I am more and more convinced that the design team drew up a more standard 3/4 series, and then the focus groups that said it didn’t look as “sporty” as the equivalent Audis because the grille wasn’t as enormous. So execs told the design team to make the grille more aggressive at the last minute, and they came up with…

I rate my car in plain old watts and it’s 1000X more powerful than a comparable kW car.

Consider the audience. A Reuters article is for the general public. To people who don’t understand what you do, (kilo)watts = electricity and horsepower = gas or diesel. People who understand the conflation of KW for KWh and HP for ICE can understand the intent.

Ever heard of a Hot Shot delivery? You get two truckers and a sleeper cab truck. One drives, the other rests. Every 12 hours, they switch seats. I’ve seen hot-shots go across country with this tag team drivers.

I was a designated “technical expert” at a Ford dealer. Theyd have me train the sales staff on the vehicles, and help out with any customers who had questions beyond what the average sales idiot could answer. Sales people suck at product knowledge because they have no time to learn it. Any time spent trying to know…

“Since dealers will have a bunch of lease returns sitting around....”

I’m sorry, but boomers aren’t going to buy that mower. It’s mid-engine. 

Perfection.  No yellow stripe for me, though. 

Whoa. That’s serious Volvo porn..

I spent the majority of my life living near a couple of the richest zip codes in the country. Rich people style comes in a few flavors:

You’re probably going to fucking die in a flaming mass of splattered flesh and crumpled bones with the jetpack, but it still beats flying with United.

The new Michael Jackson eating popcorn is Anderson Cooper at 2:47 seconds taking a sip of water(or coffee). Its perfect

I think McLaren should send you a press car, which you then use to get take-out from as many Mexican restaurants as you can over the course of a week or two. If you need a co-driver/co-eater, I’ll work for airfare and Mexican food. We can then scientifically determine the accuracy of your analogy. 

“A restaurant uses ingredients”

“Prominently featured on the dash were a row of hand buttons for locking the front or rear differentials, or engage Trail Turn Assist”

Thar it is.

Why would they WANT to stop copying? If anything it brings more parity to what is usually a boring parade. Here’s how you fix the problem: tell Renault to shut the f*ck up and build a faster car. Lance freaking Stroll is kicking their ass.

Probably, anybody that’s worked on a Benz of that era will marvel at how “big, well-managed German auto companies” seemingly mix-and-matched parts from whatever was available.

Sweet baby jesus, that wagon is unbelievably perfect

My lumps, my lumps, my lumps, my lumps, my lovely Chiron lumps.