David, I am loving these long form engineering articles. I may only be a civil engineer but reading an in-depth article about these upcoming car technologies that goes into the actual engineering behind it all instead of just stating some facts really scratches that innate curiosity itch that engineers tend to have.

Wrong. The actual “overdrive” (as it’s known by those who now shit about cars) HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AUTOMATIC GEAR. Indeed it was an additional (and quite complicated) electro-hydraulic device, that could be manually added (usually through a dedicated button) to the 4th gear of a MANUAL GEARBOX, to reduce the…

Is it a mule for the 850's successor, the 127? It would make sense for them to experiment with existing components before completing the switch from RR to FF configuration. Having said that, mules aren’t normally so well finished.

The world’s first Hundred Grand Cherokee.

Anyone else getting Nice Guy vibes from LaW?

Hell both seem to be in or on the verge of Nice Guy territory.

This only works if you actually believe Elvis is dead.

I bet you’re great at parties

The Safari is an awesome idea. V12, AWD, lifted with air, some skid plates, off-road knobbies. Fantastic. Can’t wait to take it to Starbucks.

I like the look of this car, and I’m honestly kind of excited about it, which is weird to say about a Kia. I think they went the right direction with the name, too; it’s important to have a serious, sporty-sounding name if you want people to take your first proper sports car seriously. And I especially appreciate that…

What I’ve found in my travels and moving to another country is that you’re going to mess up and be rude no matter how many rules you study beforehand... and that you’ll generally be forgiven if your general attitude is one of, “I know I’m a stupid foreigner. Please forgive me for what I don’t know and teach me.”

VW: We’re bored. What other regulations can we cheat on?

I agree with this assessment, since both of us work, we usually only use garlic powder and have one elephant garlic lying around at home. I mean the ease of use sometimes outweighs the difference for day to day cooking.

If FCA sells off Jeep, I predict within a few years there will be no FCA left. Are any of their other brands actually making money? I guess they do sell a lot of Ram trucks, and they’ll probably sell a few Chargers to rental and police agencies, but that’s about it.

Folks, it’s great if you mod your car. I modded a Fit for christ’s sake. Vehicles are for fun.

They got it largely working, just never managed to get it to run leaner. To this day there are plenty of rich wankels driving around in Rolls Royces.

dont think they could get worse if they wanted to. lol

I don’t know, man. FCA Quality is still miles above DaimlerChrysler quality.

fixed it

Shoot for 40k they might be able to buy Chrysler.