If the Delorean had made it to the US market with 170 hp in 1981 it would have been a much more serious competitor to the 911 SC and Corvette. The Porsche 911 SC of the day had 172 hp in US trim, the top Corvette had 190 hp. Sadly, the US version of the Delorean DMC-12 only had 130 hp once its exhaust was cleaned up…

The Lancia Scorpion was the US market version of the Lancia Montecarlo. Lancia had to change the name here because Chevrolet owned the rights to the Montecarlo name in the US.

1958 Desoto had my favorite taillights.

Thank heavens you're a loser then, because I sure don't need you showing up at any of the track days I attend with the attitude that a checkbook gives you the right to crash your way to the front.

Sorry, but you're never going to get anywhere without a brain transplant. 'After watching the Senna documentary' was right in my CYL quote. It is now obvious why you've asked the questions you have, because you're incapable of learning anything from experiential stimulus. Maybe you should buy a See 'n Say and work on…

"Where did you get the delusion that so very many people were becoming Senna fans after watching the movie? "

Schumacher has character. Senna did not.

A real F1 fan doesn't learn about Senna from a movie. A real F1 fan knows that Senna was far from universally loved while alive. Following Suzuka 1990, many of the people who'd given him the benefit of the doubt previously stopped and looked back at what he was really about. A teenager wouldn't know much about…

In 'fact'? The fact is that Senna later admitted he took Prost out on purpose, justifying it because the marshals didn't let him pick which side of the track to start from. You're not just denying what every sentient observer of the sport should know, you're denying what your lying, cheating hero conceded to while…

If you knew any real F1 fans, they'd think the existence of a new generation of wanna-be Senna fellators was pretty funny too.

Actually remembering Senna makes me a troll. That's fine. I've seen greater statements of ignorance here. What did I type that wasn't a fact? Did Senna crash out Prost? Did Stewart call out Senna for being a crash factory? Did standards change as a result of Senna getting a pass in 1990? Did Senna cry like a little…

Huh? RR had no top flight career. Why not ask about Niki Lauda? He won 3 WDCs in two very different cars, exhibited great courage, suffered horribly in a crash, and is now remembered mostly for being a useless tool after retiring from behind the wheel. Much like Piquet, for that matter. Jim Clark, on the other hand,…

Nelson Piquet raced primarily with pre-Suzuka '90 ethics. Like any other serious competitor, he kneow that Senna lowered the standard and anything went after Senna poisoned the well and the FIA bent over for it.

Why do you think I'd think you care? Whoever writes the headlines here apparently knows something close to nothing about the past thirty years of racing. The two day campaign of revisionism prompted me to point out that not everyone was ignorant of F1 history. I don't care how insipid you are. I'm always up for the…

Senna died trying to drive at Schumacher's level. Sportsmanship wasn't what MS would be known for, after Senna and the FIA set the parameters he'd compete by. I 'started this tirade' by pointing out that this documentary must have been pure fantasy and that I was there for Senna's entire international career. You…

Alpha males don't hide in their hotel rooms and cry their eyes out. Sorry if this is news to you.

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I've finally lost interest in F1. It took years to break the habit started in 1976, but I did it. Anyone getting in now would be better off watching golf. My favorite part of the Stewart interview was the reference to the exhaustive laundry list of drivers that Senna had taken out.…

Racing doesn't need 'safety.' What it needs is sportsmanship, and Senna killed that. I don't believe either the Saab fan or Xander have a clue. Find the interview Jackie Stewart did with Senna. Senna had no business in F1. He was about as classy as one of the Jersey Shore boys.

Really? Is it really news to you that dying is the best PR? I had dinner with 5 other people that each know more about F1 than all of Gawker, and they laughed when I told them about Senna idolatry by people who probably don't know who Nelson Piquet is.

Tell that to Jackie Stewart. Senna was refuse.