Yeah, I know he didn't pen the 2nd-gen Scirocco, but it's pretty well established that his sport coupe design proposals (the Asso di Picche, the Asso di Quadri, and the Asso di Fiori, which became the Impulse) were influential on VW's design team, and particularly design chief Herbert Schafer. That influence came to…

I bet he was in the Flav-mobile cold lampin'

VW Quantum coupe. But only in side profile.

Alfetta and...

VW Scirocco.

Isuzu Impulse and...

Yeah, but IIRC, Alfa was none too happy about the similarities of the 405

Normally I'm all for this kind of thing. But there is something so graceless about those B-pillars, made all the more apparent by the beauty of the rest of the DS. It's really jarring and makes me kind of sad.

Alfa 164 and Peugeot 405.

The combination of almost zero flywheel effect, low torque, a tall first gear, and a light-switch clutch does actually make it a bit difficult to make a smooth getaway (absent launch control). And the clutches in these cars are not designed to tolerate prolonged slippage, so any system that could reduce the amount of…

Why not? A road-going KERS system could provide a meaningful addition in that torque we Americans are so fond of, while using a small, fuel-efficient IC engine that our pocketbooks need in these days of $4+ gas.

I've been a die-hard F1 fan for about 30 years now and I actually like this idea. Not as a "green" concept, mind you—the impact this rule change would have on fuel consumption is probably not even measurable. However, since the cars are already speed-limited in the pits, it does make some sense to run electric only…

CP. I would rather have a non-running stock 510 than a non-running Frankenstein like this. Looking at how dirty the engine compartment is, it's clear that this was not a recent engine swap. So either it used to run and the owner screwed it up or this guy has had it a mighty long time and never gotten it to run. …

Yeah, Detroit is the only place where cars get stolen. Hell, it's the only place where there's crime. I'm sure it must be a relief to know that wherever you're going, you'll never have to lock your car again!

And it always amazes me how many neo-cons read Jalopnik—it seems like a real contradiction to enjoy cars and be a conservative. Cars represent fun and frivolity; conservatives loathe both.

Again, depends on the odometer. Newer cars have better anti-tamper protection, but the article did not say how old these cars were. And digital odometers are a whole different ballgame.

Depends on how old the car is, but yes, on newer cars with mechanical odometers, they must generally be rolled forward. In the alternative, if you know what you are doing, you can just take it apart and put the numbers at whatever mileage you want and put it back together.

The sad thing is that either of those girls could probably be pretty attractive if they'd just refrain from making that stupid fecking face.

Perhaps this is more to the gentleman's taste?

Why couldn't he have run over this duckling instead?