There were Porsche 917 brake calipers in the AMC parts catalog and could be ordered over the counter in 1970 because that allowed Penske to use them for Trans Am racing as they were a homologated “factory” AMC part. 

And its fancier cousin, the Porsche 356, had a rubber foot pump to squirt water on the windshield.

My 1962 Willys cj5 used a vacuum diaphragm on the fuel pump to drive the driver-side wiper. The passenger side was hand-cranked... obviously.

Chosen when Colin was looking for new factory space after the Lotus reputation took off. He specifically wanted some property with an airfield for that purpose. He drew a circle 100 miles out from the center of London on a map and Hethel was right there.

A ‘Vette won’t get you laid, either.

I have driven both and can confirm those as facts. If 99.99% of the drivers don’t follow that, well that is on them :)

We deal in facts here sir/ma’am, not fiction. 

I would somewhat jokingly and seriously ask whey they needed both labels on that washer knob.  That’s extra weight!  What other washer would be on the car?

BMWs have working blinkers, they are just not used:

GUUUUUUH I’m so tired of answering this question. The sources are not hard to find if you look.

The DOHC CB450 was crushing the competition in AMRA events in the late 60s. Harley had a lot of political clout and pushed for a ban on DOHC engines in the racing series. So, Honda developed a SOHC 750 known as the CB750, and proceeded to further destroy the existing market by dominating all other players. Harley…

The Lotus factory in Hethel used to be a WW2 airbase. The former runway is now Lotus’ test track. It’s a controversial rumor that the US Bomb squadron based there, the 389th, adopted the name “The Green Dragons,” after a local pub in Wymondham.

I actually laughed out loud at this.

May this run all the way to the top of the thread, my dude.  +1

This truck was a middle finger to all truck buyers. Musk is openly mocking the current trend of “rugged” and “tough” trucks. He turned it up to 11 and is now in the position of “well you wanted tough, you got tough” as if we are children. This guy has never been around work trucks before. He has never had to interact…

To be fair, GM has first rate engineers, they are just hobbled by the accountants and MBAs.

Man that press release is really really really throwing the aftermarket and fabricated stuff under the bus. I guess they have to right?

Fucked On Race Day

Which is of course why Mercedes, BMW and Audi don’t use V8s, because they only work in America.

Nobody gives a fuck about a V8, and that actually would hurt sales everywhere but the US.