[Modern prototype race cars are tiny. Photo Credit: Audi]

Update: http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/driver-who-swe…

First one to type cummings in these comments gets uppercutted in the taint. Fair warning.

Who’d you forget to buy a gift for, Raph?

Neutral: How Should VW Revamp Its Image?

There was a fox body Capri at PRI that was coyote swapped. Do that to the Marquis.

Another cool overlay of the launch and landing:

Jeez, Torch. Those are quite the situations.

Option 1, I’d just need some Pepto-Bismol.

I’ll be honest, I actually really like the Fox-Bodied Ford LTD and Mercury Marquis. Option II would not be a problem for me, because then I can accomplish my goal of putting column gear selectors and bench seats back in sedans. And maybe blue velour, wood trim, and horizontal speedometers while we’re at it.

Watt the Flux

I find Faraday, without having actually shown a product, to have more credibility than Elio.

Oh but it CAN be an automobile:

Actually in non turbo form it is the Meteor engine (yes I was just that guy)

Best land-based application of Merlin: Centurion tank.

Beat me to it. I don’t think it’s the best-sounding V12 (it doesn’t have the scream of the automotive models) but between the Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster, and P-51, there’s a good argument that this was the engine that beat Hitler. And that’s nothing to sneeze at.

Plus, the P-51’s Packard version really screams.

The Detroit 12V71