Or just good economic modeling and optimization formulas so you get it right the first time, which is what they do in actual policy recommendations.

In economics, this is where they approximate a utility curve and then do a Lagrangian optimization on it to find the answer without having to keep adjusting.

People will always go how fast they feel safe in and won’t be arrested. The issue is people either not understanding the risks of driving that fast, or the cars being built too safely that they encourage recklessness.

It really takes more energy to accellerate to 85. Maintaining 85 is just a matter of overcoming friction, and the friction on 85 mph is actually not much more than 65mph. Most of it comes from the drive-train, not the speed.

Same bullshit they said when they moved from 55 to 65.

FCAGMFMGVAG Abarth GTi ST Z07

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I’m beginning to think Jason doesn’t really exist, he’s just a hive mind account for all the batshit wonderful ideas that every other Jalopnik editor gets but is too afraid to post.

I have never before wanted a Koenigsegg to crash. I never would. I love those cars more than any other vehicle, Christian is my automotive hero and I would never want to see harm come to one of his beautiful machines.

The thing is, before emissions and fuel economy regulations you could throw a cam or a carburetor at a V8 and get 40 extra HP out of it before computers were even a thing. It made no sense to chuck a new technology that was likely to blow up your car (or at least overheat it) when you could instead throw off the shelf…

Eighth mile, maybe. Quarter mile? No.

It wasn’t power that won this race, it was a well-designed transmission, fast shifts and launches. The beetle actually looks slower after launch than the mustang, but the mustang driver babied it (maybe even had an automatic) whereas the beetle clearly had its launch on-point. I wonder what it’s first gear ratio is,…

Gearing and shifting speed is just as important in drag racing too.

Recent-ish being, what, 2005?

Barrel roll or Aileron?

The Porsche 959’s AWD system is very similar to the R32’s ATESSA ET-S. Both had a multiple-clutched RWD-biased AWD system. Both used a twin turbocharged 6-cylinder engine (Flat-6 in 959, straight six in R32). The RB26DETT was arguably more advanced by far than the 959 engine (which was partially air cooled), and…

Because they had to. Ford beat them to the ‘murican car comeback by a few years already.

It’s very ugly.

One point on a line does not make a trend.

The year was 1984. What was one a clever, innovative, and old company that released 2-door sedans with sports car engines and suspension, dominated the light truck market, and had a decade of sports car success.... had now a nearly decade of a slumping luxury market that struggled to meet the demands for larger, more…