He is probably sitting on a pile of money. Why not have his talents go for another car on the grid and have him race that and win? Seems like a great asset for another team if Mercedes wants to play hardball.
Fun thing about his position is that Mercedes has a stable full of racers gunning for his current seat.  

I wonder how much it would be in parts to pop the back glass off and make it a hinged affair. 

That is an engine swap away from being a MASSIVE hoot! 

Make it a targa!
Swap the small mobility scooter motor for a 5hp golf cart model and LAUGH as the thing burns the rubber and has actual doors and a roof while your neighbors are bundled together in their exposed carts.

The 4 cylinder would be a loss if they sell it at a price point that would drive people to take it. The cost recoup on a corvette at base is minimal. luckily the first option box you tick for a corvette adds $12k to the build. 

Been there, done that, got the very fun t-shirt.  Sadly sold my R8.  It was a blast and always an eye catcher even thought it was understated. 

Sadly we now have a fully paved track/trail they race up. This seems about perfect for it over the old rally inspired batshit insane monsters they had prior.  It’s mix surface made it really unique.  Now it’s a fight against changing altitude. 

This is a perfect example of “Just because its rare, doesn’t mean its expensive” statement. 

FULL article about a 3rd row seat.  ZERO photos of interior showing third tow seat.  ONLY images we get are CG press release kits showing straight panel gaps and uncracked Dodge dashboards we will never see. 

Sadly we are neck deep in micro-”ego” truck enhancements. 

Reverse.
It is popular because it make people feel smarter after getting dumbfounded by Jeopardy.

My neighbor had two older kids that moved out and put a pikachu statue (formerly a working fountain but dead pumps ya know) up across the street from my house. It got flagged a pokestop about a block away from a highschool. You can guess how bad that got. He had to put a fence up to keep people off his porch. I put a…

Oddly enough if you had a bike and a poke-walker or smart watch you essentially had bike mode. it would try to auto capture pokemon in the area with one throw when the phone was locked.

They upped the speed the system reads at to about 16mph and it now pings to the server more often making it more accurate for bikers. 

rotary 2 stroke power tools have been a thing for a while.

graphene batteries aren’t too far away and you can expect half to quarter weight and size for the same power capacity.
Bonus is faster charge and discharge is possible leading to lower refill times and more potential output.  Limiting factors will be connectors and cabling. 

The Y isn’t exactly a luxury vehicle and the RX350 is far from a hoot to drive.
Say something like a q3 weighs 3900 or a q5 4000 or sq5 4200 lbs there is a difference of power and acceleration across the board.

The fun for electric cars is that more powerful variants aren’t any heavier then the lower market versions.

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A lovely pile of abandoned TuRDs blocking a trail.
Not surprised.

So domestic terrorism charges and a ship off to Guantanamo for this asshole? 

it has to do with wheelbase and total body area over the ground or “as it casts a shadow” so now you have trucks with massively oversized overhangs and engine bays for CAFE cheating.  Chrysler started this shitshow with the PT cruiser pushing it as a light truck and the CAFE laws betting pushed down and never looking…

they need to close the CAFE loopholes for trucks that talk about overhang allotment.