Folks who like to travel in barren places by motorcycle often use low tech bikes to enhance their chances of being able to fix stuff in the wild. As to TC and ABS, well rider skill IS important, but if you lose traction on a bike you ARE the "Crumple" zone. The physics of two much smaller contact patches are pretty…

Hit and drag?

I love this idea, and it would doubtlessly lead to some innovation and bat shit crazy stuff that would make it fun to watch, not like the "Bernie's Flea circus" that is F1 now.

For the WIN!!!

No, 1.6 liters is not a barrier to motorcycle engines. In regular production is the Triumph Rocket with a 2.3 liter engine- which produces a great deal of torque, kind of our Harleying the Harley. There are even motorcycles that use car engines, and at least one that uses an aircraft engine.

Motorcyclists are even worse at adopting new tech. There are still many bikes that use carbs for heavens sakes, although this does make tuning easier in some ways. Most bikes don't have ABS and only a few have traction control.

Ever tried to trace a vacuum leak in an early Honda Civic- yeah, cars are easier in some ways for sure, especially vac lines

Well, let's see if he follows through, sure would be great. Sure miss the Magnum, but I have a low mileage 94 LT1 wagon for fun- that thing has tons of room, and has the WAY BACK seat. Oh Yeah, life can be grand. Still, I'd love one that I could afford to drive daily as my Chevy is rather thirsty.

Bill, never trust your farts after the secret service brings you an extra bean burrito.

Nice Chassis!!

Can you get those bags to my hotel pronto Sringo?

Now look, let's get this right- Obama is his Name O, Bingo, B I N G O......

I think I trusted that fart too much.

One can only pray and hope that these folks did not have to suffer. Very interesting photos, God Bless ya!

lol The eternal battle between dream cars and the stuff we call "Reality"

Agreed, it really does resemble a hungry or mating insect.

GM abandoned a strategy that worked, just like they often did pre bankruptcy. I have a first year Saturn, great little car, but they did not update the car so much as cheapen it down, and then introduced the AWFUL ion. What a slap in the face to the faithful.

High underhood temps, particularly with those small turbo engines can kill batteries. Therefor the thermal barrier is the way to protect the lead acid battery from this potential issue.

Regarding the Elio, you say Paul Elio says they will be at a quarter million annually the first year? The link to the interview shows up as a link to an interview from the middle of 2013, and one has to pay more to view the article. Can you provide verification of the 250,000 per year quote?

Thanks for the info, I guess the day of the convertible is over for now at Chrysler for now.