Indeed, in sweden we call them "vedbo-trimmare" which translates to woodshed-tuners, i think it's pretty much spot on, Hennessey is not a car manufacturer and he does not "produce" cars, he tunes kit cars, kit cars that are based on someone else's engineering...

The best response so far. A Venom is a kit car. A lotus that has been raped of what it was meant to do.

No.

I have driven the Veyron on several ocassions, it's a GT car with amazing performance and durability, it's built to last and can be driven from Stockholm to Monaco and back without problems. In short, it's a Gulftream. The Agera R is a fighter Jet built for performance and fun and to scare you shitless. The Hennessey…

Ok John, so tell me how long do the tires last with your car and at top speed? The reason why the Veyron is limited is because they know the limits of everything with the car. Sides the car is more GT car. They didnt just take a Lotus, shove a Corvette motor in it, give it MORE POWER, then sell it to the public…

My April Fool's joke this year has been a good one. I manage an auto supply store, and we got a pallet of "dummy" automotive batteries from our supplier for display purposes. So for the past few days, I've been pranking my delivery drivers and good Customers by hurling a battery at them, or asking for their help in…

In a minivan, it's actually possible to walk from the front seat to the middle seats and to the back seats. While people may think station wagons are better (I owned a station wagon many years ago - I have a minivan now - had fun sports cars in between) the truth is that I find minivans more comfortable and practical…

I disagree...Perhaps they were performance based in the beginning, culminating in the Miura, but the Countach? the Diablo? Fast cars yes, supercars yes, performance oriented no. With their current lineup, they seem to be heading back in the performance direction - the Gallardo and the Aventador can certainly hold…

Up is not the only way to go. GM could have gone bankrupt like many other company with irrelevant products. They had an entire line of SUV when gas price shot up. Cash for clunker helped them, Volt gave them hope and Toyota unintended acceleration decimated the competition and gave GM a leg up. Is part luck park skill.

I think the only thing Musk is guilty of is overreacting to hatchet job of a review by a sloppy NYT reporter.... meaning the "first shot" was the doof that wrote the article.

Musk won, and he was right to begin with. 

I'd also say, having driven both kinds of transmissions, the manual is more fun to me in a roadcar. Might be a different story in a more track-focussed car like the GT3 (haven't driven one of those), but I'm fairly certain that if you happen to drive your GT3 on the road some time, like going to work on a nice sunny…

I have tracked both - a Ferrari 458 and a BRZ

Ha.  :)  That cracks me up.  I dig this car, and if you go back to the original post, I suspect that I'll have it for a long time.  To put a finer point on it - it depresses me a little to drive it on a regular basis, because I don't think that I'll ever find a car that pushes my all-in-one daily-driver buttons as…

Because they weren't driving the car, the car was driving for them. I'd have to ask, have you ever actually driven a car with a manual transmission? It is MUCH more rewarding and MUCH more fun than driving a car without one. They may get a big hard on about their laptimes and superiorty to other drivers, but I doubt…

"Sadly, it's just a plain vanilla S4 wagon"?!? That's like saying "My wifes only a regular model, not a super model". My point is, she's a "hottie" and you're lucky to have her. I'd contemplate doing dispicable things for an S4 wagon.

I don't think any of the current RS cars have actual manuals. It gives me a sad. 

From the front seats forwards, the 996 and the 986 Boxster are the exact same car (apart from the roof, obviously). Mechanically and externally they are identical. It was the only way Porsche could afford to develop the Boxster at the time (as another commenter pointed out they were in serious financial shit when…

If all you care is about numbers, they yes, a DCT is for you.

Wait, the 1993 Porsche 911 predates the Boxter by three years. You're on the right track, but it was the Boxter that got the tricle down front end. And regardless, I think you are being way too harsh on the 996. It was still a very nice 911 - easier to handle than today's monstrocity.