It was a turbocharged, water-injection, all-aluminum V8 with a little valve that cut off boost if it sensed there was no Turbo-Rocket fluid (the name for the water-alcohol mix used to suppress knock) left in the reservoir . It needed this because it had a 10.25:1 compression ratio. And this was all in 1962.

First one to find a Monolith on the moon gets to go to Jupiter!

The 2010 Insight is the worst car I've ever driven.

That's funny... because the Tesla "fix" is to adjust the ride height up at highway speeds, through a software update.

Mopar should sell the Prowler design to Mazda and give them a reason to make an inline rotor engine (three or four rotors should do). That should fit under the long, narrow hood and give all the torques while sounding like a swarm of angry bees.

The wing was not allowed to flex, so they had the idea of making the nose/wing attach point flexible, so it could still scoop closer to the tarmac under load.

They don't necessarily have to be using exhaust gasses like in the article I saw... they could be using thermoresistive wires in their KERS system... so when that is charging or discharging, it heats the wires connecting the battery pack (which may be adjacent to or embedded in the thermoplastic).

I have a feeling it has more to do with the drivers. They're probably used to driving a BMW or Audi with an extra 2-3" of ground clearance and so they try to straddle road debris that actually hits and damages the Tesla.

Yeah, a broad, flat, under-bed battery pack would also give it a huge weight distribution advantage compared to ICE pickups... they could position the batteries for a low center of gravity (for a pickup) and 50/50 weight distribution. It will probably be the best-handling pickup ever made. And they'll be able to keep…

And Teslas don't spontaneously combust like some others (cough, Ferrari, cough)... evey Tesla fire is a result of road debris damaging the battery pack... it's like hitting an animal with your car. I don't see Chevy recalling any cars because the hoods dent and windshields break when Chevy drivers hit deer.

I was expecting this...

These "Goodyears" have been designed to fail, apparently.

Some other, not-instantly obvious, effects:

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Uhhh, I'm just going to find a cash machine.

They're pretty empirically crap cars when you watch the crash test videos. YIKES!

*except China

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Looks like a semi took the front end off or something. The Model S is super safe in crashes, as we've seen in the crash test videos. It would take something drastic to do that to the front end.

A piano is the worst thing you can put on a car