I am pleased to see more privateer teams and less factory support. You are 100% right about Le Mans being cyclical. I love when OEM’s spend gargantuan amounts of $$$ to develop novel tech like Audi’s diesel hard-on or Nissan’s front-engine debacle but there’s something about multi-millionaires (and billionaires)…

“Appearing operational”

So much this. Homes are the biggest investment people make. Asshole neighbors who turn their yards into junkyards absolutely affect property value.

Good for them. I’d hate to live next to a junkyard too.

I doubt the Top Gear staff would let anyone other than Harris near the F40.

As long as the F40 is unharmed (and Paddy, too, I suppose) then I’m ok with this.

FCA should buy Harley. All the dinosaurs gotta stick together.

Start from the back.

My money is also on the Edge platform dying and being replaced by something with more parts commonality with a more popular model. A short Explorer seems likely.

Lost their Focus, Fusion, Fiesta, and their Taurus! :P

It seems very unlikely Ford will exit the segment. They may end up killing off this current Edge, but they will have something. It’s a nice compromise between the compact Escape and the quite large Explorer. I’d guess they end up basing it on a modified version of either the Explorer or Escape platform, rather than…

Ford lost their focus when they got rid of cars to build only SUVs. They need to explore new options to navigate through this and boost sales.

This is what I’m thinking. Go back to the Explorer Sport badge on a smaller variant, kill off the Edge name, and bank on the Explorer brand. And then with the name change, maybe that gives them an out to pull production out of Oakville.

To me, there’s a clear increase in space between the Corolla, Camry and Avalon. I equate the Edge/Blazer to be a vehicle that would slot between the Camry and Avalon.

I always found Edge-sized SUV’s to be an awkward place in the segment. Not a ton more useful than an Escape, but way less useful than an Explorer.

I remember seeing that in Popular Science or some such magazine back in the day, and thinking it was cool and great idea. Now, after being a truck driver off-and-on for 30 years, I can see how terrible an idea it really is. In just about every way.

Largish snapping turtles (over a foot) the average person would be better off using a bin or shovel than picking them up. Mean little sob’s..... They can jump, lunge, and have surprising range in their neck and feet to claw and bite.

Also, pulling some classically wild conflation. Just as kneeling during the national anthem is somehow an insult to not only the flag, but also to the military, the police and also to first responders. Banning the confederate flag is somehow an affront to this guy’s right to bear arms under the constitution of the…