“The Leopard was a luxury sports sedan sold exclusively to the Japanese markets...” Not quite: the same Nissan Leopard model pictured made it to the U.S. as the 1990 Infiniti M30 coupe. A similar convertible M30 followed the subsequent year.

“It does rock the appreciably rare five-speed manual so there’s some fun to be had.” No, there isn’t. There’s just no torque on tap: With the torque peak at 2500 RPM, higher revving makes noise and does little else. Without the turbo, these cars were dogs.  

I wouldn’t be surprised if the international auto traders bought high mileage cars cheaply and then clocked them before selling to take advantage of gaps in record keeping between nations and ask a higher price.

That press release is ridiculously poorly written. It doesn’t even seem to have been written by a native speaker of English, let alone a PR professional. Such a press release alone is an indication that it’s amateur hour over at FF, and I certainly wouldn’t want to sink any money into such a venture.

I think you’re right, but people also grossly overestimate their own abilities and underestimate those of others: 90% of drivers consider themselves to be “above average.”

Tesla may or may not succeed, but an electrified and autonomous future is certainly coming: A lot of major financial and automotive industry players are betting a lot of money that this is the case. The only question is how soon and precisely what the transition and outcome will look like. But there’s certainly a good…

A key dating factor us 1980s folks remember is the Center High Mounted Stop Lamp introduced in 1986. Any car with a CHMSL is post-1986. That tells me the Cadillac is also from the future. We see one in the police car, but it could be a retrofit - in that case, just the light itself is out of place.

There is good reason to think that human drivers and autonomous vehicles may not be sharing the road together for very long. See the “disrupter” and “tipping point” views in this excellent analysis:

Per the Lexus example toward the end of the article: If you can’t order a car at the base price, then it’s not really the base price, is it? It becomes a purely theoretical fiction, a disingenuous advertising enticement.

The Jones Act is terrible. It’s a major reason that Puerto Rico is bankrupt. The island could be a major shipping and trading hub, but it’s precluded from earning a living. Then what is supposed to drive its economy? Tourism alone isn’t enough.

You may be right. But impressions can change, and that’s why this car exists.

If you film it on your phone and watch it on your phone, then portrait mode is just fine.

Looks great? The Jeep Compass C-pillar is horrible. But it’s too simplistic to say that the XC40 is a Jeep knockoff: It’s also similar to the Ssangyong Tivoli and Rexton. Pretty illustrious company.

The Jeep Compass C-pillar is horrible. But it’s too simplistic to say that the XC40 is a Jeep knockoff: It’s also similar to the Ssangyong Tivoli and Rexton. Pretty illustrious company.

How is it “fully restored” if it’s got cloudy headlights and a driver’s seat in terrible condition?

A person who truly loves cars and collects them with intention does not let them pile up and deteriorate the way this gentleman has. At this point, it amounts to junk hoarding.

My GPS was set to take me to Gimpo International Airport outside Seoul. Instead, it took me to a rice paddy and told me, “You have reached your destination.”

Also, to the pilot who had a GPS problem - that’s exactly what happened in the case of the American Airlines flight 965 in Colombia that killed 159. They wanted…

I briefly worked for a large, nationwide bank that shall remain nameless but had some shady business practices, like “assumptive” sales techniques ( = “What I’m gonna do for you today is ...” and steamrollering over the customer unless (s)he is bold enough to blatantly stop you). Bankers would apply customers for a…

The big thing is this: If we want to take full advantage of the benefits of autonomous cars, they will have to be networked. Only then can they achieve synergy - no more traffic jams, moving at high speed with no need for “reaction time” gaps, etc. Throwing a “dumb” human driver into this “smart” network of cars would…

I don’t mean this to sound like a criticism, but I’m surprised that you put so much labor and energy into your vehicle and get weak when you see the rear three-quarter profile and yet seemingly don’t care about its cosmetic condition.