The livery is shit, I'm sorry Raphael. It's messy, airbrushy, and looks like both the new Force India (they couldn't have known) and the old HRT (they should have known). I didn't expect or want a retro Marlboro livery, but I'd hoped for something modern and iconic instead of a sloppy semi-nostalgic mashup.

Could be, but regardless I'm surprised to see it closed off when others use that area so extensively for aero pass-through. You'd also think with the engine in front it would need serious cooling too, which we don't see, so maybe it's because it's being funneled through the massive tunnels or maybe they've got…

What I find intriguing is the area behind the front wheels and leading into the A-pillar. While most LMP cars have been heading to an almost completely disconnected "pontoon" wheel arch, the Nissan appears to be (from the angles provided) a solid block.

You can thank Flavio Manzoni and Marco Tencone for that design. Both, obviously, have gone on to bigger and better things (Manzoni at Ferrari and Tencone at Maserati/Alfa).

I imagine this has everything to do with their desire to be seen as a more premium "luxury" brand in the US. This kind of motorsport (RallyCross/rally) doesn't target their desired customer base in any way (being a young male demographic), so it makes sense. In Europe and other parts of the world WRC is seen as a…

There's actually good science that shows that open offices are bad, because apparently humans can't tune out other people speaking, so we end up perpetually distracted. Cubes can also be bad, but a well laid out cubicle farm is almost always preferable to create a productive work environment.

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Hey, as one of those vitriol-spouting Prequel/Lucas haters who saw the original in a drive-in, I agree that not using the numbers adds credibility.

In fact, Citroën has announced the DS spin-off already, first in the spring, then again at the (pre-show) launch of the DS Divine concept.

And bring some fucking names back. Alphanumerically named Cadillacs are forgettable, me-too, and evoke precisely zero positive sentiment.

The tall gentleman with a shaved head seen in several images is none other than Lowie Vermeersch, former design director at Pininfarina and current independent designer in Turin (http://www.granstudio.com/). It seems that perhaps his bond with Jim was stronger than Pininfarina's, and there's no doubt in my mind that…

I think the Duster is a better-looking car than the CX-5, so no offense intended. My point was more that the production DS-Whatever is rather plain in all aspects other than the front grill area and lacks the dynamism that made the original Wild Rubis look, well, wild.

So Maté, can we get a Jalopnik vote on who owes who a beer in Paris? I'm not convinced the DS 6WR is the exciting SUV that Citroën promised, but I'm happy to admit that their design team is doing a lot of things right these days—though my vote goes more for the C4 Cactus than this!

But who wins the bet?

I'd say they certainly got closer than I expected, but the final result looks like a Dacia Duster with the Wild Rubis nose, rather than the fully sextastic concept (still something to be pretty happy about).

I think Jerry's completely right on this one. The fact is that the P1 is not a case of form following function but rather nearer to a pure styling exercise.

On a side note, this Barracuda IndyCar is so silly looking I would have put money on it being an extra from that the next Marvel film.

Wow, that's fascinating—and by fascinating I mean incredibly old news. I visited the ATR factory in Italy 22 years ago, and right beside the Minardi F1 chassis were Colnago carbon frames.

My sister is a Longmont Fire firefighter. I'll let her know you said thanks ;)

Hopefully OBDII. I like OBDII's simplicity, and plugging the bluetooth adapter into that big, chunky serial port reminds me of '90s computing, but a simple USB port and an upgraded diagnostic system could make taking care of cars much less mystifying to the average billy.

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I always thought it was "Kosh-kye", but I honestly have no idea.