It is simply not up to a corporation or to an individual to judge whether a law is right or not. That’s the legislative’s job. Everybody else just has to deal.

Where does it say that the Viper has to have a V10? Simply because past Vipers had only a V10 available doesn't mean future ones have to.

But it is a great car, as evidenced by its good sales. Why shouldn't Nissan build something like that?

This car, it’s magical. It’s the kind of car I would design when I was six years old.

Most European car manufacturers have excess capacity, but nobody wants to be the first to close a plant.

when tested with a warm engine under new European testing cycles

Nitpick: That’s a rotary engine, not a radial. The entire engine turns around a fixed crank. It looks more simple because it is, but that simplicity comes at the cost of blowing its oil out of the exhaust.

That Subaru looks outright pedestrian compared to the rally cars today.

Is this for real? Did Ford really market the Granada as looking similar to a Merc? That fails on so many levels.

“Did not dare to tell him ...” sounds almost like a description of a teenager getting in trouble with mom and dad

If you take being corrected that badly, you need to make fewer mistakes.

So... the tread comes off easily? Is that supposed to be an advertisement or are they lambasting the competition? I can't tell.

I believe both parties. I believe that those VW engines are not in compliance with the regulations when driven under real-world conditions, while also not cheating.

It has happened, has nothing to do with waving the white flag, is perfectly normal and something both parties do.

In your next gardening supply store.

So what we have here is condom-cum-bomb.

Why are you hoping they quit? They usually field pretty good cars.

“Cum” is Latin for “with”, so condom-cum-balloon would refer to a balloon with a condom attached.

Also, the high wing gets the engines out of the way of damage by stones and debris on unpaved airstrips. But if you don’t need that capability, a high wing is heavier than a low wing mainly because with a high wing you need a separate load-bearing structure for the landing gear.

The comparison to cell phones is not necessarily applicable. Cell phone batteries get routinely charged to 100% and discharged to 0% capacity, which cuts badly into the battery life. Electric vehicles typically keep the battery between 20% and 80%, leading to a much longer battery life.