ProfessorSlowmobile
Professor Slowmobile
ProfessorSlowmobile

The character's always been named Max Rockatansky, so I'm not sure what your point is.

I agree, but that kind of appeals to me. I'm a sucker for sleepers. If I had one of these and didn't give a toss about its resale value, I'd pry the RS badges off and make it look like a regular 80 Avant. A buddy of mine did something like that with his tuned '05 WRX. Once we were done with the engine mods, he swapped

I'm usually the last person to defend Ken Block, but this does seem like a clear case of Mad Media trying to cash in on their past association with him. If gymkhana.com focused specifically on gymkhana events, that would be one thing. But for a "general car news" site which "focuses on drift [and] rally" that goes so

Actually, just the money.

Gymkhana motorsport events actually date back to the '40s, and the lawsuit has nothing to do with whether or not Block invented it. The issue here is that Mad Media, the people Block and Gravel Farms hired to produce the Gymkhana series of videos (the concept of which was Block's, not Mad Media's), are using that

Block's not claiming he invented gymkhana (that would be stupid), he's claiming that Mad Media is essentially using their past affiliation with without his permission for their own financial gain. They could've called their website literally anything else, but they went with gymkhana.com because from an motorsports

To be fair, things like this are common in all forms of news media. The word "exclusive" just means "nobody else is reporting on this yet," either because they broke the story first or the parties involved haven't spoken to any other media outlets yet. A quick Google search shows that Jalopnik had this story hours

The movie was originally intended to be an immediate sequel to Thunderdome, but at various points Fury Road has been described as a remake, reimagining or prequel to the original Mad Max, a separate adventure taking place sometime between Road Warrior and Thunderdome, or a continuation of the series taking place

Ah yes, I forgot about that. I've been focusing too much on Danny Bahar's jackassery in recent months to notice/care when actual car news comes from Lotus.

The 993 was actually the last air-cooled 911, which is why Porsche fans (especially 911 purists) love it so much. Even though I'm not a huge Porsche fan, I'm inclined to agree. It's the last really good-looking 911 (the sleeker body styles from the 996 on just leave me cold), and those air-cooled flat 6 sound rude as

Sometimes being rare does equal being cool, because you don't see dozens of them on the road like you do with 911s, and since when on Jalopnik do we not make fun of Porsches for being mid-life crisis cars? And if you'd actually read my post, you'd see that I don't dislike the 993 at all. In fact, the 993 Turbo S ranks

I had a '99 Escort, and compared to a 500 or a Veloster they're downright roomy.

Where did you see it was missing airbags? I get the impression that it's road-legal, considering they gave it adjustable traction control with a "touring" setting. I'd think something like that would be pretty useless on a track.

I get you, but the Evora's a very different beast than the Exige. The biggest criticism I've seen against the Evora is that they screwed up the Lotus formula of simplifying and adding lightness by trying to make something that can compete with Porsche Caymans. The added luxuries, 2+2 configuration and 3,000 lb. weight

I've noticed this trend with short Jalopnik articles like this. Sure, they provide you with links and as you said, Google is just a click away, but it just seems like half-assed writing to me. I don't know if they assume we've all memorized the Exige's performance figures, or that because we're already at our

Yeah, nothing like spinning off into a tire wall in your half-million dollar supercar.

Based on the specs, this seems more like a street-legal race car than a track-ready road car. Regardless, the wing most likely isn't functional at legal public road speeds. Then again, most of Ferrari's high-tech wingless aerodynamic elements aren't either. The track is a completely different story, though. If I'm

I didn't say it was the rarest Audi, I said it was one of the rarest (just over 2,900 built, about 180 of which were RHD), and also one of the most desirable. The 20v 200 Quattro you mentioned is rare, yes, but considering every example I've seen for sale goes for under 10k (like this one

Keep in mind, the price of the RS2 includes the collectability factor. The RS2 was only in production for one year, and when you take into account the fact that this is one of only 180 RHD examples, the scarcity goes up even farther. An E34 M5, while a great car, is hardly the collector's item that the RS2 is.

I'd call it cooler for a few reasons. The RS2 is more rare than the 993, they didn't sell it in the US, and they lack the crucial mid-life crisis air that surrounds most 911s. That said, if I was gonna have any 911, it would be a 993, ideally a Turbo S.