You learn lots of funny little things while involved in an engineering project like I'm involved in right now. I'm wondering what is shared between the CRV, the Odyssey and this new Pilot? Are there any 'body in white' shots of any of these?

It took an extra day but here is the quote I promised you.

I'm sure this will help close the page due to copyright infringement but it's funny. Seriously though, what is going on with China at the moment and more importantly, are we starting to see the unraveling of Tesla?

Hmmmmmm,,,,,,, I want to respond to this but if you don't mind I will quote you in a piece I'll do on OPPO tomorrow. I think you echo the sentiments of many but it leads to several questions that need to be asked and answered first.

Yes, agreed, but that is the argument for today. I'm wondering what the line is for tomorrow and the next model. Where do we go from here; electric?

I'm going to write a piece for OPPO in the next day or so but I'll pose the question to you Raphael: Are we at a point in time much like the early 1970's? Have HP numbers gotten too out of control? Have Ferrari, Lambo, Porsche or even the likes of Dodge handcuffed themselves into an inevitable letdown in the follow up…

The car is cool yes, but what I found amazing was the driver pictures. Those look like throw back uniforms of the 50's or 60's. Almost blank white canvases, so little advertising on them. I love it.

Weight reduction yes, although you see that in the new F150 and the gains were so marginal that no one cares and has swayed no one into choosing the Ford over any other.

Work in Africa, that's awesome. I agree with the longevity angle to aluminum though it is somewhat dependent on local climate and conditions. 'Cradle to Grave' is an interesting turn of phrase. It's what we use.

Aluminum is a wonderful material but not the end all be all of vehicle production materials. In fact it is possibly the worst of the alternatives to steel and the F150 at this time proves it. As for living in England as I'm guessing you do and commenting on the age of any Land Rover is a bit of a rigged game.

Currently I can not talk openly about our project: only that it will address the problems that currently exist with metal stampings. We eliminate them all together.

Our solution, when and if I can talk openly about it fixes that as well.

So interesting reading some of the comments here. Some sensible, most not and far too many just being cheerleaders for Ford.

I wonder: is there a metric by which we can measure how or what difference there is between a modern rally car such as Kubica's Ford and yesterdays Group B cars like the Audi.

Nothing!

I've actually been on all 3 sides of the equation here. First is the OEM side, second the PR firm side and third is the auto journalist side.

Man that was a great laugh, well put!

In my time working for a manufacturer, before I started writing and TV production, I had 3 incidents.

With values skyrocketing and no end in sight, I fear this may be one of the last chances to see a 250GTO actually on the move and being used. The price alone is enough to make you park it and we haven't even talked about the insurance costs and the rules and stipulations the insurance companies will put on the…

Rally drivers are bar none, the best drivers in the world! Sebastien Loeb is right now the best driver in the world no doubt. I think he is perhaps the best race car driver the world has ever seen.