For the same reason I'd leave the Chaparral 2F off the list. Jim Hall is one of the most influential people in motorsports history. Now if you're looking for a weird Chaparral, I'd pick the 2H, which was so aero that the driver had to almost lay down, and got in and out of the car via a tiny hatch in the side.

It's a good thing it wasn't a guy attacking his wife's car. Then we'd be hearing more about the bullshit "war on women".

I believe the term "selected" is more accurate. The UAW executive board picks the next president. There's a pro forma vote by delegates but I don't think there's ever been an opposing slate in my lifetime. Either way, UAW members don't get to vote for who runs their union. Theoretically, delegates will vote the wishes…

Nothing to do for car guys?

I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that Google has a bit of a diversity problem, even though it has set up shop in a city that's mostly black and brown.

Patrick, "more dangerous to the people in power than it's ever been"? Surely thou jest! The Washington press corps has worked diligently as lap dogs to the Obama administration and most of the media that isn't avowedly conservative or libertarian, including the Gawker constellation, just regurgitates the narratives of…

Things just look different in real life than they do in even the best 3D or VR. I'm a big fan of 3D but it has its limitations. Also, since some of those changes you mentioned involve raising surfaces, not just shaving them, you have to add clay.

Much of the styling with clay models involves very subtle changes. It's a lot easier and cheaper to do the alterations and fine tuning by hand than to carve a completely new full size model via CNC.

I've probably taken about 20,000 3D photos of cars and while I think that 3D and virtual reality will be mainstream in a few years, things look different in even the most realistic 3D than in real life.

Aaron, you working the race on Belle Isle this weekend?

Aaron, agendas aside, the point that I took away from the Goobing Detroit images is that they portray the decline that's taken place recently, since 2009. I'm in the city a lot and have no illusions about how extensive the blight and urban prairie is. I also recognize the tendrils of growth in the Woodward corridor…

The whole world in its entirety is a very narrow bridge and the essential thing is to not be afraid at all. - Rabbi Nachman of Breslov

No, but some of the specifications for overpasses and possibly curves were set with an eye towards being able to tow intercontinental ballistic missiles around the country.

If he's such a good man why did he act like a child when I asked him about his wealth?

One of the craziest ideas was Preston Tucker and Harry Miller convincing Henry Ford to finance the building of 10 front wheel drive Indy racers powered by flathead Ford engines. They only had two months to build them so they didn't do much testing and found out that the steering box was too close to the exhaust…

So how much time do you think the Conyers spent cohabiting? He's been living in Washington for decades.

So if Conyers has so much influence over the Feds, how come they never indicted Young?

Raph, a couple of years ago the concours at St. John's (formerly Meadow Brook) honored Tom Gale and had the Atlantic on display along with some of the other concepts made under his direction. It's a dramatic car in person. Not necessarily to my tastes, but then I'm not a huge fan of 1930s French styling. More pics here

Coleman and Conyers were part of the same political machine. When the history of Detroit is written, Mayor Young will be seen as one of the bigger villains. He let neighborhoods burn on Devil's Night, destroyed a vital neighborhood to build the Poletown GM plant when there were lots of other options and he cynically…

Conyers has championed not only the well-being of Detroit, but also the well-being of its most famous industry.