“well you see, here at G/O, we ignore/minimize these dynamics when they happen to involve people/identities we already like”

I assume it’s a matter of debris potential and ease of safety crews extracting an injured driver from the car

while not as sturdy, i’d go with the porsche’s “hidden in the glovebox trim” ratchet holders

could be NP with a swapped or built engine. As is, ND

she’d be a lot cooler if she nepo’ed off her real father- acting legend james quall

welcome to jalopnik, where you constantly have to question “is this a unique situation or one that is commonplace but the writers already don’t like who is involved so they’re reporting it”

I don’t mind the bon scott greatest hits type stuff, but being a jazz fusion and prog rock head i’d lose my mind at an hour of four major chords and brian johnson

“yeah, just wedge your carry-on between the roll cage bars in the rear or hold it on your lap”

that i’m not crazy about either to begin with or that i enjoyed them live? (both at festivals fwiw, wouldn’t shell out $50+ for “let’s see what we got here”)

I had similar experiences with AC/DC and the white stripes. Couldn’t pay me enough to sit down with headphones and listen to one of their albums all the way through, but both put on amazing live shows

where’s the gene simmons-terry gross interview?!

you’re really going to miss out on all the remakes looking 2% better on PS6  /s

This will unfortunately likely never make it to america. It’s hard to see how a brand with no US awareness (no, “ryan reynolds ‘owns’ the f1 team” doesn’t count) that’s a subsidiary of a brand with next to no US awareness and sells two models (including this upcoming one) could compete with the cayman and electric…

wait, i thought all cars had to get crash tested for federalization, no matter what. Like how you hear about “we only made ten of these multi-million dollar cars, it’s a shame we had to sacrifice one for crash testing”

ironically, the GT1's engine is the basis of all current mclaren turbo V8s

missing the giant red bull can though

SUV ubiquity aside, which definitely contributes to this, another factor/side effect is that the euro design standards meant for pedestrian safety in city centers has resulted in taller, more blunt front ends which can impact visibility/depth perception

interestingly, i saw an add from 1987 for the lotus esprit comparing specs across the class and a 944 was $90k in today’s money. $60k for a baby panamera with lesser-than cayman performance would be an interesting proposition

not an unfair observation, dying younger adds to the mystique too 

yeah, the data on child safety was non-existent in the 80s, i don’t think the no-front-seat and car seat until x pounds requirements really came in until the early 2000s.