People who say “it’s too hard, it’s too complicated” are idiots. It’s too hard for YOU to wrap your head around a fully autonomous car. I’ve worked with the engineers who are developing the current generation of autonomous cars. They are brilliant and they are committed to making them happen. If you actually listen to…

Basically the shooting game they did on Top Gear with the Mercedes vs the Porsche. I like this idea. Laser tag racecars!!!

I think this is less to do with Red Bull in general, and more to do with Marko himself. He grew up seeing Enzo’s success and has replicated it. By all accounts it is always Marko who is pulling the strings to get drivers hired and fired. At some point Horner and the rest of management give in and let it happen.

One needs look no further than Ferrari post Enzo to see how self destructive this management style was. Luca DiMontezemelo hires Jean Todt, who recruits Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn, who were able to drag Rory Byrne out of retirement. That group of 4 went on to create Ferrari’s most dominant period ever. Ferrari…

The original WRC compilation to Linkin Park’s “In The End.” I first saw this video in high school and it still sends shivers down my spine. Pure 00's nostalgia with the music, the video quality, and the awesome WRC action. Few video edits hit as perfectly as this one does.

Perfect? No. But if you’ve actually watched Speed Racer, it is a perfect live action tribute. The Wachowskis did a great job of bringing that energy to a live action movie.

You put together this list and didn’t include ANY of the other races that go on that week???

The new Batmobile has:

You actually can’t blame the FIA on this one. It’s Formula 1 the sport. Formula 1 (Liberty Mecia) negotiate the commercial deals including TV, billboards, merchandise, and the race sanctioning fees. It is F1, specifically Liberty Media, who sets the terms and conditions. F1 says “we want to race here” and the FIA says…

I worked in automotive ECU design for 7 years. Specifically, I worked in mechanical design and there are a bunch of issues not even touched on here:

This right here? The ultimate Bond car. Because James Bond is a man of luxury who also happens to be a spy. The 740i was comfortable, fast, and handled well: all the while, it was completely understated and blended in. Bond’s cover is an import/export manager: a businessman. An accountant doesn’t drive a sportscar, an…

I have a 2020 Tacoma and if that experience is anything to go by this infotainment is going to S U C K!!! The Tacoma system is slow, buggy, and very unintuitive. Lots of features are completely unavailable when you’re moving, some of which really should be (for example, the directions list in the GPS does not scroll…

Yes and no.

I always suspected it would be impossible to lower a modern truck and make it look good.  Toyota has confirmed it.  

My 1992 Cappuccino is the perfect slow car. There is never a dull drive: you have to drive it like a motorcycle since you’re halfway below the beltlines of most cars (and face level with any modern truck). All gaps are manageable. There isn’t a ton of power, but the gearing is short and when the turbo kicks in, you…

I disagree that keyless start requires the clutch interlock to be removed: remote start yes, but not a push button starter. Honda can clearly make this work since even the HR-V had both a manual AND keyless entry and keyless start (emphasis on had since you can no longer get an HR-V manual).

This is really weird since every one of those features is currently on my ‘20 Tacoma TRD Sport...with a manual.

Are we sure it isn’t a safety issue? Narrowing the groove on a very fast track can be very dangerous. There’s no more room for error when the lanes aren’t wide enough for multiple cars.

While you are correct that this is NASCAR/SMI’s decision (since they own the track), making a decision without the input of all stakeholders is bad business. In the case of NASCAR, making a decision about the layout of a track without consulting the drivers is bad business. This is doubly true when you remember that ev…

Buy an original. They are really good. Not safe, comfortable, or especially practical (though more practical than say a Beat or an AZ-1), but absolutely worth the price of admission. And there is a growing network of Kei car owners in the US and Japan that make finding parts fairly easy.