“Realistically, what is the purpose of this?” 

So Tata’s reviving a legacy name from earlier in LR’s ownership history?

I see Bertie as more of an MGTF sort of a chap myself, but whatever floats your boat. 

...and 90% of the best girlfriends are adrenalin junkie supermodels with axe fetishes.

Sounds like a fun job - I’m out of the auto industry now, but I still miss it. Don’t miss Birmingham though.

I was actually working for Rover and on the product team for that. First it was Pathfinder, and to be a LR product, even though as a car-derived product it was being developed by Rover not LR. At that point it was largely R8 (Rover 200) derived mechanicals- effectively a softroader. Then it got beefed up to suit LR’s…

Philistine. RS1800. For it is written that the song of a BDA in full cry maketh the Angels weep, and the only way to get through Heaven’s Gate is sideways

Back in the 90s when the first gen Freelander was being developed, it was going to be Rover branded, because it was felt anything less off-road-capable than the Rangie/Disco/Defender would contaminate the Landrover brand.

I attended a presentation by Air New Zealand’s cabin design team a few years ago,juts after their SkyCouch seating system came out (basic proposition: pay for 3 coach seats and get a row that reconfigures to a “bed” just barely big enough for 2 friendly adults or an adult and 2 small kids to lie down - very popular on…

“When needed”

What? It behaves exactly like a normal Mustang - crashes whenever it sees a crowd

I dunno, coming first without coming first strikes me as winning at a pretty high level.

“He’s an arrogant ass that can drive the wheels off anything, if given the chance”

“Try making car names from a noun+animal!”

Well shit, a few of us saw what you did there.

Lalala I can’t hear you....

Torque is a measure of how far towards horizontal you can twist gravity. If you do the math all the apprentices fall out (or off) and it sums to the same thing.

Weight of the cell banks, according to the article. If it was the mechanic and his apprentice they’d have twice the torque, because they’d be jumping on the end of the battery not the middle.

That’s not an ugly Aston. THIS is an ugly Aston:

2x207lb + 2x191lb / half the length