I am the Rasescort and I approve this message. Plus, 420 is a ton of power. I drove my buddy's Mustang in anger one day and it was out of hand in a hurry.

Parts are cheap. Parts are also not a development budget. I haven't been able to find the article yet but there was an interview with the development engineers and they said specifically that they ran out of time developing the headlights. Since time = money, they probably didn't have the time or money to go through a…

You joke that the US is stuck in the stone age of traditional English units but several industries (Auto) are entirely metric regardless of what the public believes.

My first thoughts were "please be some sort of sweet space cannon."

It's this new drug called a development budget. I would rather have goofy looking lights than an entire project go belly up.

Promoted post $kay, I just wish that I didn't have to dig to find it.

I was with you until the end bit about driving out industry. In the context of the article, the EPA (and CARB if you want to throw that in for fun) regulates air pollution. More than half of the air pollution is caused by "mobile sources" i.e. cars and trucks. Their emissions are subject to EPA regulation which is…

Gag, American Idol, what a bunch of trash paraded as talent.

Right up until "WTF Jenny, you're always flat in the last stanza."

I voted "no brand bias."

It's essentially a minivan with a bed.

They're secretly jealous. :)

True, I was going to post a pic of the Oshkosh MRAP but it didn't look enough alike the OP.

France just hates Wisconsin.

I will see your AM General and up you an Oshkosh:

In the video in the linked article they mention using the engine as a regenerative braking air compressor. One of the tier 1 automotive suppliers was actually working on a system that does exactly that and their impression was that it was way more efficient than current methods for regenerative braking.

I kicked around the idea of doing this with some engine guys for a while. The issue becomes actuation time.

This is true, transoceanic sailing can take advantage of trade winds, but you are not always sailing with the wind and there are several types of rigging that are more effective than square when doing this. It's more the fact that you don't have to go the same direction as the wind and you can do it effectively with…

I like the idea of a breakfast beer.

I think that might actually be against agreements of the Geneva Convention.