I think we can all agree that any professional race car driver has a healthy dose of crazy in them, but back then? These guys were just mad, and I don’t think physical fitness had been invented yet. The healthiest thing they would do was switch to filter cigarettes. In retrospect, it’s amazing that so many of these…

He had yet to turn 31 in this photo. Fangio was 42. That’s a look that says “I don’t care what you think, I gave Ferrari their first F1 win ever”.

I am 100% biased since I daily drive a 1991 GTL and the Renault 4 probably is my favourite car of all time; my opinion will not be impartial and comes from a very emotional place.

I want this piece of text embroidered and framed, sitting upon my work desk.

That distributor, with its shiny capacitor, looks exactly like the one in my Renault 4 that’s been struggling a bit with cold, humid mornings lately. Immediate flashbacks of me starting to sweat after it didn’t start at the second or third time I turn the key for half a minute, taking that started motor to what feels…

Yeah that crossed my mind as well but maybe the effect is negligible, who knows. As someone else pointed out, covering the sidewalls could potentially cause these tires to overheat and explode, which is a great point against sidewalls (I should know better, I’ve had two blown tires caused by the heat that…

So... a company employee whose job is to conduct testing to verify and approve/reject something decides to start approving stuff she should reject just because she felt like the testing was overly rigorous? When she had absolutely nothing to gain from it? Yeah, I don’t buy it for a minute that the company wasn’t…

I’m sure you’re not alone, there are certainly people who like it. But I’m all for unconventional, bold designs and still, I can’t get used to how these look; that makes me think that people with more conventional tastes will dislike them even more. But I agree that it has the potential to influence future designs.

Yeah, I think today’s futuristic-looking cars will be a good fit, but they have to be really futuristic-looking; I don’t think they look good in any production Tesla. Of course designs like the Cybertruck can probably pull it off because they’re so unconventional to begin with. But it will take a while until the…

Ohh that makes sense, hadn’t thought of the heat (I’ve blown a couple of under-inflated tires in my lifetime due to the heat). Always assumed the development designs were meant to showcase the tech. In that case, this may be a product that companies should be counting on to have a slow start, waiting for today’s…

I think it’s safe to assume they’ll look the same as normal tires - or at least that will be an option - once the product reaches the production stage. Not just because of how an open design makes it easier for mud and dirt to accumulate inside those holes, but also because they’ll be more aesthetically appealing for…

If you mean absolute numbers, what’s surprising is that it’s not the first, given sheer number of bicycles on the road (23 million in a country where 17 million people live), and the likely fact - I haven’t checked but I think it’s safe to assume - that they have a larger percentage of the population using bikes as…

Yeah, my wife is basically the person who keeps me grounded in situations like this, and we still ended up with a dilapidated 1989 Renault Espace as our first car, and a year ago we went and bought a 1991 Renault 4 we’d been taking care of for almost a year at that point (belonged to a neighbour who passed away in…

Here I was, assuming you drove the Bentley 8 Litre to your flu shot for the first part of your comment, and plot twist...

You know, that one I’d actually learned about some years ago and wasn’t remembering. Probably read about it right here in Jalopnik. But I’m not american so the Taurus SHO doesn’t carry the iconic status of the Fairlady Z, the 2000GT or even the MR2 for me, it’s not surprising that I forgot about it.

Didn’t know that either. I always thought Yamaha’s involvement with the automotive industry was just their foray into F1 as supplying engines to back marker teams and the OX99-11 that the F1 program spawned. Seems like they’re pretty low-key about their automotive achievements :)

I was gonna say this. Mansory can get fucked too. I’m not eager to criticise other people’s taste in cars but I will open an exception for anyone who likes Mansory.

I have two. They happen to both be blue Renaults for some reason. My dad’s 1977 Renault 12 break, and my first car, a Renault Espace MK1 from hell that me and my wife bought in 2011 and kept for about 5 years, until the engine died after multiple stuff failed (way too much to list) and a pile of repair bills stinking…

That is not necessarily an either/or situation. Depending on the driver, “feels like and old car” and “great to drive” can be basically the same thing.

I was Today years old when I found out about Yamaha’s involvement with the development of both the Fairlady Z and the 2000GT.