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I am a massive fan.

Not related to the topic but if you wanted more of the Porsche on the photo (if i am not mistaken, the copilot is the cousin of Eric Camilli, the WRC2 driver) :

No.

Why not steal, er, borrow design elements from other cars? Not the first time it’s happened.

Not sure about the others, but BX had turn signals on those pods, and I remember riding with a friend in his parents’ BX, where he had a lot of trouble to work turn signals, it required him to move his hand off the wheel an reach behind it to press the switch. Was not impressed.

The Citroën GSA was also nice :

The OG Fiat Uno had some cool control pods close to the steering wheel. My grandmother had one when I was a kid and found it looked like something from a spaceship. Years later I noticed while watching Star Wars episode I that Anakin’s pod racer had this same controls as the Fiat Uno. I guess my younger self was right

The front grille looks like a DS7 (and 4) rear taillight :

Hah brings back memories. My father owned a succession of those as he drove 40k+ miles a year for work and thus replaced them every 3 years or so as he needed them to stay reliable. The TD ones, which before direct injection was a thing pulled all of 85HP (88 on the later ones). Felt fast enough at the time I guess...

Top trivia: the R21 had transverse or longitudinal engines depending on the model. Renault didn't have a transverse gearbox that would cope with the bigger engines.

There’s more overlap than you think if you convert the European names to US names.

The news is about Ford of Europe which have an almost totally different lineup to the American market Ford, the overlap being mainly rather low volume in Europe like the Ford GT, Mustang, Ranger or Explorer (only available in PHEV here), there is also the Ecosport which was designed for India to start with and the…

1st Gear: Ford Marketing Continues To Go In On EVs

It’s ironic because the Model 3's body is steel and the Bolt’s body is aluminum. :-) 

This is just preparation for the Peugeot 508 Demon wagon.

It might be to have something similar to PSA Motorsport which does work on race cars and performance road cars on the same buildings and with team members going from one to the other, they also sell race cars and their parts through the retail branch of the group instead of doing their own thing.

Because bigger is heavier and require even bigger batteries to have the same kind of range so the cars would cost more and still won’t be ideal to do road trips.

I got mine back sometime last night, after not having at all yesterday. Warmed myself in my truck a few times, and made sure to make laps around my complex to give my alternator some work. It was odd sleeping under two blankets while also wearing my hoodie and carhartt. I don’t trust that I’ll keep it though, but at…