Oh, I’d never buy one, nor would I ride in the back if I ever did buy one. However, they’re great fun to sit in when visiting the NYIAS.

That makes two of us. The Kia K900s back seat is already amazing, so I’m eager to see how much better the new Genesis is.

ABM systems will never be able to handle all out nuclear war until we have lasers, or some other system capable stopping dozens or hundreds of missiles swarming at one from many directions. GBMD is capable of taking out a very small number of missiles at once, especially when you consider it’s indifferent accuracy.

Honestly, I think the Ukrainians are in a good position to attack the eastern rebels this year. With the Russians busy in Syria and hemorrhaging money, there’s a possibility Putin won’t be able to effectively bankroll the rebels or send his own troops in to prop them up.

MLRS is mobile. Unless the Russians track them constantly, the MLRS isn’t vulnerable. It doesn’t have a large train of support equipment, it doesn’t require a large preconfigured area to set up in, and it doesn’t give off easily detected signals when operational.

Because 53% effectiveness and $40 billion price tag are worthwhile. If Putin thinks it was his bitching that got it removed, that’s his business. This is an ineffective and expensive system that probably should be cancelled, but it’s making too many companies too much money, so on development continues. Moving the…

Yuck. The wheels the only shiny bit of that car, and stick out like a sore thumb. Give me satin finished aluminum or polished face/painted inner surfaces any day.

Rain sensing wiper cameras are usually located here as well, and are worth cleaning off.

This is definitely it’s best angle. It looks menacing and modern from this angle.

Someone get this man out of the grays!

I don’t know what’s more insane - the size of the exhaust or the size of the rear drums. The people who designed these cars were insane, and the people who drove them were worse.

I guess he was a tanker pilot for a long time.

I completely agree that it could be done, but that doesn’t mean the guys at Ford thought it was worthwhile, from a design engineering effort or manufacturing perspective. Compared to all of the other places they could spend money - powertrain, suspension, interior quality/technology - going the easy route on panel…

Additionally, there are some good video moments, including how Russian handlers wanted them to film their “state-of-the-art” Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers, a jet that just received its first export order.

I think the inset hood would have been a nightmare to implement. It would have greatly complicated the fender and nose of the car. The fender would have two creases where it bends up to meet the hood and then down again to form the edge of the hood surround. The nose would probably be complicated too, because it would…

So...do we get different cab options, or is it crew can only?

This is why the spare is still under the bed. That’s the top of the strut or shock tower. Honda wanted a (mostly) flat floor, so they raised the whole floor of the bed up and put the spare underneath. For something not meant to haul thousands of pounds of crap in the bed, it’s a fair trade off.

Is green the new color this year? Can we make it the hot new color? I like it.

Ha! I know the 80's is back in style, but who knew the automotive interior design of the era would come back as well.