Glad to hear you’re recovering and getting back to normal life. I’ve missed your top notch motorsport coverage.

The other thing to keep in mind is most of the time the detuned engine also gets better mileage. So it’s not really even detuned, just tuned for efficiency instead of power. Here they are just taking away range with no benefit.

I hate to break it to you but the vast majority of people already see cars as nothing more than a technological conveyance. Those people will choose autonomous over human driven every time. Fortunately for us, automakers realize there are enthusiasts out there and make cars for us. I don’t think that will change,…

Keep in mind that engine probably burned at least twice as much fuel as the current engines as well as lasting 1 weekend TOPS whereas the current ones last ~5 races. Still pretty incredible what they were able to do back then with such relatively primitive tech.

They probably could, it would just take a lot of practice, drivers today are just as skilled, if not more so, it’s just a slightly different skill set. I’m sure Senna, Prost, etc. would have trouble at first with adjusting their brake balance and engine mapping several times per lap.

Neutral: I would not have a single person working on an in-house navigation unit. Google maps is constantly updated, easy to use, and has crowd sourced traffic information from Waze. Just make sure the car has android auto and apple car play and you’re done.

3rd and 4th Gear: 2 fewer selling days out of a 31 day month.

Neutral: I think people are making a mountain out of a mole hill here. There are plenty of easy ways to handle this. If the chargers can pull the VIN they can check whether the owner has a “lifetime subscription” or whatever Tesla wants to call it, and if they don’t have a subscription send the owner a bill for the…

The live streaming thing is very cool, but personally I would much prefer something shot on a professional camera and recorded and posted a few hours later. Some of the events you have live streamed lately would have been INCREDIBLE with good video quality. Walking around the paddock with a ton of beautiful Ferraris…

Most people made their reservations after the unveil, and those who made their reservations before the unveil are the most hard-core die-hard Tesla fans, so of course they aren’t canceling.

7th. Current F1 cars have 8-speeds.

It has been paved over for the race

The best F-150 mileage is 19/26 compared to 18/24 best for silverado. It’s not huge, but it’s better.

The new F-150s are about 600 lbs lighter than the old ones. They are still heavy because they are big trucks but changing the sheet metal to aluminum made a significant difference.

Well at least this explains why they’ve lost a couple manufacturing execs recently. Musk wanted to push this out, they said it wasn’t possible, and he either fired them or they left because they didn’t want to work under his demands.

And the Model X is basically a slightly taller Model S. Yet the model X was delayed several times and is behind even their revised production schedule and is suffering from quality issues.

I’m thinking it will be for the Panamera replacement. They’ve gone to a numerical naming scheme for the Boxster and Cayman, they’ll do the same for the sedan.

The issue is Chrysler doesn’t have as many brands to spare. GM shuttered their side businesses, Chrysler is basically down to just their core products already, they could/should probably close either Dodge or Chrysler but they don’t look prepared to do that.

F-650 not S650

His is probably so high this year as a result of the Ferrari spinoff. I would expect it to be more in line with the others or lower next year.