Here’s a view from further back. Seems pretty basic. I get why the driver is distracted but, come on man... calling this Full Self Driving is just a flat out lie.

It’s a 2-lane 1-way road and Google street view shows the lanes are clearly marked with solid lines for going different directions several hundred yards before they actually diverge. I’m not sure why a car on Autopilot shouldn’t be able to stay in one lane or the other but he car shouldn’t be crossing solid lines…

No, but it is hard for people to pay attention (apparently).

Beat me to it.

#2 is a B5 S4.

Actually, the 2nd one is a B5 S4 (‘97-’02). I’ve seen mine removed from the car for service enough to know.

Good. Let’s hope more of these experiences causes CEOs to up their charging infrastructure investments. I know VW has been throwing money in that direction but we still need more for EV adoption to truly take hold.

No 225hp engine

It’s really more for doing WRC-style rally stages than actual offroading. You wouldn’t need a winch unless you crash, and at that point the winch probably isn’t going to help you much anyway.

Definitely not true, particularly for cars based on street machines. Sure, higher-level open wheel cars, and Le Mans-style prototypes do, but not much else.

Possibly, but it is unlikely since the car probably has a pretty stiff chassis already. Any cornering benefits to further stiffening would be lost to all the added weight of the cage anyway.

That is actually been changing over the years. iPhone sales revenue isn’t as important for their bottom line as it used to be. Even with a 50% increase in iphone sales (year over year), iphones account for less than half of their revenue (it used to be more than 70%). Meanwhile services and other hardware sales are…

Apple does, because it has far higher revenue, profit margins, market share, market capitalization, debt ratios, and just about every other financial metric that matters.

It’s not weird if everybody is doing it, and back then that was where CDs usually went.

TVR Tuscans are the undisputed kings of weird. There are no door handles anywhere. To get into the car one must press a hidden button under the side mirrors. To get out of the car you press an unlabeled button next to the radio. The electric windows are controlled by knobs located on the center console, but not in the…

That’s actually a really helpful explanation of all the missing context here and it does paints a picture of the team as a whole.

I think one major factor has been forgotten here: size. Cars have gotten significantly larger over the years. The 2020 Corolla is over 2 feet longer than its 1970 ancestor and even 10 inches or so longer than the original 1982 Camry.

I really don’t see what the big deal is with this crash. 1 car trying to take the position, the other trying to protect it, neither yielding. This I’ve seen countless times. Welcome to high stakes racing.

I think the OP was asking why someone would buy one, not why AM makes one.

Because they like Aston Martin, they want a practical car, and they have a lot of money.