Here in Portugal I still see a lot of 504 and 505 Station wagons. They seem to last forever. We also have some 504 pick-up trucks running around. In Morocco you'll see 10x more. Northern Africans love them.

From progressive-economy.org:

The real question from now on is whether the U.S. and allies can make a difference solely through air supremacy.

After they refused to give a license to Loeb in 2009, I lost all the respect for this piece of paper.

Communication problems between squad members is the most likely scenario. I hope that at least one of crews was able to eject. It seems likely that their tanks were 3/5 full. If the impact was as violent as it seems, the crew wasn't able to react. RIP brave pilots. You left us doing what you probably enjoyed the most…

BMW 3.0 CSL

M3 E30s only exist in LHD config.

Let me add that for many years the Mini ruled followed by the occasional Fiat 127 (SWB FWDs). Today it seems SWB RWD kit cars rule. Nevertheless I'll just add that among the crowd (in the 90s) you could notice whenever a RWD was going for it. The crowd went nuts. Saw some Starlets, BMW 2002, and Datsun 510…

Campeonato Nacional de Perícias Automóvel (Portugal).

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OK, let me just add something to this discussion. Go to YouTube, watch gymkhana 6 and listen to the sound emanating from that Fiesta. It's a racing engine (derived from a Focus WRC engine), 4 cylinder, 2.0, it's turbocharged, has a long exhaust system and revs to 7000-ish rpm. It sounds glorious and really loud.

That's not the same car. That's a 2nd gen Renault 5, known as the Super 5. Here's the original Euro version.

A top spec trial (how it's named in Europe) bike is 67 kgs. That's the weight of a 300cc Gas Gas bike. 148 pounds... He's throwing it like it was 30 pounds. Great skills, great video.

The W12 engine is not a Lamborghini engine. It's a VW engine built using two narrow angle VR6. It was used on the A8, Phaeton, Touareg, Continental GTs and a few others I can't remember right now.

In 1st and 2nd gear the combination of not going full throttle trying to tame the wheelspin and the way the engine is tuned makes it look like it has a savage top end. Which it probably has. What a car!

For those interested in knowing a bit more about Koenigsegg's work as an inventor, check some of the patents filed in the name of his first company, Alpraaz. One of them:

Beautiful concept. Inside and out. Knowing almost for sure that the front end won't comply with pedestrian safety rules brings tears to my eyes....

Soon to be found in an overthrown dictator's car collection.

I think merging on highways safely is something universal. My daily driver has 105hp (golf variant) and my weekend car is a 300hp hatch. As you said we adapt and its always possible to merge safely. I don't know if I really understand what you meant. I was just trying to make a point in line with "the forbidden fruit…

Yeah I guess I forgot to mention we would love to have these cars only if they came with cheap gas. At 9 dollars per gallon they're not that interesting...