I read that headline as sarcastic

Marlboro was running pretty much the same livery on the McLarens in F1 at the time.  Leaving aside the whole tobacco thing (no mean feat) it looked great in both series.  Hard to go wrong with red and white combos

He’s actually got a half reasonable record in lower formula, with an NZ Toyota Racing Series and a dominant Euro F3 title win, with some time in the Ferrari Driver Academy, and a fifth at the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2016. That said, there’s been talk the switch to Williams as test driver for 2016 included a LOT of…

There’s a lot wrong with the Brera’s styling on a piece by piece basis, but as a whole...I...uh...need a moment....

No, the Aurion was never available as a manual here.

Yeah, this is working for me

Getting a real Fallout vibe from that, it looks like it should have a reactor in the back of it

Pretty much what I was thinking - handy little second minimal investment second car that would be great for a nice weekend evening to head out with Mrs TheVat for a nice drive and a picnic somewhere.

Opposite side of the Pacific, but best of hope for everyone - an uncle went through the 2009 Victorian Bushfires (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marysville,_Victoria#Black_Saturday_bushfires).  I visited him a year or so later, his description of what he saw was horrific.  Bushfires - not even once...

I don’t know that Michael Schumacher is the “go to guy” for comparisons on this sort of stuff, after Adelaide ‘94 and Jerez ‘97.  He was probably going to punch Coulthard at Spa in ‘98 but the McLaren team didn’t let Schumacher near him.

I’d imagine the Lexus would be relatively remote and a bit floaty.  Nothing a nice set of Tein coilovers can’t fix: http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=EM&Product_Code=TEIN-VSY66-C1SS3&Category_Code=TEIN-COILOVER-LEXUS

They are lovely, but the tech’s moved so far on since then.  I think a Lexus LS from the same period would give a similar tactile experience without ongoing disappointing visits to workshops.

This is a magnificent car and I would rather set fire to my meagre personal net worth by single $1 bills than own it, if only because that process would take longer to send me broke.

Not a fan of most US stuff, but holy crap the proportions on that sedan are utterly perfect.

If they want market-representative racing it’d either be Hilux/BT-50/Ranger/Triton (actually happening) or Mazda3/Corolla/i30, or small to midsize SUVs that I can’t be bothered naming.

In the presence of a body that has supposedly been elected to represent and protect those 100,000 people, absolutely

In other new, Formula 1 has never been the sport it used to be.

A running gag on our Feb/Mar trip to LA/Vegas/Orange County was spot the Maserati.

They must do good coffee there

That’s your answer for everything!