One plus for Mazda over the Germans is reliability. Apart from the MZR Mazda engines are very reliable and the body electronics are Lexus grade. I have no desire for a big CUV but if it keeps the MX-5 in production it’s all good. I’d like to see this platform as a Mazda6 wagon or bring back the Mazda5. I have a CX-5…

Even with two kids, I have no desire for something this size. Put this powertrain in a new Mazda6 and I’ll be first in line to trade in my CX-5 Turbo for it. 

I want the return of the Ranchero. Make it based on the new Mustang, keep it two door, keep the manual transmission as an option, and make the bed 6ft.

“Stands behind them” What, like when the frames rust out and they insist it’s not a problem until they finally admit it is?

I’ll wager there will be a story on here about a $100k Tacoma.

I own a 1996 Tacoma and will probably be buried in it. But this looks like a massive improvement from the current, ancient model.

That said.... I would bet this will cost a fucking fortune. The current one ain’t cheap and this one will probably be even more. Dealers will probably do what they did with the Rav4 Hybrid…

I’ve gone from rarely seeing a Rivian, to at least one a day.  Different ones even!  Seeing more of the SUV ones as well.  Looks great, wish I had the kind of cash needed to buy one..

Thank you for actual technical talk instead of Elon bad or Elon good.

Both springback and crumpling problems are the result of faster work hardening in stainless steel relative to carbon steel. The crumple zone thing is just a math problem. You can certainly account for decreased plastic energy dissipation in the structural design. But if boy wonder already had a product launch before…

It’s amazing what you can do with good eating, relaxation and lying about cosmetic surgery

Man, I Feel Like I Know This Woman

My personal mission and pet peeve.  The Maverick isn't a small truck, it is a mid sized truck, The Ranger is a big truck, and full sized trucks are huge trucks.  If a slightly height advantaged man can't see over the hood of a vehicle (such as full sized American trucks) it is huge.  They don't sell small pick ups in…

I watched a round up video of the Car and Driver 1 year/ 40k miles long term test of the C8.

Cracks me up some people want to paint a 40" waist as average. There’s a healthy middle ground between outright shaming people for being fat, and pretending being obese is healthy and desirable.

While I think they probably should have designed this to be more accommodating, but less than 40" waistline isn’t “thin”, at least for dudes.

Source: I’m around 38" and I’m a bit of a fat fuck. 

The same CDC dataset cited noted that 42% of Americans are obese, a number that doubled since 1990. Not overweight: obese. 2/3 of adult Americans are now overweight. But I’m sure I’m in for a lecture or my post will get deleted for noting this.

I’d to see more content on this one. I think it’s one of the coolest cars of this era (penultimate combustion engine generation). 2174 pounds, V12 that revs to 12.1k... what’s not to love?

With Proper Aero, that 488 Pista should be much faster. The ACR vipers were damn impressive just because they were Manual.

This looks like a Cadillac to you..?

You are never going to make stupid power with the FA20, but it isn’t hard to add forced induction to and it takes boost really well.