It was produced for so long, people often forget how different it was when it was launched in 1938.

I loved it. It told a story of intrigue and hope of the underdog. Like the American luxury brands of the 50s and 60s it gives the working class something to aspire to... pretty much the opposite of the Audi Kenny G commercial. That one just makes luxury car drivers look like buffoons... Audi drivers are just slightly…

@Y2KGTP: You can still pick up brand new Dreamcasts at Amazon. I did just for Typing of the Dead. The keyboards were a little harder to find, but they're still out there.

LOLZ

It HAS to be the Jaguar XJ220 to Transit Van conversion featured on the most recent Top Gear. The wheels are the only thing that give it away.

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This is too good to be true. Hoax?

About as fast as a duck (on land), too!

This one immediately sprang to mind

Dear Darwin,

@CmndrFish: But then there's that glare under the wheel... that's why I questioned it. Reflections of parking lot lights seem like a (remote) possibility

@Shadowise: WHAT IS THIS about remaking thunderbirds? Are they still using supermarionation? When? Where?

Boeing's blended wing body design is brilliant, but I don't think it will ever take off for passenger flight... people like windows!!!

It could be a Chevy Citation x11, though it is hard to see in the 2nd photo if it has that hood cowl induction bump.

@patman: On a banked track there will be much less braking, though, so the spinning of the flywheel will be minimized, so less gyroscopic force to recon with on the banked turns.

@patman: That's what I've been saying!

@MikeofLA: My bet is that it helps lap times more than hurts them.

@MikeofLA: It shouldn't affect the car's turning. It will help it stay flatter around corners, counteracting body lean. It could pose some challenge on a steeply-banked track, but that will be minimized by two factors: they don't race these kinds of cars on banked tracks much (if at all), and, on a steeply banked…

@Ruffles: There's more advantage here than just the boost aspect. The way they've oriented the flywheel means it will also act as a giant gyroscope... helping to keep the car flat on the track/resisting body lean around corners. It could have a higher g pad rating because it is a vertically oriented flywheel rather…

@tonyola: DEFINITELY THIS!