@KassiaHaoe: He is incorrect. Stern continues to make arcade pinball machines, and the legendary Pat Lawlor and Steve Ritchie still design some of them. Recent Stern machines include NBA, CSI, 24, Batman, and Shrek. Sadly I have yet to see any of these in person; the handful of pinball machines in local theatres…

@gallahad: Replacing an extruded aluminium and bonded chassis with carbon fiber doesn't seem possible. I think all carbon fiber cars (McLaren F1, Porsche Carrera GT, new McLaren MP4-12C, and ???) are monocoque construction rather than a frame made of CFRP with panels on top.

@Rabbi Dave: Indeed, the story can't see the forest for a handful of truck swaps. Towards the end: The data show the average fuel economy was 15.8 mpg for the old vehicles and 24.9 for the new ones. Overall, the program worked extremely well as a stimulus measure and environmental benefit; anyone who think the…

Stereotypical Jalopnik readers should love the new Chrysler, nearly all the battery and hybrid crap is gone from their product plans.

@Wes Siler: Direct simple writing would be:

Looks more clown shoe than hairbrush to me. "Our best car has a really long nose" still isn't sexy talk, though last time they forced the issue by drawing a penis on the bonnet of the SLR.

@ummagumma82: Even with the planned sale of 55% of Opel to Magna Group (backed by Sberbank of Russia mafia oligarch commies) and 10% to German unions, GM would have continued to own 35% of Opel, continued to share engineering work, etc. #opel

@OA 5599: You may think he's a d-bag, but Michael Phelps doesn't share the roof of a car with a goat, no matter how cute she is. After his one bronze medal at Rio de Janeiro 2016, give him a call. #lolcars

@YankBoffin: This and the BMW EfficientDynamics concept will force drivers to wear pants again. #qotd

@Frisco Fairlane500: Do tell us what "real technology" gets 50 mpg in a mid-size appliancemobile?

@CaveTroll: Everyone else is doing Bangle-butt and awful copies of 3- and 5-series headlamp eyebrows, but BMW design is now lead by Adrian van Hooydonk and he's moving in a different direction with the Va-va-va-GINA and amazing Vision EfficientDynamics concepts. BMW hasn't yet put the layered surfacing into a…

@rligeti: Clueless haters: precious metals shortage! lithium from China! And simultaneously, from other side of mouth: piles of toxic waste batteries!

@dmoon: Instead of asking rhetorical questions, you could find the actual answers.

@che-che: Actually if you read the histories and interviews on this anniversary of the financial meltdown in the New Yorker and elsewhere, the players (Bernancke, Paulson, Geithner, etc.) are surprisingly humble. They admit first plans didn't work, that TARP took several tries and still isn't ideal, that missed…

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:

@Tanshanomi: The Japanese have yet to tire of putting the SeX in car model variants, see "Acura TSX Sport Wagon" at the top of this. #carnames

@therealmusashi: Most economists would say that a dire economic situation is exactly the time when you need taxpayer-funded stimulus programs. This one should put people to work in the USA getting advanced technology automobiles into production. #deloreanmotorcompany

@ploopsy: That photo makes no sense. Chinese Nanjing Automobile bought the remnants of Blitish Reyland, not Ford.

@MushyHeirloom: Have no fear, the Titan is here.

@MushyHeirloom: Lithium ion batteries do require replacement after three to five years, regardless of use