Well, that is debatable...

Cechnya's a country... ;) But other than that you are right :)

What the fuck is that?

Volvo P1800, because it says 'Fuck you DB5' wherever it goes...

My automotive accomplishment of 2011: Bought my first car (and it was brand spanking new to boot)

My automotive accomplishment of 2011: Bought my first car (and it was brand spanking new to boot)

I know the letter. I live next door to Sweden, and we have similar letters æ, ø and å. But as far as I know, Börk is not a word in Swedish (or Norwegian or Danish for that matter).

So very sad. But I guess that is what you get for selling your soul and using rubbish, generic GM-platforms.

Any idea what the cost of this setup is?

Oh baby, give me som axle-action. I love the rear shot at the end of that F1/F2. Very nice.

These two. McLaren vs. Ferrari goes back years, with the balance of power constantly shifting.

To put it short: Red Bull had another interpretation of the rules in the Resource Restriction Agreement (RRA) that all the teams have signed. In essence this limits how many resources the teams can use to develop their cars etc.

My thinking exactly. Sadly I didn't read your post before throwing in mine, but my point is the same. Europe was doing just fine making fun cars in the 80s, also new ones. The pièce de résistance being the homolgated racing cars. :)

Well, there weren't many cars to get excited about in the US that is. In Europe we had a load of homolgated racing cars waiting to hit the roads including the RS and Cossie Escorts and Sierras, Peugeot 205 T16 (and its baby brother the GTI), Renault 5 Maxi turbo, Mercedes 190E Cossie, and the BMW M3, but also more…

The CTS-V, while potent, is vulgar to look at, and doesn't rival any of the listed cars as for quality and the feel of luxury.

Because America hasn't made a proper car in that league since the 60s? Why buy a Mustang, Camaro og Corvette when you can have a 458, GT3 RS and a LP640

Why would it be a problem to get the taillights approved in the US?

But God damn the BT55 was a beautiful car!

You are probably right, but my thinking was that unlike the C-class where some of the g-forces are absorbed in the cumbling of the bonnet, all of those g-forces reach the passengers. While they might survive, they would hurt a lot less afterwards in the bigger Merc. Am I way off?

While the people in the SMART might have survived, there is so little crumble zone in that car that a lot of energy must go into the soft squishy bit behind the steering wheel.