I had that Kinja glitch once - it appears that you subtract the stars from someone else, but refreshing the page fixes it.

As other commenters noted, the carbon tub (and possibly some mechanical bits) will be manufactured by Multimatic, who also manufactured the carbon tub for the One-77. Final assembly will be handled at Gaydon.

brought in the owner’s manual for his Volvo

I thought that was Rinspeed’s job.

Just partially relevant, but I was always a fan of how Indiana Jones handled pursuing motorcycles.

Kinja actually doesn’t support Private Messaging, but thank you for the offer!

That sounds intriguing, but I actually don’t have Facebook, out of choice (no, I’m not old).

David, do you have anything planned about the classic car scene in Hong Kong?

It came about at a time just before automakers really engineered for the crash tests, and certainly way before partial overlap tests. If you have to crash, make sure you brake and crash head-on, I guess.

Fine - we agree that the use of civility brings about proper intellectual discourse.

Whether you want to admit it or not, that has you siding against me and therefore, with them.

Please, I’ve never chosen to associate myself with uninformed fools that start arguments, as evidenced by my discussion history. My company is not of those that are uninformed, as I do not even begin a discussion where associating with them might be possible.

I understand that you wish to point out the faults of others and show facts, but the manner that you go about doing it is exactly the kind that generates anger. While I don’t doubt that you are well informed and seek to spread facts, I do doubt the effectiveness of your method, and your overall Internet-commenting stra…

I’m interested (no sarcasm) to know why you have a predisposition to particularly hate on Ford products.

Late 60s Mustangs placed the gas tank against the back seat

That was the intent of the laws, but Chinese domestic companies actually make most of their money from selling foreign vehicles, so they have absolutely no incentive to force out their partners and spend millions on developing a new car when they can rake in billions by selling others’ cars.

Of course it’s a problem and not the same, but it’s less of a huge deal than it otherwise would’ve been.

Of course it’s not the same, but it’s not as big a deal as it would’ve otherwise been.

Those might’ve been the points, but as Time pointed out, foreign makes account for at least two-thirds of the market, and have higher perceived quality and reputation.

Not a huge deal if they lower the suspension in a “sports” package to Giulia-wagon levels.