@Vavon: Nice! Very clean lines, but with an interesting rear-quarter-window and c-pillar design.

@Muscles Marinara: A very pretty car, and one that probably gets discounted as a "classic" design because of the overdone, plastic-nosed cars that followed. In that respect, it's a lot like the Countach—you forget what a stunning car it is until you see the original design, with the purity of line unblemished by tack…

Doesn't run yet, but it should by mid-summer. Looking forward to getting it out on the road...

Either Korbach is lying about his speed in a belated attempt to cover his ass, or the Zonda sacrificed waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much of its crash structure for a mere 60 mph crash. Yes, the passenger cell was relatively unscathed, but if that crash really happened at 60 mph, would you trust the car to protect you at 85…

Well you see, son, that's what you call "Voodoo Physics"...

From the linked article: "Update: GTspirit can exclusively reveal that the person who crashed his newly bought Zonda is the new owner of German tuner Gemballa and Prestige Cars Magazine. He came back from a private showing of the Pagania Huayra in Italy. According to the driver the road quality was bad due to standing…

I was driving this stretch of road this morning, albeit in the other direction, but judging by the number of cars off the road (and facing the wrong way), I'm willing to be this guy was having more fun than most.

Hyundai taillights aren't really that big of a deal. Hell, the Brits have something of a history of borrowing taillights. The Aston Martin Virage used taillights from the '82-'88 Scirocco, some of the V8 Lotus Esprits used AE86 taillights, and though I haven't got time to look right now, I'm sure that TVR has done…

More proof that while we Americans like to think that we lead and Canada follows, it is actually the other way around.

Gorgeous.

Extremely competent? Yes. Cool? Not really.

Good call. Many years ago, one of the British classic car mags ran an article comparing the Ro80 to the Citroen DS. That article did not convince me that one was better than the other. But it did convince me that I really, really want one of each.

I agree—I've owned all kinds of diesels, some slow, some less slow, and even a couple that were quite quick by any standard. But that cockroach-like ability to survive anything is another valid way of measuring performance, and that's why I've always been so fond of my W123s.

The importance of the W123 diesels to Mercedes' past and present should not be underestimated. They were not luxurious in the bells-and-whistles sense, although they were extremely comfortable cars. They were pretty slow, but they were as durable and reliable a car (vacuum systems excepted) as you could find…

You betcha. I've always thought the 6.9 was a pretty badass 4-door, but never moreso than in Ronin.

Less of a Q-ship, but trés cool.

This.

This reminds me of when I was a kid and a neighbor defiled a perfectly good Opel GT by dropping its body onto a Jeep or Bronco frame. I didn't like it then and I don't like it now. If it was less lifted, it would certainly look better and the additional utility provided by 4WD and a modern drivetrain might make the…

Yeah, I'm a big VF/VFR fan. In fact, about 4 years after I sold my first VFR, I ended up buying another one. Still, I should've kept the first one—I bought it with about 2800 miles on it, and it was absolutely mint. The second one was less so, but still a great bike, and one of the few sportbikes that I could ride…