They were a missed opportunity. Ford’s engineers designed a sophisticated SLA suspension, added in lots of aluminum bits and pieces, and even moved the battery to the trunk...but the styling was generic, the reliability was awful, and Lincoln didn’t have the corporate guts to keep it up to date and competitive. They…

This is the correct answer. The last domestics before the late 70’s downsizing were hideously large, and the second downsizing to FWD in the 80’s were hilariously warped in the other direction.

Well, the USAF has ~1000 F-16s and they do do a lot of flying, so the numbers F-16s crashing is almost certainly higher than lower inventory types such as the F-22 or F-15.

The Accord Coupe was a good looking car, but the sedans were fuck ugly. The amazing thing is that Honda made it worse in the 2011 refresh.

I think the AWD models got the CVT.

They were a turbo away from being awesome.

Your buddy in his garage could be tack welding scrap metal together, or he could be one of the industry egg heads with a full CAD suite and is a pro welder and has a machine shop in his garage. The end result varies tremendously between individuals, but the individual can make the changes exactly how he wants, with as…

I don’t really like the looks of two seat Sukhois, but boy is that a good a picture.

Needs more Battle of Britain camouflage:

Aww yes, someone else who watches Forgotten Weapons.

That might be the most interesting milspec ever published (mostly by virtue of milspecs being the some of the most painful documents to read in modern history)

And would have never heard, or cared, about this guy’s hunting trip had he put an arrow into literally any other lion in Africa.

I love the Shamu paintscheme on the KC-10s.

$5 says it’s a lawyer’s fault.

It’s possible, though highly, highly unlikely.

I always liked that paint job, so maybe imitation is the best form of flattery and The Donald just has good taste in jet liveries?

This reminds me of the old US Airways livery:

That might actually be a viable plan soon. Thanks Obama!

Thankfully, most of the cars the adorned with them self immolated years ago, like these Cavaliers.

I honestly forgot the Flex was being sold for a while - they’re never on dealer lots and they never get advertised. The latest grille design is kind of ugly, but they’re still cool.