Sweet. Unfortunately, I've already bought something to fill the space :(

I have heard of this, but I haven't experienced what it causes. Not exactly ideal for keeping cornering level.

It's a real shame what happened to Triumph, Rover and MG. I'm glad Jaguar survived, but I'd have loved to see the rest of the good of the British car industry survive to see the renaissance of the UK car industry.

Worth it for the excellence of that video.

It's basically similar to a really well located live rear axle, except the diff (or gearbox if it's an Alfa GTV6) is attached to the body to reduce unsprung weight. One side of the beam slides into the other to change the length as the suspension rises or falls, but it is essentially a beam that locates both of the…

There was an article up on Jalopnik just after Simonsen's crash that explained a number of potential causes for racing fatalities. Not many of them involve actually being struck by something inside the car. Just the g-forces of an accident can be enough to do some real damage to airways and your spinal column. Hans…

The Rover. Because DeDion rear suspension and pushrod front (bellcrank really, but it had horizontal springs to give more space in the engine bay).

I'm getting images of those awful 70s cars that were converted to later US crash regs by tacking enormous bumpers to the front and back. Not good.

Good point. I was thinking more along the lines of 'does anyone make a true sports car nowadays, apart form Caterham and Lotus'.

It's the sort of efficiency differences between gearboxes and drivetrains that this is specifically designed to show. An auto with a torque converter is more lossy than a manual, and that would show in the actual available horsepower. Same for AWD vs RWD vs FWD.

It's less a government thing, more to do with the SAE (society of automotive engineers).

Every car is a compromise between speed and excitement vs practicality and refinement. A sports car is one that leans far enough towards the speed/excitement end of the spectrum, a GT sits roughly in the middle and an econobox sits at the comfort/refinement side.

All good points, but I don't see the reason you couldn't get a standardised method for testing wheel horsepower. There are obstacles, but there were obstacles to getting standardised tests for crank horsepower. They might be insurmountable, but I don't know of anyone who's tried.

I don't know why automakers aren't required to post their power figures as from the wheel. They're more accurate to what is actually available in real life.

That's a tricky one. Mazda for the engine, Porsche for the chassis.

Porsche 924 and Mazda RX-7 FB.

There is quite a bit to do, but mechanically it's great. It's probably the rustiest of all our cars, but even then it's not that bad. Tricky to find panels for though.

I'll search for it.

Literally the only thing I want to know about hydrogen cars is how they sound compared to gasoline ones.

As you can probably guess from my handle, I'm also a fan of these cars.