That's the thing though, in the worst case scenario where the airbag technology doesn't work you're still wearing an abrasion-resistant, armored jacket. The Airbag technology supplements that by immobilizing your upper extremities, greatly reducing the chance of screwing up your shoulder or clavicle (two very common…

BMW did it first.

Being set on fire wasn't even the main reason they were used. Flamethrowers were originally designed to fill enclosed bunkers with flame, consuming all of the oxygen. If you were caught inside when one of these was used you basically drowned in fire.

The order, by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, demanded that Takata turn over records regarding the production, testing and subsequent concerns raised internally and by automakers over the airbags, as well as communications between the company and automakers about defect concerns.

I'll give you that. It's a different sort of character, but it's definitely there. Subaru has two distinct camps though, the motorsports-heavy models (WRX, STi, BRZ), and the decidedly un-sporty everything else. They do a good job with both though, and all are united by their leaking headgaskets.

They might disagree, but they would be wrong. Mazda is the only carmaker, that I've seen anyway, that infuses character into all of the cars they sell, from top to bottom.

Donk much?

$500-1000 will, in my experience, get you a project. and maybe an awesome and interesting bike. What it won't get you is something you'd want to learn to ride on. My first bike was $400 and while I learned a lot about fixing bikes, I learned the "How to Ride" portion a lot more slowly than I would have otherwise due…

It would have to hit orbital velocity under power. Gravity only acts on a vector directly towards the body providing it (earth), being in orbit just means that you're going fast enough sideways to continuously miss the thing you're falling towards.

How did I miss this?

Maybe if I move closer to work my quality will get better.

I feel like "Sport Wagon" is pushing the definition of "not Wagon".

Very true. The wheels won't fall off, the transmissions will.

The new Mazda2 looks fantastic but it's crying out for a Mazdaspeed version. If anyone could take the brilliant Fiesta ST off its throne, it'd be Mazda.

Really?

But no, really. All hyperbole and joking aside, the SUV is likely to be an extremely strong seller upon debut. One could even say it's gonna tear shit up like Napoleon before he decided it would be an awesome idea to invade Russia in the winter.

This had better be his daughter's bag. No, just no.

Depending on its delivery condition (full hard, martempered, fully annealed, spherodized, TRIP, etc) it is hydroformable. There's a lot of interesting work right now in Electro-Manetic forming for thinner sections, mostly for body panels, but also for complex shapes.

They've been using steel that's not ridiculously difficult to roll and form. Automotive quality steel is some of the best in the business, and the HSS and UHSS grades are much, much more difficult to make at the quality required for vehicular applications.

Update: A Tesla spokeswoman declined to comment.