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Yikes. A for effort and D+ for execution.

@ppiddy: I always think of this when they announce a police version of some new car. It seems all the candidates have massive trunks and C-pillars, and police hate not being able to see out the back and sides very well. Because of rising safety standards, I don't think we'll ever see large greenhouses again.

@jedimario: The plush, well appointed interior will cushion any blows that may come to the driver.

From the quick footage we can see the back of the car, I think that's an '85 Firebird, or at least a third gen of some kind.

@NomadaNare: Because people are narcissists, the houses in Malibu are built into incredibly steep hillsides, and are often taller than they are wide. The roads to get to them are barely wider than two cars side by side and sometimes there is no shoulder, just cliffside.

@TomXP411: +1 on gauges. Unfortunately, many gauge outputs are derived from values given by the ECU, rather than straight from a sensor. :(

@TomXP411: That makes some sense, but these seem like edge cases, and having lived in cold climes before this hasn't been an issue with any other car I've driven. It just seems a little redundant.

Unfortunately I can't find an image of it, but my Honda Fit has an icon that baffled me the first time I saw it, and still confuses me now...

@Feny: Exactly. The Model A is blurry because the camera is mounted to a rig on the soapbox; the truck is either passing or being passed at the moment of the photo.

@cobrajoe: Sharp eye and I don't disagree with your points, but I think the biggest thing going in the favor of it being real, is that the picture is attributed straight to 'Not Stock Photography'; photo studios retouch and balance photos but for the most part do not chop them as it is their product, even if just for

@cobrajoe: I don't think this is 'chopped. The photo studio is 'Not Stock Photography' in name, not actual function.

@Quotidian_Hr: I understand what you're saying 100%, and the Corvette does have a lot of pieces that you can grab with your fingers and flex back and forth and think to yourself, "How can this car be substantial?"

Beautiful. I guess hemming the wing thing in is sort of necessary for styling purposes. I hope those are testing headlights and not the final shape.

@chinkylee: TranStar is going to require a clean shaven head for top-speed runs. Air resistance, and all that.

@jeanpicard: You don't want to feel the wind in your hair at 314?

@zyodei: The threshold is actually an infinitely gray zone with no clear delination. Simplifying it into a black and white idea smacks of objectivism.