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    Volkswagen has a long and glorious history of dealing with batteries in motor vehicles.

    Read the New York Driver’s Handbook.

    I know.

    If I had a nickle for every would-be-cheater who said they were building a Lemons car and asked for a price quote for $25,000+ in ECU, Turbo, stroker crank, custom camshafts, titanium lifters, dome-profile pistons, coilovers, big brakes, etc., and ended their request with “they’ve never seen one of these cars and

    The Stylus automobile predates the little plastic sticks that accompany various write-on-screen tablet and personal computers. And this is neither the correct symbol, nor the inspiration for the name of that automobile.

    Look, some jack-wad put fairy lights in those fake extractor vents.

    Woman puts bumper sticker on car that says “I don’t pay my bills, everything is free”.

    “The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Doesn’t Look Terrible...”

    So will they be issuing bullet proof socks now that they are adopting the “queen of accidental discharges”?

    And in 1991, they won the Class C points championship for the inaugural year of the N1 Endurance Race series. 1991: 1, 2, 4. With the AWD Turbo Gemini.

    Isuzu ended a 30+ year automobile racing history by winning the 1990, 1991, and 1992 All Japan Rally points championship. 1990: 1, 2, 4. 1991: 1, 2, 3. 1992: 1, 3, 6. All with the FWD model Gemini.

    Seems that the situation is that you have Steve Saleen is a very talented BS artist who wants to take credit for everything he touches and would rather lie than allow admit anyone else was holding the pen or mouse whe a line was drawn to create something his company sells.

    “Of all the ridiculous American cars Hungarians managed to import in the last 25 years, seeing these Firebirds around hits me the hardest.”

    In Fisker’s previous life, he must have been almost as evil as Elon Musk, to incur such bad Karma in his life.

    Gee, if Honda had done this with the CR-Z...

    The story manages to ignore several important points.

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    I’m unclear on how the Isuzu “Dancing Cars” campaign qualifies as “ridiculous”. The explanation stated that the footage as real, without computer graphics or special effects. The driving was done by Remy Julienne’s stunt driving team. And the cars are capable of a lot more than what was shown in the commercials.

    Because Race Rules.

    “Why no handbrake?”

    “Consequences”