You could say 1974. It was the first year of the post-musclecar era. Sure there were still Corvettes and Trans-Am's and Roadrunners but they were sad imitations of the former models. 1974 was also the year that most chrome bumpers were morphed into plastic and emission controls choked a 455 cubic inch behemoth into…

Doug likes to screw with your mental calendar.

Wrapped that up like a proper Top Gear presenter. I could almost read that in Richard’s voice.

JAguar LOtus Plymouth NIssan Koenigsegg (Resubmitting because of improved export and slightly revised design, damn you uneditable comments!)

A Jaguar-Williams competitor to McLaren 570/650S... or even just an Ian Callum re-bodied 650S with a Jaguar supercharged aluminum V8... whatever.

Sorry, forgot to apply the /s code.

Now this is how you update a classic design. Someone get the folks at Geely to purchase what’s left of Checker’s intellectual properties and/or the Panther Platform’s tooling/licensing.

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The E-Type coupe politely says: Big noses are beautiful sir.

I went to whale-world.com to look up facts on the beluga whale. It turns out, the Bentley Flying Spur is actually bigger than a whale.

A sulky is a horse-racing cart:

Haha. Yes, the handbuilt ones, made back when each car came out of the factory looking slightly different.

“And I once said that the original Mini has “about the same horsepower as an escalator.” And I admit, those were exaggerations. Silly, stupid exaggerations, and I apologize if I offended anyone working in PR for a) the Lincoln Navigator, or b) the escalator.”

Why would you want that? The BBC definitely had cause in terminating JC. The best case outcome for everybody is that the BBC successfully reboots Top Gear with a new cast and that the old Top Gear crew successfully launch on Netflix. We’d have two awesome car shows instead of one.

I think technically speaking, an ML, X5M, or Cayenne Turbo make for more logical comparisons. But this is not a logical vehicle, neither is the G. I’m gonna do another post explaining what I mean...

Day one; shmooze a lot, learn car, pose for jalops/jaguar peeps and go to bed early and sober.

Hello...BBC? Yeah about the Top Gear openings...Call Mr. Elba...like now. KTHANKZBI