What was special? Shinsen (新鮮 in Japanese), translates to "fresh" in English. So what do you get? It's a fresh Miata. The Shinsen is grey with a blue cloth interior and blue top. It also has the white gauges from the SE and a leather shift knob. The package is purely cosmetic.

What was special? You had the choice of two colors for the first time on an SE Miata. They both shared the same wheels, but the gray cars had brown leather while the yellow ones had black. Nardi provided the steering wheel and Bose gave you the stereo. The gauges were changed, with white faces and chrome surrounds.…

If I could find one of them - sedan, coupe, or especially a wagon - in EX trim that isn't beat to hell, I'd buy the crap out of it. I miss my '97 sedan so much.

I hope Raytheon's network security is air tight, otherwise we'll have to pull a Battlestar Galactica with the Iowa class when the Cylons hack the network.

The Dart had a rough launch. The early ones had quality problems that took time to resolve (poor fit and finish of the examples at the NYIAS - even before the barbarians there beat them up for a week - chipping paint on the bumpers when you closed the trunk lid hard, trim falling off of the car, Edmund's 1.4T test…

A Pilatus PC-12 would be landing there. Those aircraft can put down damn near anywhere.

>It's also quite reasonable to repair

Even if the recall debacle hadn't happened, the Cobalt would have been remembered as one of GMs worst cars, if it would have been remembered at all. The SS, though, is a a much different story.

Don't get your panties in a bunch. No one is apologizing, just trying to figure out why the French like them so much.

Reliability - revolvers have no slides to push slightly out of battery, disabling the gun, or drag against clothing or your ballistic shield while cycling, causing a jam. Even if the cylinder were to drag against the terrain or be grabbed by an assailant, that makes the trigger heavier but doesn't necessarily disable…

I've heard far too many horror stories about them locking up after minimal use to trust my life with one. It's a pity that Ruger, or someone else with an actual, functional quality control system hasn't made a knockoff of the Rhino.

If it isn't a S&W 586, it's a Manurhin MR73. Looking at the picture closely, it's a Manurhin due to the way the frame angles down towards the barrel. 586s frames are essentially straight into the barrel in profile.

Now there's this. An even more modern interpretation that's not only going to race, but Ford says it into production next year. NEXT YEAR.

It's probably the CAG bird, which is traditionally painted in the squadron's colors.

The 5.3L is also the same size as a 7.0L Z06 or Z/28 motor, so when the 5.3L wears out you can go nuts with very little effort.

This feature is fantastic. My fiance has blind sport warning on her Edge and every time I drive it, I wonder radar exists as a solution when a 2"x2" mirror is so much better.

I'm amazed Delta is still committed to refurbish the cockpits of the MD-88s. The cost effectiveness of the IS&S upgrade was questionable even with the fairy dust promises made by the company's senior management.

This is your only real choice, the Volkswagen Touareg V10. Absurd torque, all wheel drive, and it's a super obscure foreign car that no one has ever heard of. Go for it.