My dream for Volvo is to do what they're doing but have impeccable reliability and keep the ability to work on things ourselves a reality. That is what made Volvo. That is what can keep Volvo.

Someone forget about the Learfan?

A show about the prius and echo?

Cheap gas will not lower demand for gas. Watch the cycles. has everyone forgotten their past and recent history? Expansive gas=people bought hybrids in never before seen numbers. Small B-segment cars became popular and they sold well like they never would have before. Giant SUV's were traded in on smaller cars. Cheap…

What about that rash my girl likes?

I don't want to go down this road but Star Trek:TNG was a big game changer. Late 80's yes but the production of the shows was of such utterly high end quality at a cost of $1-million per episode. The results spoke for themselves blowing away any other TV show in all quality, effects, forethought, etc. It, then, was…

cars are bought based on what they provide for the money be it techno-geekery bluetooth everything or elitist attitude. Not once will an online presence guide a buyer towards a stronger decision. Unless it constantly displays internet porn on the sat nav.

I spoke at length with a "Ferrari guy", one who has had a 308, 328, now a 360 and from the detailed descriptions of hanging out with his mechanic, the Mondial is a pig with earrings. Basicly, it was their sort of parts bin car. Mass production for anyone that wants an F car, much like the California is now, in a way…

IF they do this, it will be a stupid thing. Every time one branch of the militray wants something that crosses over in to another branch of operation, the two branches fight for who gets to control it. Ie: The army wants a transport that can do awesome things. The Air Force fights in the senate for control of it…

I post over at Oppo. I posted a few times on this concept: the turbo Offenhauser and the Novi indy engines. Those are works of art. However we can't ignore any giant stack of Hillborn fuel injection topping a 490 cubic inch Aluminum Big Block in a McLaren Can-Am car.

Something important to remember is how close the the early early days sof aviation we still are when comparing the beginnings of space flight.Civilian industry doing space flight is just like the Wrights and Mr. Curtiss and Mr. Whittle starting up their own airplane business. We are in the WW1 phase of flight in…

the lineage hasn't sold well. The legacy (145) is a perfect Swiss Army knife and has stretch out biz jet room but isn't the best in any one thing. Just real overall good. The lineage doesn't have gulf stream range or speed. Shoot, I can tell you the effect of flying from .74 to .80 Mach is about 30% more fuel…

Where the moller aircar fall on the list?

Dodge Stealth. Of course! It's named the Stealth.

another big factor is the ownership rules of the FCC. Used to be a limit of 100 stationary any company could own. That got released to 1000 right away when Bush jr. Took office. Now its killing local radio and making a system of national radio repeaters. No local DJs. Local newsman are also vanishing. I stream music…

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I Wouldn't go as far as calling it Failed, but budgets and then implementation of it were all concerns. The Caspain Sea Monster will always be effing cool for what it could do. For example it took off at nearly 1.2 million pounds, into the air. World record material. Not very far into the air, but it lifted it off the…

Have to be a state resident to buy it in Colorado....from an approved source that is.

What about a production version of their LeMans v-4 drivetrain? It's not entirely flat but it's a very wide vee so it's close. I'm sure the note sounds close but definitely not subaru or cessna-ish.

I fully agree with the Mazda 3. I have an '08. I drive it 50 miles one way on the Interstate at 80mph to work and the not interstate back home the other 50 miles to avoid further tolls. It feels wonderful doing 80 and the other roads are just a real fun time. Add a Cold air intake kit and you have some nice sounds…