Yeah, I run out of bravery/stupidity around 50mph/80kph. Only takes a gust of wind or an unseen bump and I don’t have the recovery skills of Sagan or MVDP. Or a vaguely competent 12 year old, if I’m honest.

True, but since the is precisely the application being discussed in the article, I don’t really see how this is sensationalism.

Agree, it feels like a nice XC40, because it kind of is. The windows are also weirdly small so it does feel quite small inside.

Obviously depends where you are. Guessing pretty variable in US, but just test drove a few electrics including all model 3 variants over the last couple of days.

The US-spec Chevy Caprice would have also been built by Holden in Australia, so that part of the VIN still makes sense as being pulled completely unchanged from the Caprice and slapped over where the original ute plate was.

...Unless it’s the turbo 6 in the Ford.

Not withstanding there are always some who want to attach their identity to a corporate brand for...reasons, I suspect a lot of the people actually choosing to buy Tesla’s are doing so for fairly logical reasons.

I mean, strip the...um, confusing nationalistic decals off and give it a buff, and it’s back to being a genuinely interesting custom car.

I’m split on this. Perhaps partly because dealers probably aren’t quite as bad where I am. Still pushy and skeezy, but not as outright criminal as in the states.

VinFast bought the old GM Australia proving grounds and setup up a local engineering branch with a lot of the usual bold corporate talk after GM effectively left Australia.

Fair point

To be fair, the original Viper was the same, no external handle. ‘Okay’ if the top was off, but if the janky softtop was installed you had to unzip/unvelcro (?) the window.

Would the Mercedes R500 count?

And bicycles

If I’m doing 300km/h and upwards in the dark, I’m ticking the option box for ‘More lights’, and probably the one for ‘Even more lights. Keep adding lights until it looks silly. Then add a few more’.

Not an entirely invalid argument, however I suspect there might a few Ukrainians who would beg to differ. There would also be done Russian political rivals, but can't seem to reach them for comment anymore.

The bolt on flares on the already ridiculously widened rear guards on Figaro...[chef’s kiss].

Honestly thought your natural response to even a brief fight delay would be to immediate starting looking for a Smart/Toureg/Conversion Van on the local Craigslist and plotting your route home.

Not sure this won’t be blocked, but:

Or breaking it down further (if my very limited German hasn’t completely deserted me) ‘Sick Car’.