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Originally Posted by smoo
It’s a double whammy.
Most of these Legacy manufacturers who’ve failed at EVs are releasing limited life shitbox engines that will turn away repeat buyers and raise a question mark over resale values.
The Chinese who are flooding markets with EVs will be watching on and rubbing their hands as they appeal to buyers who’ve been burned with premature failures from cost cutting/lack of R&D/adherence to emissions and fuel economy standards.
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Saw an MG4 today on the road, at $35K it's a decent priced option,
EVs are reaching pleb level affordability at the bottom end,
I understand why Ford went for a timing belt setup - to reduce NVH over a chain (or gears)
However, it's a diesel engine in a body on frame vehicle, if you're worried about a little bit of NVH that a timing chain brings, you're in the wrong class of vehicle.
I feel like I'd be happy to trade off more NVH in return for something more robust, its a commercial vehicle after-all.
My Fiesta ST just went in for its first timing belt replacement, that's
250,000km intervals on its replacement.
Its a normal belt though, not sure how this 'wet belt' idea supposed to give it a longer service life when they're shitting the bed at 130,000km-odd and people recommending replacement earlier than later, should have just stuck with a normal timing belt setup if they must, its worked fine for decades.