A good idea for sure, but I don’t buy it. The mechanisms by which materials fail is usually incredibly complex and notoriously difficult to simulate.

Another for the list: Lancia Fulvia - 1600cc’s of glorious V4:

COTD!

wow. just.... wow

A good friend of mine regretted selling one of his first motorcycles - a Yamaha R5 with a blueprinted engine, so he went looking for one to buy some 40 years later. Eventually he found one, and low and behold it was the same bike - complete with the scratches where he dropped it as a kid!

Please put a better headlight on it!

I really really want to know if the Youabian Puma was there again. I want that thing to still be a thing.

What if this was a Lancia?

*sigh*

Are those non-retracting quarter windows as well?

True, it must be painful to turn up to the local race meeting after a long night of preparation to see an Honda/Bosch factory team there...

Wow, that’s a pretty fascinating piece of trivia I had no idea about. Cheers!

My old man had a 900 aero and always said the same thing. Also, the chassis was so floppy the doors wouldn’t open if it was on a jack.

Peugeot 206gti. So many expectations after the 205gti, and then such overwhelming mediocrity.

BAC TSR-2. Another Mach 2+ bomber that looks like the fighters 8 year olds draw in class:

I have a theory that it went on too long and should have stopped at the recovery hospital bit. All the stuff in Venice was a bit too much, IMO.

Damn! I forgot to nominate the Peugeot 406 coupe:

Overpowered bike, no leathers, lofty aspirations as a GP hero. Obviously a Squid!

That’s an incredible description. Top points for you, sir!

That was incredible