Despite being French, Michelin came prepared with lots of numbers, some of which are pretty astonishing. Like that they have 6,600 employees working on the tires with 350 different fields of expertise from meteorologists to biochemists equipped with 400 unique tools to simulate every possible situation.

Nicely done, Porsche. Very clever. It reminds me of that old BMW ad with the rabbit, except Porsche's take is still applicable.

All aircraft in this picture need to be named. I'll start

I'm sure it's tremendously capable, but you do look like you're having a midlife crisis in one. You can't outrun image. And seeing the styling, Chevy didn't even try.

The Phaeton is nice though.

The Hughes was pitiful compared to the last Schneider trophy racers. The H1 didn't reach 600 kmh, the fastest Schneider trophy plane did 655, and the fastest plane that was designed for the Schneider trophy but didn't make it in time did 709kmh (MC72). All this while carrying around floats. The H1 didn't have floats…

Let me sum this up quickly: roads int he poorest parts of the world can be 250 times more deadly than roads in the richest parts of the world. What the poor countries' roads are lacking are really basic features - sidewalks, safe crosswalks, and campaigns to get people to wear helmets and seatbelts.

Can you pull out into oncoming automobile traffic? No. It's a horse. You shouldn't be playing out in traffic on a horse, period. That being said, you could put some fixies to shame in the bike lane.

Yeah we remember it. It's because of threads like this in which americans fanboys can reminisce about conceptcars that never made it beyond concept stage that would surely kick the yerpeons ass. The last american 'supercar' was the Ford GT and despite Ford taking a major shortcuts on the exterior design, it still was…

Nothing 8 series will ever be 'superleggera'. At best it could be described as a pig instead of the elephant that is the normal 8 series.

After which she challenged disgruntled runner up to a race down the hill as well.

This. A thousand times this. Citroen should be awarded the top 5 spots alone. They even bought Maserati.

While the Audi driver was a cunt (big surprise there), the cyclist should learn to ride a bike. Look at him bobbing about at 0:50. Not a smooth pedal stroke at all. Nor a good bike riding posture. If it looks like you're riding your tiny little legs of, you're doing it wrong.

Did you know the Gordini name was already taken in the racing car pantheon?

Except you do sacrifice rigidity.

Volkswagen's Haldex 4Motion system (called "Quattro" on more expensive cars) wasn't a 50:50 all-wheel drive system like what you get in a Subaru. Instead, it sent power to the rear wheels when the fronts lost traction. The R32 was still praised for its immense grip around corners.

It's gloriously 80's and I suspect it will rise in value when the 80's excesses are viewed as quaint instead of vulgar. Give it 15 years.

Let's not reference Maroon 5 here. This is supposed to be a classy corner of the internets.

The SEAT is a Golf R for proles. And the Golf R hasn't got a savory clientèle as is stands. Here in the netherlands, SEAT hatches are consistently driven by terrible people. The worst of american BMW driver stereotypes would be a friendly way to describe SEAT drivers at the other end of the pond.

Many tried to build turbine cars in the early sixties including GM, Fiat and Rover, but Chrysler actually gave this beautiful Ghia bodied wonder to the people for testing.