You could always change the Eco:Boost ration.

I mean, the EB is generally “the high-performance option” at least on trucks and SUVs.

But Doug, wouldn’t that whole approach be like naming the economy-oriented part of the model lineup or technology something like “RadBLUEtech”? Oh ... I see!

What if the defeat device story is what got Piëch to distance himself from Winterkorn? The implications!

I like it ... tried it myself after casually scrolling over replies to see if there was any translation yet. Didn’t spot it.

If they usher him out, won’t he be in for a tasty severance package?

I know the CEO rarely has in-depth knowledge of this kind of thing, but he usually resigns (or is fired) as a gesture to the shareholders and board.

Circa translation ... the auto-translated captions are way more confusing than they are enlightening. Here goes:

While I have never been a sucker for yellow (hell, not even on the LFA), this is strangely attractive to me. I am way too excitable for a literbike, but if I were to pick one, this would be it.

Let’s call it politics?

They only put those down in areas with very low speeds, mostly pedestrian areas ... but yes, I would not want to hit those on anything two-wheeled.

Bumps like these would work like a charm ... but they could also send those cars flying off the road, so I’m not entirely sold. ;)

Looks like you scrambled letters in first paragraph, more precisely the link – “BCC” where it should be “BBC”

Ever after Kung Fury, this replaced the permission revoked bit for me.

Not judging Monsieur Ballaban’s driving chutzpah, but this moment must be the “oh god how did this get here” of non-acclimatized driving. It’s the closest anyone has come, anyway.

Don’t worry about it ... Ballaban was so perplexed he perplexed you.

I want one. Good thing they have yet to announce production plans, else I’d be really sad about not being able to afford one.

I can’t handle the sexy with this car. /faint

The somewhat timeless (as in “doesn’t look old after 5 years”) look might have to do with the fact that the car went through such a long development process, including the many concepts, before it was put into production.

The LFA still looks so good.