The 1980s-era Aston V8 Vantage, perhaps the greatest Aston of all time,

The way I try to rationalise the original Cannonball is that it was an act of protest, or rebellion, against a law that was perceived as excessively harsh and ultimately unfair.

Ted Sorensen may have dropped the ball that day, but he did a truly stellar job (no pun intended) with JFK’s “Moon” speech.

The same sentence in the original press release says Auch die Porsche-Lernplattform steht allen Porscheanern offen, um sich für die E-Mobilität fit zu machen.

I agree: white is terrible for certain cars, and silver, as you say, can be impossibly bland.

All Zagatos are a bit of an acquired taste, even the charming old ones.

Nobody seems to remember here the Sanction II DB 4 GT Zagatos from thirty years ago? Really??

Neither Mr Finkel nor Autocar mentioned the late 80s Sanction II cars.

[sigh] No, I did not.

I thought humanity had managed to leave behind those [blowfly] metallic green hues in the 70s - which is where they belong.

To the best of my knowledge, I’m afraid I am not.

Trojans, you say?

That was very cleverly cropped, Jason.

Interesting info about the S54.

I’ve heard of a small nuclear power reactor which was concocted in the physics department of a state-owned university. The gvt (this was in a small European country) had not been informed and when they found out the whole project was very promptly shut down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_space

One of those machines is a plot device in Ken Russell’s The Billion Dollar Brain.

There are several kinds of small reactors and nuclear power units used in satellites.

Among the ideas proposed for Plowshare was creating a new, bigger Panama canal using nuclear bombs.

I am convinced that film was the inspiration behind Airplane!