I hate being gray.

I don’t have the name or phrase down yet, but whenever I see a new, sharply detailed portion of a car (usually a Toyota or Lexus), I immediately think of the hipsteria surrounding exotic and obnoxious new shapes in facial hair. That’s what it looks like to me - the follicle folly of the hipster’s mustachioed sneer.

I know this more your wheelhouse than the auto end of Jalopnik, Tyler, but I just wanted to point out that the winningest (I know - only an acceptable word in regard to sport) race car designer/engineer/aerodynamicist of the past 30 years from Formula 1 and Indy famously locked himself in his office with a slide rule,…

As said already, the "Bear" uses four engines, each with two props counter-rotating, which gives it the signature buzz/roar that's louder than almost anything else in the sky. Stealthy, it is not!

My first coffee table car book was called, "Dream Cars," published in 86 or so, and I wish I still had it! Here's a list of the featured vehicles, to the best of my recollection:

So sad to hear of his passing, but it makes me reflect on all joy they brought to me and so many others over the years.

"The rules clearly state that Hamilton is entitled to take his line."

So here's what I read in that report: "Whaaaaaaaaa! Mummy (read: Toto)! Daddy (Lauda)! Nico isn't being fair! I get to drive however I want, pushing him off track repeatedly this year, but when he strikes back by not taking evasive action to avoid my stubborn, entitled, two carat-studs-in-each-ear-wearing pretty-boy…

So ESPN is quoting Hamilton as saying Nico admitted it, but no transcript of the meeting or unbiased witness corroborates, and you fan the flames by taking ESPN's award-winning F1 coverage as gospel and as good as a primary source? (Hearsay tweets are now acceptable as a news source? Really?) Let's wait to hear from…

"Having tracked quite a bit..." in a 2014 F1 car? They border on undrivable this year with no rear downforce and incredibly complex power units that deliver huge amounts of torque and squirm mid corner in all conditions. All due respect, you don't know the first thing about car control on the ragged edge in these…

That "Team player" meme - just a little off the mark if you listen to LH's transmissions to his team this season. But nice try. Both are racing for their own Mercedes team, as far as they're concerned (Lewis is driving for "Hamilton Petronas Mercedes F1" and Nico for "Petronas Mercedes Rosberg F1"), but only one…

Ok. So has EVERYONE completely lost their mind in this biased "analysis" and "coverage" of the incident? Have you all completely forgotten the history of these drivers and their conduct? Let's refresh: Lewis Hamilton made his career on using an exceptionally sharp front wing to slice Felipe Massa's rear tires over…

My vote goes for restoring the uninterrupted lines of the initial "teaser" photos and simply mounting the plate (illegally) in the window on your million dollar supercar. The cops will be so busy picking their jaws up off the ground that they won't even bother with anything more than a verbal warning, anyway. And as…

In no particular order, because my fantasies vary from day-to-day, and I'm limiting my choices to the last ten years only:

Still waiting for someone to suggest the most obvious option here: Wait for the first BRZ/FR-S wreck, and drop the Skyline lump in that! Solves all the "But it's too slow... A Mustang is faster..." BS, and then leaves said Mustang drivers blubbering on their plastic interior as they watch your taillights disappear…

Alas, this was not a banner year for automotive achievement or excellence in my life. First, I had to retire (or rather, sell for a song to a mechanic neighbor) my '99 Saab 9-3 SE after 180,000 miles due to the need for a rebuild-or-replacement manual trans. It was simply too expensive for me to have the work done,…

Alas, this was not a banner year for automotive achievement or excellence in my life. First, I had to retire (or rather, sell for a song to a mechanic neighbor) my '99 Saab 9-3 SE after 180,000 miles due to the need for a rebuild-or-replacement manual trans. It was simply too expensive for me to have the work done,…

Near-sighted and cross-eyed! She'd only do you if she thought you had two of these craptastic convertibles! And even then, (s)he'd probably be a pretender, too!

It is nearly impossible for me to choose between the beneficiaries of the Palace Revolution, but for sheer cool-factor, I don't think you could start with a better dream team than ATS did: Carlo Chiti, Giotto Bizzarrini, bodies by Michelotti, funded by Count Volpi. Of course, having so many brilliant minds and huge…

The Scorpio and XR4Ti were both sales successes in Europe as Fords long after the death of the North American "Merkur" brand.