The problem on the rails is that you can’t really control where you are going. Get an 80s G-Wagen or Unimog and you can go anywhere you want and it will burn any oil you can find

Or you upgrade to an 80s Unimog RV. Same old MB diesel that doesn't care about its fuel as long as it might be some kind of oil, but even more mobile and you can live in it if necessary

Nobody disputes that he was/is a fast driver, but his frequent crashes mean he never was a good F1 driver, despite showing very good pace on occasion.

There is no general answer to this, it depends on engine design. You basically want your air mass in the combustion chamber as high as possible. With a naturally aspirated engine, you are limited by the volume flow your engine can suck in as you can’t influence density. With a turbocharged engine you can increase air…

But I want to celebrate the return of color, any color, to the grayscale of modern automotive paint

That may be the case for the large roads where pollutuants are measured, but if you want to reduce your personal absorption of particulates, you need to use the car. Every measuring device that is used for checking EU limits are on large roads, but researchers have found much higher levels of particulates in subway…

Even in cities with light or no subsidies you wouldn’t pay 700€/$ per month on public transportation. In the most expensive cities I know a monthly ticket would be 50 to 300€ depending on range, and you usually have to pay for street parking in almost every german city.

The number plate makes this a very probable explanation. Mazda-owned cars always have LEV plates, not HG

IIRC the 70k GTR didn’t sell particularly well compared to the 911.

I think Darwin would see a flaw in that video.

GM faces several challenges in earning money with the C8. The C7 was only relevant on the north american market, we’ll see if they can expand into Europe with the C8.

The car would have more than enough power to be even faster, and launch control could be bought in, the only actual issue is finding tires that provide enough grip. Such tires are available for purchase, but they tend last about a minute of running.

Also ETRC is racing at the Nürburgring
2 races were run today, 2 more tomorrow, all on Youtube

It is possible to build a battery with that amount of power, with something like 220s15p design with high power cells would do the job. However, they will probably have to sacrifice energy density for power density when selecting their cells, and thus negatively impact range or battery size in order to supply the…

I think it could still work resonable well if you do what it was designed for. Even here in Germany, they still use Caddys for the rural areas. If you only operate it within the city, it doesn’t need more speed, and for that reason they chose to keep it low to reduce battery and motor costs. Including Government…

The car would still be a tough sell against the VW, Hyundai, Ford, Honda etc, so the effort for US and EU certification will likely be too expensive.
However, a different Mazda engine swap would offer a lot of potential, as it results in a car with a unique selling point:

Mazda Germany already has the Skyactiv-X engine…

The german mail service had the exact same line of thought a few years ago, found that nobody produced such a vehicle, and proceeded to buy an electric car startup and had them build it. The running costs are reportedly 70-80% lower than for the VW Caddys they replace. The most common version has about 120 miles of…

The biggest markup comes from Toyota themselves.

The tax isn’t going to change anything, it’s clearly an easy money grab from the government. Nobody is going to change behavior because of it:
The majority of intra-EU flights are either business travels(so the flyers themselves don’t pay) or holiday travels from Germany/UK to Spain&Italy, and half a beer isn’t going…

That would be active torque vectoring, which is illegal in every FIA rulebook.