Sony has had a history of acquiring game companies and then locking out Microsoft and Nintendo from that studio. Microsoft at least is smart enough to realize there is a lot more money out there if they sell across all platforms. Sony and Nintendo *could* do the same and profit even more than they do now, but they…

Engine development doesn’t have a budget cap, and the manufacturers that are in F1 now have spent billions on development of the current crop of engines. Red Bull doesn’t have a customer focused car brand like Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, and Honda to help offset some of the costs and R&D, so if Red Bull wants to also…

The Infinity tie in was due to Renault supplying engines, and Nissan/Renault thought that branding the engines Infinity might help with sales (it didn’t).

It’s a shame more people don’t secure loads in their trucks. I worked for a company that made seats for Honda and Acura, and they had a sled they tested the seats and shock/impact with. They would often load the back of the sled and then accelerate it and then stop it suddenly to test the back seats used in the…

If EVs were at the point they are now back in 2001 after 9/11, adoption would most likely skyrocket based on the belief that all the foreign oil profits were funding terrorism.

Starred because I use a Corsair (gaming) keyboard and mouse. I can’t keep any of the Lincoln SUVs straight either. They keep changing the naming convention every generation, so by the time I get used to the new naming convention, a new generation comes out with a totally different name. They also make absolutely zero…

Ferrari just can’t help but to continually shoot themselves in the foot every chance they get.

Mercedes and RedBull are where they are because they keep the same team so long as they don’t repeat mistakes. They take the time to learn from their mistakes and improve instead of knee-jerk firing them (or forcing them to…

The first half of the season, yes. The second half Mick was faster than KMag in most of the races.

Two rookie drivers at the same time was a bad idea, but I’m becoming more and more convinced that HAAS is just there as a money laundering or tax sink and not to try to win. They keep the same leadership team and the best…

Good thing Steiner isn’t running Ferrari or he would have replaced Sainz with Hulkenburg. /s

Anyone who thinks Twitter is or was a “safe space” is delusional.

“We are a free speech country”.

Are we really?

There are consequences for bad speech and actions.

Twitter wasn’t bought solely with Musk’s own funds. He doesn’t and didn’t have that kind of liquidity to do so. He couldn’t even borrow against his Tesla shares since he had already borrowed against enough of them in the past he couldn’t do it again this time. He had to get others involved to pay for it.

It is a…

It really depends on how you drive it and what your commute is like. I had a 2019 Hatch (FWD, auto) that I averaged 32.98 combined (about a 70/30 split). My 21 Turbo hatch (AWD, auto) I’m averaging 29.84 with the same split. Occasional romps in the turbo do drastically cut that or it could be higher.

I use Road Trip to…

Probably because this has been in development for a long time now and they have too much invested to just abandon it, so they added a hybrid option along with the turbo version.

It would have to go on an entirely new platform with the CX-70 and 90 since the I6 in the new platform is not transversely mounted. It would be quite a bit longer than it is now, but I’d love to see them bring a car on that platform. I have zero interest in a SUV.

I always liked that in the A3, but my fear is how long is that going to last before it stops working and then what’s the cost going to be to have it fixed/replaced versus just sticking the thing on the dash and being done with it.

I also saw that, part Camaro from the front 3/4rs angle (the rear haunches remind me of the current gen Camaro), and Hyundai Elantra from the one side view that also shows part of the rear. Interior reminds me of Hyundai’s trend of stretching the LCD instrument cluster to the middle of the dash.

Overall, from the…

Yeah, Ferrari really can’t seem to get it together. Even when they have the fastest car on the grid they manage to blow it.

Totally agree. Both Haas cars this past weekend (Belgium) were slow, probably the slowest on the track with the lack of upgrades that have been brought through the season so far.

Wasn’t it confirmed a couple of years ago this is being built by GM on the same platform the Lyriq is built off of?