will buy it. I kept my promise and loving it. They probably won’t have another one in the next generation.
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  26. True. GM has never built a good 4 cylinder in their whole history of building engines.
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  27. Sales numbers show that 2 doors didn’t sell well. Honda is bringing the Prelude back. That will be a dedicated 2 door sports car. It will only be available as a hybrid. At first I was kind of upset that it was a hybrid economy car, but after driving a civic hybrid, I’m actually ok with their choice now. The hybrid system is good. It’s way better than the 1.5 that they would have put in it. If Honda could build a 300 hp hybrid, that would be a huge step forward. It’s easy to do. All they need is bigger motors and bigger battery. Honda makes a great hybrid drivetrain. I love his they don’t use a CVT or regular transmission. Just two motors with a hydraulic clutch doing the work.
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  28. Old one is just blah. Poor quality body, awful paint, worst body panels, awful chemical smell interior in everyone of them, will rust if exposed to bad weather, so so handling, stock is not fast, awful brakes, very crappy interior. They are only good when you put a ton of money into them. Big turbo, IC, exhaust, new paint, new custom interior, new bigger brakes, bigger wheels and tires, etc. Ive worked on plenty of them over the past 20 years. Now they are so hyped and over priced. Buy one for 80k, put 40k into one and then it’s a nice car.
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  29. They are selling well. Not sure what you’re talking about.
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  30. None of their engines were relaxed. That’s why they all had issues.
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  31. It’s quicker than SI. 0-60 is 6.2. Handling is not as good as Si and braking is not as good as Si. You could change some parts to make hybrid handle the same as Si and even better.
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  32. FrostyCoug Totally different design than the VW engine.
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  33. GM always has incentives on buying their cars. They will make a shit loss of them. They are in business to make a lot of money.
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  34. D brandon You will see people of all ages in the new C8. The ones who will afford it anyway. They are going after the young professional crowd too.
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  35. Tony Chavez If Toyota built their own, they would have to invest almost a billion dollars. They knew the C8 was coming out and knew they couldn’t compete. Their numbers to sell it at a select crowd, it would have been 125k. Look at GTR and NSX. To sell it for 60k, they would need to sell 100,000 units. It would never happen. If Toyota did spend that money, they would be almost out of business. GM is the only company that can build a car and sell it cheap cause they have all in-house resources. Japan cannot compete. Not ever close. BMW struck a deal where it was all profit for Toyota. Toyota got killed with last generation Supra. They lost a fortune. Lexus LFA lost them a fortune. They were not going down that road again. They knew the C8 was coming out with mid engine at an affordable price.
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  36. Corvette is competing with Exotics. Anything under that category is done.
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  37. Adam Petten I wouldn’t say impossible. They probably sacrificed a lot of top end for bottom end power. Remember mid engine done right with superb traction will hook super fast. That’s why mid engine cars will always be my favorite. If they are advertising a C8 base with Z51 package under 3 seconds, they have already tested it. I’m sure they would not false advertise it. Maybe they had ideal track. Remember the Z51 package has different gears to help achieve that 0-60. Usually you can get some cars to go quicker than advertised. They can only post numbers on the average.
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  38. That’s its best time on a prepped track. It’s normally 8 seconds.
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  39. These days they all cost 40-50k. I’ve driven them all. Honda Ridgeline wins for power, comfort, and storage. Reliability is amazing. Toyota is also great, but rides rough. Still have rust issues this day. 😢
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  40. 6.2. It’s quicker than Si. You can also make it handle better than Si with suspension mods.
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  41. The C8 just killed everything with 2 doors under 300k.
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  42. It is faster, better handling, huge difference in braking, 100 times better build quality, 1000 times better fit and finish, way better suspension, 10000 times better paint, 100000 times better interior, etc. The only thing the old one had going was the manual that was fun. Hopefully the new one gets it. I’ve worked on 20-30 old ones from stock to modded and I never did get the fascination with them in today’s standards. They were old and poor fit and finish. Now the one that everyone visions on their head is not stock. It’s the one that’s modified. To get one with new paint job,, new suspension, brakes, upgraded interior, modded engine to 600 hp, you will have 150k into it. You can buy almost 3 C8’s for that same money. At the end of the day, it’s still an old car that still can’t handle with the big boys. I know from experience. If you do not have one then you wouldn’t know. Toyota didn’t have a choice. They knew the last generation failed at sales before they pulled the plug. They knew the C8 was coming and to build the car the way everyone wanted, it would have cost 150k. Look at GTR and NSX. Poor sales on both those cars. BMW came to them and it cost them little. It’s all profit for Toyota. Toyota would have needed to sell 100,000 units for 125k to make a profit. Never gonna happen. Chevy can only produce those numbers at a low cost cause they have jigs all set up.
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  43. N96ZG So if they built a one off car, how much could they sell it for?
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  44. The hybrid is the winner.
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  45. It still outperforms every Supra ever made. In every category too. You need to learn the cost of R&D. Plus Toyota knew the C8 was coming out at a low price. Chevy just set new grounds on what performance should be at 100k cheaper than it should be.
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  46. That’s why Toyota went German. They want a piece of the German buyers. The people who actually have money to buy and lots of money to mod. Toyota did hard fans are all about economic cars that are not flashy. Toyota knee they needed to change their market. So German they went. They are doing well with the sales so far.
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  47. They are not competing with the C8. Nobody can. That’s why Toyota didn’t build their own car. They knew it would have to be 120k plus.
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  48. They weren’t that great then. Horrible handling, slow, and just blah!
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  49. Tune with bolt ons are at low 10’s with a days worth of driveway work. My buddy hit 9.9 on stock block and turbo. Extremely impressive! A bigger turbo puts them in low 9’s. Built engine will be doing 8’s. Very impressive for a new drivetrain in the early development stages.
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  50. CareerFireman True, but spend under 2000 and you’re in the 10’s. How many cars under 100k do that, that are AWD and a sedan? E63s and M5 Comp. 125k plus. My friend owns a tuning shop and tunes everything from BMW’s to Porsche’s. He said the RS3 totally left him speechless and is the new tuning monster. Guys in exotics have already been beaten by some of the tuned RS3’s. I waited for many years for them to bring this engine to the US. I wasn’t even in the market to buy a car, but I had to make a jump on it cause I know Audi will not make them for long. I got an Exclusive color to be different and one of a kind. Gets lot of attention.
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