@86LX5.0: Even with The Entity's controllers crammed in your orifices, "IT's better than flying"!

@anthromt: [wikicars.org] suggests Ralph Lauren owns two F1s and an F1 LM (!!).

@Wes,

@The Cheat: What misinformation makes you more concerned about batteries more than any other raw material in a car? There is ZERO evidence that Lithium-ion or Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries are any worse for the environment than the nickel, chrome, etc. in the rest of a car. (It's the lead acid batteries in regular…

@laxmax613: Nope. Nissan is not using the Better Place battery swap for the Leaf in the USA. Better Place says the "Renault Fluence ZE Concept will be the 1st electric vehicle available on the Better Place network",

@twinturbo2, @Matt Hardigree:

@teknoboy66: @teknoboy66: You refuel this at home and it doesn't burn gasoline! That's a pretty unique selling proposition. If it doesn't appeal to you, no one's forcing you to buy it. It's also cheaper to operate and will likely require less servicing than a gasoline car. Battery replacement will be expensive…

@JuanOxido: This isn't a hybrid.

@Middleswine: Hydrogen is less efficient than BEV. If you make hydrogen from water using electricity, you need 3X the electricity (expensive solar panels, polluting coal, whatever) over recharging a battery. If you make the hydrogen from natural gas as companies do now, you'd be better off burning the gas in the…

@The Cheat: It is a zero-emission car. Everyone knows such automobiles still cause pollution, but a BEV is also far less polluting on a well-to-wheel basis than a hydrogen car or a gasoline ICE.

@derilium: Sounds like a great widget opportunity for Google Wave.

I guess Mazda's in-house hybrid powered by a dual-fuel rotary engine that runs on gasoline or hydrogen isn't working out so well. Five Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid minivans leased since 2008!

@Dingfod , @Six2: Ford has a patent-sharing deal with Toyota, and used something very similar to Hybrid Synergy Drive in the Escape Hybrid. Mazda rebadged that Ford, now Mazda has its own deal.

@Alvin Brinson: Ford owned 1/3 of Mazda in 1997, but not any more. From Wikipedia, "On November 18, 2008, Ford announced that it would be selling a 20% stake in Mazda, bringing its stake to 13.4%, and surrendering control of the company."

@cabjf: Well, #7 is also motorcycle-specific you've got an old Schwinn Stingray with the banana seat.

@tonyola: A fantastic design that stated without words that there's a new kind of luxury in town. What a shame "kill the grille" only lasted four years, after which Infiniti was just another over-chromed rebadge job.

@79pinto: Every time mobility devices appear, people dismiss them with "How stupid, you could walk or bicycle instead". Then they put their fat ass in a 3,500 pound vehicle to drive 5 miles to the mall or to get 20 pounds of groceries.

@drewdrawscriticism: Also pic 29. The F1's arrangement is otherworldly, that windscreen leaping down between the fenders and the lack of massive bloating around the rear wheels (look at pic 34, yuck) letting Peter Stevens put the weird strakes on the doors instead of yawning air ducts.

I love how the 300 SL simply STOPS at the front bumper. No slats and spoilers, no under-car air management at all.

@dawgbite: (mascara'd) Leave dawgbite alone!!