I can’t believe I called the TBird a Mercury. No more posts after midnight for me. The Crossifre was so weird. It couldn’t compete with the Mustang. 350z, or Miata in relative performance, but it didn’t have the brand power of the SLK, either. I secretly wanted one.

Those are some good ones to think about. I’m not sure that I could argue that the Prowler, PT Cruiser, TBird, or Crossfire were important. Prowler was bad all around. PT Cruiser sold well but it was terrible. Mercury doesn’t exist anymore, so the TBird must not have been too important. And the Crossfire was a lazy…

I’m not sure the “idiot” was called for. Regardless, where does it say in this article that mass production or low cost is a qualification? The Ford Explorer Police Interceptor isn’t mass produced or obtainable to the masses, either; at least when they’re new.

There had been retro cars before, but the 2005 Mustang is the one that made the whole thing feel somehow validated.

Is this a competition? Andrew said he liked the new Tahoe and Kristen said, “Hold my beer”....

Meh. Anecdotal story is anecdotal. My parents drive their Tesla back-and-forth between Cincinnati and Cleveland all the time. Never been a problem. 

If you’re driving a sports car, you want the least amount of mass possible.

This whole thing is tacky and ridiculous.

Ford’s willingness to enter the race, at all, is badass enough for me. There’s no shame in failing to finish the Baja 1000.

In a revolutionary moment of automotive design, GM assigned a different designer to each individual component of the car. There was a lead designer for the roof...A lead designer for the headlights...for the upper grille...the lower grille...fog lights, and so one. The catch? None of them were permitted to communicate…

I dig how the taillights remind me of the new NSX.

I agree with this, but I don’t like the wording. The two dress codes are:

Insert Michael Scott “NOOOOOOOO!!!!” gif here.

What do you think the “Box” in Boxster is named for?

I can’t think of a racing movie that was even remotely relevant after Rush. The Art of Racing in the Rain had a chance and failed. Senna was two years before Rush and didn’t get an equally broad audience but I would argue it was more “important”. 

That’s how I felt about The Art of Racing in the Rain. I mean, it’s my favorite book, it has cars, and Jeff Zwart and Patrick Dempsey were both heavily involved. What could go wrong?

My little brother (through Big Brothers Big Sisters) is a pretty serious boxer. He is impoverished and you’re right that he sees the pros as role models and examples of people who found a way out, as he hopes to do. Honestly, he has a shot, and that scares me a little. He took his first loss last weekend and it was…

Mid-Ohio is one of my favorite places in the world, but it would honestly suck for an F1 race. There’s just not enough room to pass. Quali sessions would be fun, though.

I’m not saying that they’re indistinguishable, and the kidney grille is a dead giveway, but I thought it was a Hyundai or Kia at first glance because BMW hasn’t (until now) made a car like this, and it’s just the same old vanilla design language we get from the Koreans.

I know these comments seem to pop up every time we see a new car, but I genuinely thought that was a Hyundai for a moment, before I read the headline.