The new Dodge Charger runs on a six-cylinder turbo and somehow the internet is still mad about it. I’ve been thinking about why that is, and I don’t think it’s really about the engine.

The Hellcat and the Redeye post numbers that should end arguments. They don’t. There’s a specific kind of disappointment that only shows up after the noise dies down, and it has nothing to do with what the dyno measured.

Ford’s 5.0 Coyote is a genuinely impressive piece of engineering. It’s also proof that you can do almost everything right and still produce something that feels like a spreadsheet made metal.