When asked if he's surprised by how successful Kia has been with the xB competitor Soul, Murtha says the Korean brand is targeting a different buyer than Scion's xB, and applying a lot more marketing muscle, too. "They're clearly investing in it in a big way," he says. "They've positioned it competitively, to their…

For Takata, the answer is simple; they simply refuse to understand it: If you sell cars (or car parts) in the USA, you do so at the pleasure of the various regulatory agencies. If you cross them, it will end badly for you.

The FIA also recommended that under dangerous conditions, all cars should revert to autonomous operation at a reasonable speed. The autonomous operation is still in testing.

Jules Bianchi's car hit the crane that was in the process of retrieving Sutil's car one lap later

Lexus should, however, be chasing after German product. You could argue that Lexus' greatest car was its first — the original LS — and that was basically a ripoff of the contemporary Mercedes S-Class. The thing is, the Lexus ripoff was quieter, comfier, and even more reliable.

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It's a rebadged Nissan Frontier

Is that a fake pigeon?

Well it's very simple to break the EPA cycle down into a force equation. Elio already has a design target for the CdA, weight and rolling resistance so the opposing force can be easily calculated. Then all they need are transmission, final drive and tire sizes to relate ground speed to engine speed.

Jalopnik: "Copying and Pasting Other People's Websites Into Their Own" since... forever. Kids, this is how bad information, lies, and half-truths are born.

Mother of god... Ferrari P10& P11? Vettel will pull over and light the thing on fire himself.

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All this bitching. Be glad it even exists in this day and age.

I lost 40lbs to drive one. A side effect is that girls think my jokes are funnier now.

Since I wasn't around for the original Miata unveiling, did a bunch of mustang enthusiasts gripe about the lack of power then too?

Although the shocks are race shocks, fuel cell, pump etc are all changed the the rigidity of the truck is far greater than stock due to a Chromoly cage, the weight is also likely a lot higher. Bodes well for what that says about the axles, seals, bearings, etc etc.

The folks wanting the BRZ to be a misbehaving such-n-such probably aren't used to a sub-3000 pound car having a chassis this well sorted.

I've been saying this all along. I'm hoping the new Cold War gives us as many good movies and music as the first one did.

Russian TU-95 bear bombers.