I'd say either a small-displacement high-cylinder count engine (BRM 1.5l V-16, anyone? Radical SRT-8 and similar bolt-two-motorbike-engines-together-for-twice-the-excitement concepts are also great), or a Carrera GT with straight-through pipes, or basically any Ferrari V8 with Tubi Style exhausts - and judging by the…

Cruise control would be clever indeed... if the car took it's speed signal from the spinning rear wheels, it would probably think you're going 300kph or something, so if you set the cc to "hold this speed", it would probably just keep going at wide open throttle, and maybe give it even more throttle if the wheels…

Easy to say from the perspective of guys who just enjoy planes, like I guess you and me. Guess it's not so easy to say from the perspective of those working at Boeing and, more importantly, those who are considering to buy those planes right now. I'd guess, the only reason airlines are considering the 787 is because…

Bit of an unfair marketing comparison if you ask me, having the well-lit (probably even photoshopped/HDR'd) dual-color interior on the left vs the standard black-on-black-in-black interior in boring light conditions on the right. Could compare apples to apples and give us a black-all-over version of the C7 cockpit at…

I can sort of understand why she didn't want to tell the officer when she realized she had forgotten her wallet: "Seriously, even though roses happen to be my favorite type of flowers and I'm quite shocked to get pulled over right now, that is my real name." He would have sent her to jail for bullshitting anyway.

Sounds danish to me.

I find that most of these "look what kind of things my car can do that it wasn't quite designed to do" videos rely on one thing: The owner's (or at least driver's) recklessness. Any modern car, even a Ferrari or Rolls Royce, should have no problem whatsoever starting up very cold, drive over a muddy field, carry 15…

Without giving too much about national stereotypes, I have to say there is a pinch of truth in what you're saying. Every time I went out with Americans, it ended up in a night they couldn't remember, or someone even woke up in a hospital where he had his stomach pumped out. Personally, I blame the restrictive alcohol…

Well, the specific set of rules aspect of it are obviously the kicker in there, and I agree - if you sign an explicit no-drinking-clause, then you probably shouldn't whine if you get fired for drinking. What caused me to write that however is not the fact that these people got kicked out or the question whether it's…

It's just soooo American to think you absolutely cannot do that at work. Every single industrial company I worked at in Germany takes at least one or two opportunities per month (birthday of a foreman or other respected guy, child getting born etc.) to drink a little bit during lunch break together, and it doesn't…

My pick is Abarth actually. Obviously, the cars currently bearing their name are just a lame marketing exercise to put some special name on luke-warm FWD Fiats, which totally loses the self-irony of the scorpion logo: They built mostly rear-engined race cars after all, and guess what these things were known for -…

And next week we're going to find out the little known truth about "Audi" meaning "to listen" as opposed to the often-heard rumor that has it as "listen!", which would be the direct translation of the mother-company's name "Horch" into latin. Silly Latins and their strange language.

$2 millions for this car? Is that a typo? I mean, S60 + new wheels + custom paintjob + custom built turbo engine + expensive suspension and strengthened drivetrain - I can see how all that would end up costing about $200,000 if you do wanted to have it done right by a tuner who knew what they were doing, but 10 times…

Actually, I suppose it would be on Toots & the Maytals to ask for that song back, but since Jamaican music has never actually cared much anyone's copyright, I suppose they don't mind in that case either.

Well, the Borgward insolvence was a rather strange chapter of history... after all, it's pretty rare for a "bankrupt" enterprise to be able to pay off ALL debts to their creditors, isn't it? Basically, Borgward came into the public's focus as being a business on the verge of collapse by a few magazine reports - the…

Alfa GTA. The car I actually aspire most to own one day.

Looking great, need to make a surprise visit to a friend of mine in Kaunas some time next July I guess :)

I think the european manufacturers will actually sell you engines - if you take at least 10 of them, or a similarly non-end-user amount, and give them sufficient reason to believe you will use them in a way that doesn't endanger their own model policies (such as semi-amateur racing for example, or if you are a…

As a frequent Ryanair flyer, I have to say there is a certain appeal to the concept of the airline constantly trying to rip you off for every mistake you do while offering very fair prices if you get your act right. You can take a little bit of pride in succeeding. However, the enjoyability of that experience is bound…

To me, that's the 737. Can't count the times I've been a passenger in the damn things (mostly 300s and 800s). A320 - just once. Interesting to hear that all the airlines in Europe use Boeing while all the Americans use Airbus for their short/mid-range flights.