neither is the hennesey venom. it is a bastardized lotus.

A Targa is not a convertible. just like T-Top Firechickens are not a convertible.

a removable rigid panel with a stationary B pillar and rear window structure is not a convertible. it is a Targa.

pretty sure

pretty sure that's a Lambo, Dude....

I would love to see this engine in a standard style (CB1000F) or XSR-700 scrambler style chassis with minimal bullshit. would be so light, narrow and torquey and awesome. and you wouldn't have to be a 36" inseam to ride it.

yeah, without normalizing for market share or car enthusiast mindshare (and to be charitable to SAAB owners a moving average of market/mind share over 10 years) the raw number is meaningless.

that too!

take 10 minutes and look at the Summit Racing website. not my job to do your research. price differences where they exist are minimal and marketing driven. do you really think it costs any more to manufacture a high flow chevy small block head vs a low flow one? they pour iron into a mold, take it out of the mold and…

Not Rossi’s biggest fan cause he’s a bit of a whiner, but there has never been anybody who is even close to him. of the current crop, Marquez is fantastic, but he is beating the bike into submission, Pedrosa and Lorenzo are excellent but a step below, the only reason Lorenzo won last year was Marquez got into Rossi’s…

watching last weeks race (Argentina) it looked like the Honda (both Marquez and Pedrosa)was pogoing all over the place coming out of corners like a rocking horse on crack, where the yamahammers and ducks looked very smooth. wazupwitdat?

I get BeIN in HD on FiOS, Channel 596. becoming my new favorite channel, La Liga and all the moto3, moto2, motoGP and WSBK

when they are already making both versions of the engine on the same assembly line (or more likely in discrete runs of one or the other to avoid parts mixups) cost delta is near zero. it's like painting the car red vs blue.

maybe I was being a bit hyperbolic, but I would be shocked if it was more than $100 difference in manufacturing cost. we are talking about ~20 lbs of aluminum and steel, 2 injectors (and not super expensive aftermarket ones at retail either, cheapo delco units at wholesale), 2 spark plugs and 2 spark plug wires.

the…

the Volvo station wagon that used to dominate BTCC was used because it was lighter than the sedan version of the same car, so.... yeah.

because the volume manufacturing cost difference between a v6 and a v8 is in the $10-15 range, because sport valving on a shock is no more expensive than barge valving (as long as you stay away from fancy schmancy stuff), a high performance cam, high compression pistons, high flow intake cost exactly the same as low…

great, another asshat (the motorcyclist) making us (motorcyclists) all look bad. car guy is an asshat also, but my money is on the squid initiating the douchefest.

they should both lose their licenses and go to jail for reckless endangerment

headlight quality is a primary factor for me in car buying. I rent a lot of cars on business travel and get to see first hand just how shitty the headlights are on most current cars. the worst of the lot in my recent experience are the new jeep Cherokee and the Chevy Malibu and Impala. The Ford Fusion is not great…

I would love to see a Smart/Fiat500 sized Tesla with ~150 mile range. the reduction in weight (and therefore motor weight & draw and battery size) should really bring the cost down and the skateboard architecture should provide a relatively roomy cabin for the size of the car.

ditto, same sale probably. really good sound, stupid simple, well made, not hideous to gimmicky looking.

ditto, same sale probably. really good sound, stupid simple, well made, not hideous to gimmicky looking.

Fatty McFatpants on an 18 year old R1 vs pro rallycross driver in pro rallycross car with line lock and sequential DCT vs brand new top of the line Ariel with sequential DCT on a cold damp track.

why is this supposed to be a surprise? how about putting an actual pro rider who weighs less than his bike on a current…