I'm waiting for it to come out that he WAS prepared to name names at that press conference but changed his mind at the last minute to do that weird rambly rant as part of a deal with Japan not to go after his wife. 

He was CEO of two of the largest auto conglomerates in the world, “whacked” on at least partially political grounds, and then fled Japan in an instrument case. People I know who can’t even tell a Versa from an Altima know about this guy and are talking about him.

Yeah, but you don’t have to Beruit about it.

God, that is so petty. Can you imagine if the US launched investigations into people’s trips to other countries?

Ugh, I guess you snooze you lose—been waiting for a good night to watch this, and it looks like the video’s been taken down! Digging in on their official site:

I drove through Miami a few months ago and was extremely disappointed not to see a single car more exotic than a Tesla Model S. Bad luck I guess... 

My favorite sighting was a McLaren waiting in line for valet parking at a shopping mall.

I work out in McLean. McLean / Tyson’s has good cars. Ferraris are not uncommon, Aston Martin has a dealership out that way, and I gotta say I felt tremendous schadenfreude seeing the McLaren stuck in traffic on 66 from my Silver Line train.

I keep meaning to make my way out there, but I've been failing at getting my butt out of bed on a Saturday morning.

I don’t have to travel to see rad cars—Old Town Alexandria is home to a DeLorean, a Porsche 944 and 930, at least two RX-8s, an Series III (I think) Land Rover, an MR-2, a Lotus Exige, and plus there’s that classic NSX that’s zoomed past me once or twice.* Yes, I’ve seen more exotic cars at auto shows (DC Auto Show is…

Which “5G” is this? mmWave? or 600 MHz “LTE++”?

But Hop does get better. He just can’t get better as fast as a level grinding PC can.

Just came across this over the weekend.

The McLaren P1 has an electric-only mode*, and its electric powertrain is rated at about 177hp. That’s gotta be a bit harder to stupid up.

New York ePrix. It was hot. Our tickets gave us zero view of the track. But holy shit it was a neighborhood block packed with electric racing fans, including my four-year-old kid who makes Formula E whirrs as enthusiastically as the neowws of F1 cars.

The joke I’ve seen is that Netflix must own the rights to the midfield.

I just got a dubiously-McLaren-branded phone which came with an “Alcantara and Carbon Fibre” protective case, with the promotional material touting that it gives the feel of a McLaren Senna steering wheel. Well, if that’s the case, it’s completely killed my desire to ever drive a Senna.

I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and give the show a try when it airs (though MotorTrend App only is going to be annoying).

Yeah, that final graf is the real kicker. Of course any team would want to maintain any competitive advantage it can get, but Ferrari has always been the most shameless about saying these sorts of things out loud.

TG USA is being rebooted as well.