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What’s funnier is that if you go find this on Reddit you’ll see my comment pointing this out — referencing an old Jalopnik post about a split Aventador.

Darn, but still a cool street park

A Porsche 550 Spyder on Broadway in Manhattan. I would have thought it was a replica except for the Mercedes-Maybach S600 that was accompanying it

A third of a billion dollars from the manufacturer definitely had an influence on their vehicle choice. (MBUSA’s decision to bring the passenger Metris stateside was partially driven by Daimler’s investment in Via.)

It isn’t.

I remember! A return to design that works

Personally, I think the side vents in this model are far superior to the ones on the four door — they’ve finally changed the vent from a fake stamping on the door to a functional fender-mounted vent. It’s simpler, better-looking, and almost certainly easier to repair

Your reminder that the Bronco concept is appearing in Rampage, out this summer and featuring Dwayne Johnson

In addition to the healthy skepticism espoused by everyone else here, I’m suspicious about Mazda’s motives for sharing these tidbits now. With the Skyactiv-X, they didn’t do any press until they were ready to announce production (and then they did a press junket in prototypes).

We’ve all missed something... this is a photo of the back of the car. Based on the lower corner angle, I think this is an Edge.

It’s ridiculously impressive how every single external panel is different and yet they didn’t lose the character of the car. Even the doors have changed from squared-off to rounded corners!

Because McLaren won’t let just anybody buy a P15, and the F1 is out of reach and can’t be dailied.

Considering that some ridiculously high percentage of car trips are taken solo (over 75% of commutes at last estimate, and that’s likely somewhat representative), I’d argue that passenger-side reinforcement is much less necessary than driver side. The IIHS’ reasoning is perfectly sound here.

That’s definitely a 911, plus there’s also a C7 convertible in the lot.

You don’t really think about how old the 1st generation Viper is until you see one with historic plates on it. (MD sets that bar at 25 years)

This is incredibly logical, and probably has the same break-even point as the Cadillac CTS-V Wagon did. Since all of the F-Series trucks share their cab structure and electronics, most of this luxury is probably a direct port from the F-150 equivalent trims, especially things like the moonroof and electronic gizmos.

Alas! I’m flying in tomorrow but I’ll be there all Saturday

Looks like they’re using a bunch of Ford parts internally — including a Mustang steering column and assorted switchgear. This is probably a good thing — it’ll keep costs down and reliability up. Also makes me wonder if they’re using even more Mustang bits elsewhere...

Nobody thought they’d build the Stinger either, but it’ll be out in a few weeks.

I think it could be interesting to have a similar situation that we see in GTE-Pro and GTE-Am, where the performance of two classes is close but they’re differentiated by other means. Maybe LMP2-M and LMP2-P for manufacturer-backed and privateer entries?