If there was a drop in GDP during a Republican administration does anyone doubt that Gawker would be mentioning, and blaming, the president?

I'd say that the seven slave labor factories that the SS set up for Auto Union's use, or other slave factories operated by German companies under the Reich probably belong on the list.

The satellite Bricklin factory in New Brunswick, where they made the cars' composite body panels, was run by Malcolm Bricklin's father, Albert who apparently knew nothing about running a factory.

At the very least, that's an exaggeration. Also, Chapman had his plate full at the time and it's not likely that Lotus would have had the resources to race in F1, develop the Europa road car, and build a LeMans racer for Ford all at the same time. I wrote a piece for TTAC about Ford and AMC engineer Roy Lunn, who…

Lotus: 7 F1 world constructors' championships, they changed Indy forever with Jim Clark's car in 1965, they won numerous saloon car championships (plus a rally or two) with the Lotus Cortina and the Elan 26R didn't do badly either, along with a class win and Index of Performance award at LeMans in 1957.. If Saab and…

"Act like an asshat and you will be treated as one." The same rules apply to cops.

So what happens to the badges who act like asshats and blow dumb little shit way the fuck out of proportion?

And what vital governmental function was the president doing in Massachusetts yesterday?

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".

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…

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

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…

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

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

It's worth enough to be restorable unless it's completely destroyed.

Matt, the original author of the post at Zero Hedge is a guy named Vincent Lewis, who appears to be some kind of conspiracy theorist. No, really, he's published a book about conspiracies and doesn't appear to be a skeptic. He knows nothing about the car industry. When I first saw a link to the ZH post, I thought it…