Don’t forget the Ducati factory & museum right down the road in Bologna, kids! Did the Lambo museum too, freaking awesome, ran out of time for Ferrari but hope to hit it next trip. No joke about the driving there- it’s terrifying. I always schedule a car service instead of white-knuckling a rental everywhere, and you…

Must be an American car, as it apparently gets less than 0 kmpg.

I can comment from experience with my 1990 Justy: the signals don’t cancel because the butterfly-shaped catch inside the switchbox is plastic and broke both tabs. I made one out of aluminum. The rear window latches also always break as they are made from the same plastic-ish material... again, I machined new ones.…

Why does this truck have a hood scoop? And secondly, if you do not opt for the in-bed spare carrier, can you still get a full size spare? You know, in case you want to use the bed for actual truck stuff.

Yep, I worked at Rocky Flats for a while and once layoffs started a lot of the lifers went to Hanford, Oakridge, and at the time Yucca Mountain. Having seen the lax safety standards implemented by DOE and its subcontractors I elected to take a different career path away from the nuke industry, but I know several…

“Divisible by two or four”... sooo, there are numbers divisible by four which aren’t divisible by 2? He sneaks a glaring mathematical error in between all the ignorant blather about mechanicals. ‘Murica!

They call it “Forging” because the pre-preg chopped carbon is injected under extreme pressure into a mold and cured at high temps, then machined. They started out making trim pieces for airplanes in a partnership with Boeing, then moved into parts for their own cars- trim pieces are available for some models already.…

My fave is the aftermarket scooped hood on diesel trucks, since the airbox sits about 3 feet away. Those things aren’t cheap, especially adding matching paint. Or better yet, the stovepipe out the bed to belch wayyyy overfueled black smoke out like a huge badge of ignorance. ‘Murica!

I had a decently modded ‘87 Sammy, and it was the only vehicle I ever had that was hounded by people asking to buy it. Light and small enough to go over or under what even Jeeps couldn’t, easy to work on, and with 33s and a warmed over engine that thing was unstoppable. Literally had offers everywhere I went. I still…

The hot tub is inside the cab- the bed is for beer

I think I am most impressed by the commitment of all automotive engineers to wean the public off of the ability to actually see outside of the cabin, in the interest of moving the world to cameras to view their surroundings. This is why new vehicles are coming standard with some sort of auto-park feature.. you…

My neighbor’s kid has that same scoop taped to the hood of his Cavalier.

Looks like a much bigger truck sneezed at the front of this one.

Dude, you could type "the sky is blue" and get a bunch of critical remarks. Welcome to internet journalism. I get more satisfaction being critical of actual humans I interact with personally.

Anyone else notice how much flex and movement there is in that rear wheel in the slow mo launch? A bit disturbing on a car this expensive- I would expect to see that on an old muscle car with leaf springs but not a borderline exotic!

COPO counts as production, right?

If Tesla had a Ludacris Mode I would go get one today.

If this were a 2005 ML350 you would need a 5-ton locked-jaw puller to remove the press fit rotors, then an extra $200 to spend on new rotors since you just destroyed the old ones getting them off. I called the dealership about removal and was told "we just hit them with a hammer until they come off". Oh, and the lugs…

Not to knock this rider, and with the understanding that fear & adrenaline take over sometimes, this looks completely avoidable several different ways: 1) Don’t come flying up behind any vehicle, ever 2) If there is no guardrail, ride toward the median so you have a soft runoff that doesn’t send you into traffic 3)…

The Silverados in the test actually have aluminum hoods, not to mention many composite parts like suspension control arms and of course wheels, so GM already uses aluminum in their trucks. Just not in an area that takes a lot of abuse, you know, like the bed where stuff gets dropped pretty regularly.