Our factory had a (paint) fire last week with four fire trucks in attendance... and yet we didn't make Jalopnik. The OEM's always get all the glory...

because he already wrote the check for the Nazi hookers?!

Stop bustin' my bars, Hans!

Not only is this going to be a landslide CP loss, but he should be made to restore it back to normal as part of his penance.

The yellow flames on the door inserts are a really classy touch.

Cooper bought Avon even before they purchased Mickey Thompson. Avon was well known for racing tires in England, mostly among the motorcycle set, I think. Cooper has seemingly had a lot more motorsports involvement over the past 5 years. Not being OEM equipment on any cars off of the showroom hurts Cooper though, as a…

There is a nice rendering of that (in the comments) of the original FC article.

Stop teasing me with this thing! It makes me sad that they won't produce it, then I start thinking about pulling my old FC out of storage... then I remember that I'm house shopping and can't afford to do a restoration right now.

I was referencing JackTrade's comment about getting out early for good behavior.

So now it appears that I can vote on 3 polls... so 6 cars out of 8. Who picks the winner of the last poll?

Good to see you out and about again. I haven't seen you ... what... 3 to 6 years?

The gold really sets it off nicely.

COMRA is only one letter away from COBRA... don't say I didn't warn you.

Those Chinese are super efficient... also, impossible.

Someone messed up... the polls are closed 17 minutes after the article was published.

I first saw Force drive in the Big Bud Shootout at the NHRA Nationals in Indy when I was in high school. My father had fond memories of going to the Nationals in his Chevelle in the 70's, and decided to take me and a friend of mine who was also into cars. Force did a burnout well past half-track. It seemed like it…

Where am I supposed to send my donations to this Kony guy? I can't find an address...

In breaking news, an online blog posting by one Mr. Raphael Orlove has apparently caused Xzibit's head to explode while in the middle of laying down tracks on his new album, which was to be due out this summer. More information to come...

From an article I read earlier, his son plays the part of Robin on occasion.

He's a self-made man and has quite the bank account now. He recently sold his cleaning business (clothing, I believe) that he founded as a teenager for what I consider "f you" money.