On the early ones, closing the trunk hard left a mark on the bumper cover. Mopar quality!

Well, that sucks badly for them. I still think they should have restricted the MultiAir to a special fuel economy edition, like Ford’s 1.0L I-3 Ecoboost is, and pushed ahead the 2.4L, but I understand the logic a bit better now.

Ford’s double clutch was a mess for several reasons:

That’s a great design concept, but I question it’s long term durability. At last years NY International Auto Show, the Mopars were the only cars that had seriously scratched and scuffed plastic by the end of the week*, but all of the 200s they had on display had broken center consoles. While the average user won’t…

Everything about including the 1.4 MultiAir in the initial launch was dumb. It was marketed as the high power and high efficiency option, but it’s a peaky, laggy little engine even with the stick, and placed in a heavy car. The dual clutch automatic wasn’t great when it finally arrived, either. People who wanted ‘the…

Mediocre. The steeply raked rear glass limits how large an item you could put back there without putting the seats down.

This will get dirty in about 5 minutes AND it looks silly with the black airbag cover. Give me all black so it wears well or all beige so it blends.

I’m 26 and I want that hat.

Jet powered snow blowers are common in the US, they’re usually a bit less...improvised though:

I’m pretty sure MkIII Ross’ couldn’t be reassembled wrong. Ian at Forgotten Weapons has a video detailing the issue, and he does a demo of what happens when you do disassemble the bolt wrong on an earlier Mark. C&R Arsenal also has a great video that goes into further depth on the development of the Ross if you have…

The rarity of new production 8x56R - and the kick, oof! - scared me off of buying a M95. They were so cheap for a while there, but I couldn’t bring myself to buy one. I had two K31s and a K11 and they spoiled me for straight pulls. You’re right that GP11 is nearly gone, and the Prvi isn’t any cheaper than .303, so…

Don’t these use the same B-series engine as the Miata? NP because it’s rare, unusual, and because they’re surprisingly decent cars to drive in base model form so a hot-rod version would probably be fun.

Prvi Partizan was $0.70/round last time I bought it, so you’re talking $35 for 5 magazines, plus shipping. That’s about what other new production, full size military cartridges ( 7.92x57 Mauser, 6.5x55 Swedish, 7.5x55 Swiss, 7.5 French, 8mm Lebel, etc) cost. The real issue is finding FMJs in stock. Most shops only…

I’ve seen a few LGT wagons, but only one stick. I wish Subaru still made cars that cool, but we’re going to have to wait for trends to reverse for anything remotely like them to come back to market. I hope there a few wagons out there when I have the time and space to buy one, but I’m not optimistic.

Did the Syrians actually fight? I was under the impression they were assigned to guard the border because they weren’t the most enthusiastic supporters of the campaign.

TIL CH-46s were painted in camoflage. I’ve only ever seen them in gray and Vietnam-era green.

WHAT?!?

This is it boys and girls, this is the future - the lowered crossover. When everyone is driving crossovers, people will look for alternatives. Someone will remember how much better ‘low’ riding sedans handled and how much better they look. But people won’t want to give up the room or AWD of a crossover, so the car…

So speaking of ads, what was the “ramjet aircraft” concept they were using in the engine anyway? Taking in air at the front and releasing exhaust at the rear?

They’re probably similar, but the Genesis’ interior looks even more snazzy. I’ll plop my rear in both at the next auto show and find out for sure!