That left shoulder looks to be three lanes wide, lots of room for growth there.  Around here the left lanes have been used up and there’s less than a car width before the median rails.

It’s just a nameplate though, today’s Camry has nothing else in common with the 90s version.

The Virgin craft looks like an upscale executive jet, nice big windows and luxe seating. Some neat application of available tech but not really a lot new.

Gliding with a motor assist, just extended the time in air.  But yes they eventually actually flew off the ground.

Lot of F -this and F-that with slo mo collisions and sparks flying.  Sure it will get eyeballs.

Smaller v60 makes more sense but that won’t last long either.

Multiple championships go to the player, one-offs like Villeneuve can be attributed to the the team. I think he lost some motivation chasing Hamilton and never got it back, after all he already has a full trophy case.

It’s a spherical pressure vessel designed for x psi, probably shop-tested to 1.5 or 2.0x. Maybe the hatch wasn’t dogged down properly or it was old and and at end of life-cycle. Steel is “plastic” but you can’t expand it by shock forever, fatigue cracks set it. Diving tanks, small propane tanks etc are only good…

Similar to the old Avus track outside Berlin. A highway closed off by a wicked banked turn at one end and a tight flat left hander at the other. A true “hair pin” configuration.

They have legal binding contracts on their side, that’s how respectable people solve issues.  Now Montenegro can try to default or nationalize but unless they want to become like North Korea they have to play ball.

For me it was a regular paper on the newsstands, Autoweek maybe? Had race reports and great color photos a week or two after a race, plus the colorful drivers and team owners; Lauda, Hunt, Chapman et al.

BMW i8 belongs in crap era2. Too much too soon, tech wasn’t there yet to support the idea. Underpowered low range expensive car with great looks.

There’s a Mitsuoka C2 Corvette made out of a Miata, looks pretty good.

I think there is bus service to the north shore of Oahu but you’re on vacation...

They have Versas and convertible Camaros there.  We took the Versa.

OK, XC40 would be close comparison, clean, boxy look, more conservative.  Not really enough to call one  a beauty and the other fugly, that’s a wide distinction.

So what is your idea of  good looking SUV? For a reference point?

A certain clientele with a taste for Hennessy, Dom Perignon and lots of cash.

Crack pipe, nothing as expensive as a used German car, etc etc. Dealer Service Rep will get his bonus this month.

My take on the split was the hometowners were increasingly upset that the British cars and engines basically took over the sport.  Reynard, March and Cosworth/Ilmor owned it.  George and his cabal thought they could #MAGA.