Well he loves the car and i drove it today (the no rev past 1250 miles is off, he went on a road trip and now we have 1400 on that baby) Redlined it a few times and it has great pickup. It has tq. at almost any engine speed. I dont think that it has a IZUZU engine. I belive that it is a joint venture between Dodge and BMW. The ride is very smooth in that car eventhough it has sport tuned suspention. The one thing i Hate about it, is that the rear view mirror is the size of a make-up mirror! The mirror is tinyer in perportion to the del Sol's little gray things at the top of the windsheild that is on hindges, some evencall them visors!