Hi Martin,
Hi Martin,
This is astounding to me. Actually, no, this is DISTURBING to me. Here’s why:
One of my “friends” and I were coming back home after getting some food for lunch and he parks in the street, which is on a hill with a 15% incline. He doesn’t set the handbrake and he doesn’t turn his wheels. I ask him why, he says “My car hasn’t had an issue yet.” Keyword, ladies and gentlemen: YET. I’m very excited…
It really makes no sense why new planes like the F35 need to be built. I would use the F-22 as the perfect example. It works (in many ways better than the F35), and its still pretty far ahead in terms of technology when you look at what its Russian or Chinese competition is boasting. Another example I’d use to combat…
It’s too early to badmouth it, but this is something we’ve seen over and over again: It’s a huge leap forward in what a car CAN BE, but doesn’t have any immediate effect on what a car IS. And since it doesn’t even work, it’s literally just a statue. Sure, it’s nice to look at, and hell, maybe it is the future; but I…
I was gonna say this because the chrome accent on the window, the headlight shape, the wrap-around taillight, and even the rims seem to line up with what’s in the picture.
The biggest issue with the new BBC Show is that it doesn’t have Clarkson, Hammond, or May to drive the conversation or the humor (PC is going to kill the new BBC Top Gear). Those three were more than just cars, they were about utilizing humor and fun in a special kind of way that inspired a crowd that knew nothing…
I still can’t quite wrap my head around why people are still attacking Nissan’s LMP1. Engineering-wise, it was a good idea, it was just poorly executed.
The BBC firing Clarkson, Hammond, and May and doing away with the Top Gear that we all know and love.
Nissan is really doing the wrong thing by cancelling their LMP1 Program. If the last WEC Season proved anything, it proved they had the technology to compete, but the execution was sub-par at best. I think if Nissan wasn’t so determined to be different by having a front-wheel drive LMP1 and just adopted the usual MR…
Interesting that this topic comes up now because I got to drive the Audi A6 yesterday evening, and I must say, it really is quite a good car. It rides very smooth, feels solid and definitely has enough power to do the job. Surprisingly comfortable too. In many ways, I actually prefer it to a lot of the German sedans…
I had a funny feeling in the beginning of the season that Porsche would win. Hopefully they can keep this up.
Perhaps “worthy” was the wrong word for me to use there. My point is... they dared to be different. They failed (pretty miserably too). But that doesn’t mean that the idea itself doesn’t have potential. Maybe one day, it will be “worthy” of competing with the big boys. When will that day come? Who can tell?
Like I said, you can’t expect an experiment to be perfect the first time. You need to keep in mind the risk Nissan took doing this. I’m not saying it was the best. I’m saying it was the most innovative. I agree with you that on paper, the concept was good, and the execution was poor. And I agree that the TS-050 is…
Skip to about 2:30 in this video. Only the 919 can pull a move like that on the R18. That’s a winner.
By no means would I say its the best racer of 2015 because that’s simply not true... BUT; and this is a very large but; it deserves an award for being the most innovative racer of 2015 because Nissan proved that they could make something worthy of competing with the big boys in a very short amount of time. And it was…