I’m not going to lie, a part of me wanted to make a snarky remark such as, "Congratulations ZF, you just invented the Powerglide".  Although a five percent change in range seems small, it is an extra 10-15 miles on a charge, I wonder if it downshifts to get more regenerative braking.

The early Renaults like the 1900 model you show used a thermosiphonic cooling system; there’s no water pump. Instead, the temperature difference between the hot water in the block and the cold water in the exposed radiator creates enough circulation by convection to transfer the heat.

If it’s anything like a Kitchen Aid stand mixer, you’ll spend a fortune buying all the attachments, it will take way too much space and you’ll end up never using most of them.

I wonder what the rules are for disclosing something like this, particularly in light of rumors that Ford is pursuing electrification of their F150s.

What ever happened to Jimmy in portfolio management?

I have always wanted an Esprit V8.

It’s something designed for a market we don’t have. In India and most of Southeast Asia, manual transmissions are preferable for efficiency and durability; sliding doors are not practical in this category since it’s a people mover and they’re just another part to break; it’s heavy and BOF for utility and likely…

All drivetrains are detachable if you detach hard enough.

I’ll patiently wait for these to show up on Banggood.com for, like, $25.

I can put my butt on a 6 foot breaker bar and generate 1000 ft-lbf of torque. But I cannot generate more than 1/2 HP for more than the half-second it takes to belly-flop onto a carpet so I won’t be towing anything anywhere.

Hmm, is this another Torchopped photo? It would seem likely!

The helmets are for a few reasons - most of these have an internal roll cage in addition to an exo, which is a bad time when you make contact with your head. The other reason is because these things are long enough that they tend to see-saw slap the drivers up into the roof or into the door frames when they get…

If you think about it, isn’t a shifter boot made from the sorting hat, whose purpose is to put things where they’re meant to be, just an Automatic transmission?

Starred not in agreement but in appreciation for your primo Jalop rhetoric.

Looks like a vehicle out of the 1960’s “Thunderbirds”.

And most didn't have AC or cruise. Or gps or OnStar. Remember bias-ply tires in the rain before traction-control?  Good times 😏

it’s amazing to think that I could, hypothetically, drive from my home in North Carolina to the very tip of South America if I really, really wanted to.

For someone hoping not to deal with border guards and impassable canals but still wants a long driving adventure, the Trans America Trail looks like a lot of fun. Designed by a motorcyclist, but possible using a 4x4, it’s a dirt/gravel route from North Carolina all the way to the Oregon coast.

I like it, let’s see how they compare.