Oh good! I spent a few solid minutes deciding whether or not it was worth making a better illustration than the stock stuff.

Sedans are nonsense. Here’s a VW Vanagon $10,500.

Okay, that is my bad for not catching that. Their actual operating loss is spread out over their cars sold. Their cash burn is a completely separate issue and is the $359m figure.

That Tesla report is just a function of them being a startup. Their expenses will always be much higher in the short run than a ford or GM. It doesn’t mean the Model S isn’t making money, it’s that they are burning through a ton of cash bringing new models online to join the Model S. To say that the “Model S” is…

Just occurred to me.

Do you expect me to talk?

It’s more the whole thing than just the HP. It’s great, but you just aren’t going to really use a 200 MPH sedan like this to anything close to its capabilities.

Lotus’ next project is figuring out any possible way to avoid insolvency.

Because supercharging does not have the same packaging problems turbocharging does. A roots blower does not require as much plumbing or piping as a turbo setup and requires less cooling. It also takes up less space than a turbo and associated plumbing. Less reengineering is less cost.

I wasn’t expecting this much misunderstanding.

Farmers are fugging rich nowadays that’s where. It’s un-intuitive and a poorly kept secret but yes if you’re a certain type of farmer you are pretty much loaded.

That “sticker” is a classification of the maximum allowable horsepower engine to be used on a vessel, as determined by the US Coast Guard guidelines. In this case since the paddle boat does not use a combustion or other engine, and is not designed to accommodate one, the maximum allowable horsepower rating is 0.…

Die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

Why buy a new Outback when you can get this beachfront property for less!

I always think of answers to these after the fact. I was trying to think of the most iconic video game car I could, in the sense that when you think a particular game, you think a very specific car from that game. I think it would probably be the ice cream truck from the Twisted Metal games:

This car needs no introduction.

It’s nice to see Honda understands its civic duty and is reacting accordingly. Perhaps the initial recall was a pilot program, to see how the recall pace would fit with their new airbag supply? This whole Takata recall has been quite an odyssey.

Here is what every good car museum should have in it:

Ferrari 250 GTO
Pontoon Fender Ferrari 250 TR
Aston Martin DB4
Auburn Boattail Speedster
Original Ford GT40
1960s Lincoln Continental
Ferrari F40
Jaguar XK-SS
1998 Mercedes ML320 w/ original gray bumpers

Hahaha. The ML founded a segment. An entire segment. It’s like the Thomas Edison of luxury SUVs. The Ben Franklin. The George Washington. The Caesar. The Jesus. I literally have a column planned for next week about how the ML is the single greatest car in the last 25 years. It’s going to be glorious.

EDIT: Oh by the…

AW11 MR2. Even before I rebuilt its tired 220k mile suspension and put sticky tires on it, everyone who drove it fell in love with it. I’m pretty sure that I heard more people say “go-kart” after getting out of this than I have while actually karting. It has (maybe) 90 hp at the wheels on a good day, has a 0-60 time…