They also made this in 1983

Understated? There was two-tone, acres of chrome and the hood ornament was a friggin airplane! The entire car screams excess.

Not sure I buy that.

Also, they were archaic lorries underneath. Nobody ever tells you that, but the SJ's were considered powerful but quite old-fashioned, even by 1930's standards.

Do read up on the wiki page of the Royale, it's quite storied. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_R…

Released just so Aston could get their fleet fuel efficiency numbers lower, the Cygnet was just a $51k version of a Toyota iQ. It should come as no surprise that they only managed to sell 150.

A special place in hell for a 670hp shooting break? That sounds great, handles great, has some truly innovative tech going on and doesn't look half bad either?

Compare the Countach and the Miura and then look at every post-Countach v12 Lamborghini. You'll be disappointed, because every post-Countach V12 Lamborghini is a new take on the same car. They are becoming repetitive, and not in a good way like Porsche.

Definitely not. The 240 has one of the most awkward C pillars ever. The backseat window droops down, and then the cargo window is straight again.

Lamborghini was founded upon the idea of making a better car than Enzo Ferrari. Of course it competes with Ferrari.

Neutral: Do You Think Ferrari Has The Right Vision? Am I just biased, as an American, against the Ferrari ideals. Or does Ferrari have the wrong ideals?

What do you need to do with 2 pillows? Do you have two heads?

One factory 6.9 element that didn't make the transition to the shorter car was the range-topper's finicky Citroën-sourced hydropneumatic suspension. That system replaced steel springs and shocks with high-pressure nitrogen-filled accumulators and liquid-filled struts. Needless to say, over time there was plenty to go…

The original 2CV engine is said to be inspired by a BMW flat twin motorcycle engine. So the engine swap is historically correct as well!

Nope, you're still being dense.

No, you're still not getting it. The figure is touted as being special. While it isn't.

My point is that the rigidity isn't really that impressive. A sporty BMW is stiffer. And this sporty BMW isn't even a full on racecar, with a stiffness-boosting rollcage.

The roll cage extends to the rear axle, which makes for an extremely rigid (39870 Nm/deg) chassis. The carbon/aluminum frame was modified so it can house an improved radiator up front and Xtrac's six-speed sequential gearbox at the rear. The dry weigh of the car is only 2,799 pounds, with a weight distribution of…

Looks can be counterintuitive when assessing drag coefficient. But the drag formula is 0.5*rho*v^2*CD*A. Where A is the frontal area. And the frontal area of a Corvette is lower than that of a Passat.

The with the eight-speed is EPA-rated at 16 mpg in the city, 29 mpg on the highway and 20 mpg combined (up 1 MPG from the 2014 model). GM went as far as pointing out that the (estimated) highway figure is not only better than of the Corvette's competitors, but also makes the Stingray more economical than a Subaru…