Yes, the Qvale Mangusta is an interesting car, although the original Mangusta while flawed mechanically, is such an icon of design brilliance that the newer car doesn’t benefit by comparison. If I were looking for a Mustang-powered modern car that’s not a Mustang, I think I’d go with the Panoz Esperante or AIV…

Super Gnat is hard to beat, but the Lancia Hyena was in sort of the same design theme and also like the Super Gnat shared some inspiration from its namesake with its hunched look. Hyenas have a rep as being kind of unsavory characters what with their laugh and the fact they’ll eat poop and bone and the female spotted…

Plus, he could trade in Mom’s car. Easy peasy. 

Pretty sure that’s a grassy knoll, dude.  

The stitching was so rough to the touch, and you’d be sliding or reaching over it all the time. Just seemed like it would suck to live with that. I also never understood the Recaro seats you could get in the 1979 Mustang Pace Car with hard plastic (I think), rectangular “head rests” with mesh in the cutout that your…

I seem to recall Aston offered Craig free cars for life. Lucky for him they stopped making the Cygnet.  Also maybe he got a better deal because Brosnan is Irish. Aston also did not want to provide cars to Eon Productions until they saw the success of Dr.No. Lotus meanwhile cleverly wormed its way in by showing off the…

They’re apparently a little less lenient about the punishment in the Great White North.

Or the Texas Mile.  

From TheDrive: “the Veyron would drain its entire 26-gallon fuel tank in 12 minutes running at full clip, and its tires weren’t rated for more than 15 minutes above 250 mph.” Of course the fuel consumption needed to go over 250 is considerably more (as is the horsepower) than for 180, but it still supports your point.…

But I am pretty sure he was outrunning the headlights, so to speak. By the time he could see something there’d be no time to brake. Even more asinine to do it at night. 

Oh yeah? Well...

Shhh, we keep distracting him with questions about VW taillights and Brazilian market prototypes so he doesn’t notice the whole quarantine thing.

There was even a turbo convertible prototype, which was built to US specs. Auctioned off for only about 12,000 euros, now sitting in the collection of some shadowy collector who apparently fears either someone taking away his prized possession, or publicizing the fact that he has it. I like to think he has a whole…

That is such a cool story, I’ve wanted to see and hear that car in person, my absolute favorite in Jay’s collection. I spoke with Donald Osborne who does his appraising gig on Jay’s show, at the Tour d’Elegance last year and asked him which car of Jay’s he’d take. He was very cool, he said he’s a cheap date and would…

The 1957-1959 Ford Skyliner retractable hardtops would like a word. 

That car is very accessible to the air. It is approaching the point where the vent to car ratio exceeds 1, where you have only vents. The natural endpoint of the vent trend, cars swallowed by their own vents. 

Thanks for the laughs, Michael. I even forgive you for throwing out “flat-plane crank” one last time. And for making up those last two writers. Whatever becomes of this site, it’s been a place of wonder, amusement, camaraderie, puns (calling $kaycog!), obscure VW taillights, identified parts of hit-and-run cars,…

Pretty sure that’s a Puffalump, dude. 

So I’m going to ask for some receipts on “Serena Gordon” being married, if you watch the car chase scene (and pause it) she only has a ring on a pinkie finger, not likely a wedding ring, and there’s no mention of her being a “Mrs.” Unless M or Moneypenny has a reference to it later. But there is a lot of wtf machismo…

Hard to imagine why they would choose such an odd looking car, rather than a stock Karmann Ghia or some other convertible. It’s such a minor bit in the movie, and the car itself is unimportant even to the gag. Maybe they decided to throw in the gag and it was one of the camera crew’s cars that happened to be handy. …