You can't hate the S80. It's a car for nice people. No stupid 'character lines', 'aggresive fascia's' or 'imposing grille's. If you're a nice person, there are hardly any cars left to choose from.

"On the UAW's Chrysler Facebook page, a number of union members expressed doubts. "They are going to suck money out of Chrysler like Daimler did," read one post."

"Gordini" has already been taken in the racing pantheon. Robby Gordon can think of something else.

I find chivalry much easier to just not think about it too much from a feminist viewpoint. I'm a man, and from a feminist viewpoint, I'm not doing anything right regardless, so I might as well err on the side of friendliness.

I hope the person filming was a woman. If not, he needs to re-evaluate his manners.

The whole 'stepping on lego bricks' thing is as far as I know exclusively American. Here in the netherlands, I've heard nothing about the terrible agony of stepping on lego bricks. While every article on american blogs that is tangentially related to lego's contains at least a few references to the horrors of lego…

It's terrible. But great at the same time. I'd say it's a nice toy for someone with a lot of disposable income, and a great sense of self-humor. This car is basically the punchline to the joke that is most people who drive SEC's.

That's the Alfa Romeo 105 series light stalk. It is bigger and more prominent than the indicator stalk. Which means that you'll flash your lights every turn. It is a 7-way design, meaning: up and down, you can rotate it three positions and you can push it in for signalling. Two positions mean 'off'. The flash 'push'…

Turbo R parts are expensive, and this seems to be full of Turbo R parts. Therefore, I voted nice price.

That's one way to look at the 2GT. However, wouldn't it be a much more elegant situation if people realized that these cars offer nothing a 3-series Touring can't offer and then some? If the prospective buyers of these vehicles would be more aware of the things they actually want and things they think they want,…

I've driven once without power steering, but other than 'heavy at slow speeds, good feel' I'm not at any position to comment on it. Either way, everybody used to drive cars without power steering and they seemed to be able to cope with it. I've alos read that a lot is down to suspension geometry with caster, trail,…

I'd say having to replace the windows often is quite inconvenient, but not unworkable. Tires need to be replaced too, as do brake pads and clutches. VW has now put windows on that list too for a very expensive, niche car. Your argument is invalid.

I know that it isn't what you're suggesting, you're just suggesting a minor weight increase for a greater convenience. However, all the things I mentioned were also minor weight increases for much greater conveniences. Added up, it matters. Well, you're a product designer, you'll also understand what I'm saying. This…

Yes. And they could've added some sound isolation. Which would've made it just a few pounds heavier. And really, how much does a power steering unit weigh. They could've also made it a bit wider for extra comfort. That won't add 20 pounds as well. Maybe a bigger fuel tank too. And real mirrors. And make it from…

I'm not. I'm just annoyed by the constant 'omg ford totally pwned ferrari back then'. I know about Ford's racing heritage, and I get annoyed that only the Le Mans bit is repeated over and over again.

Yeah, Ford's dominance of a single race in a small part of the sixties. The only reason anyone would ever know of Ford beating Ferrari once, is because internet commenters remind people of that incessantly. At any given point in time, some internet commenter is typing on a car blog about how Ford beat Ferrari that one…

The reason you thought 'Ford GT' was because the terms 'supercar' and 'american' where mentioned. And the Ford GT is the only somewhat-recent supercar from a major american manufacturer. And it wasn't very good. The design was dated (1964 to be precise), and the reliability was terrible.

The Duesenberg happened in the 30's. That was literally a lifetime ago.

It won't come from a major US car manufacturer. Porsche does it because of Piech and who they are. Ferrari does it because Sergio is an Italian and he would never let Porsche outshine Ferrari. McLaren does it because they want to show that they can build a _better_ 1m+ hypercar than Ferrari. All those brands can use…

The new Mustang will undoubtedly corner and handle better in general, and it will open up European markets in ways it's never done before. Previously, a Mustang in Europe meant you were a attention-loving Americanopile. Now, the car may be taken as a serious competitor to sports coupés from almost anywhere in Europe.