has ford stopped selling manual mustangs?

Look. cars are neat. They can look and feel fantastic. But they aren’t “just” cars. They are cultural artifacts of the societies and individuals that designed them, bought them, and used them. Sometimes that makes them more interesting. Let’s take the ford mustang as an example. It’s THE pony car, a symbol of freedom,…

It’s a shame that Pebble beach chose to honor this car if they chose to ignore its dubious history. Cars can be beautiful things, and I can’t say this one isn’t, but they are also cultural and historical artifacts. They are created and bought by people with particular motivations and particular visions of what society…

Hispano-Suiza (the name just means Spanish-Swiss, like a tapas watch)

It’s a storied luxury trademark that is available. There’s nothing connecting the Hispano-Suiza from the 20s to whichever group of investors is creating this new company. I don’t believe there’s anything inherently wrong with that.

The accepted metric used to be V6 mustangs but they don’t make those anymore :(

Bentley is sharing engineering but not in engines. The platform that underpins the Continental is the same as the Panamera (i think) and the Bentayga rides on Q7 underpinings (like the Cayenne and Urus). I imagine those two platforms don’t accommodate long ass engines like the V12, so they developed Bentley’s W12 (and…

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4.2 mill?? I’d rather have John Voight’s jet ski

VAG is composed of many different companies each specialising in really niche engine configurations. They have very specific competencies that appeal to luxury and upmarket buyers. Bentley is producing one of the oldest pushrod V8 designs in the world. Porsche will probably become the last car company using boxer…

The Bugatti Chiron also has a DCT. The distinction is how much R&D you want to invest, and how heavy or costlier you want your car to be.  BMW probably thinks going DCT over 600hp means diminishing gains, specially with how good current torque converters are. 

Get the full experience by eating your food with a white noise machine at full volume. Also, take 10 aspirins and kick yourself in the head, to simulate the effects of a low air pressure environment.

It will be built by Magna Steyr, in Graz, Austria, so it would have a VA or VE VIN. 

and how did they survive the stroke that surely accompanied the recall of such a boring piece of automotive transportation?

yeah, but every single take about the Stinger GT was some variation of : “Wow, this new KIA doesn’t f***ing suck!”

To be completely honest the rear seats on a 911 don’t seem to be that much more useful or usable by non amputees

Yeah, and anyway Alfa Romeo is part of FCA. Not precisely paragons of reliability, as the Quadrafoglio has shown. 

You should go sit in a new subaru! They don’t suck

They are bound to make the GT3 and GT2 lighter with carbon fiber and silly ropes for door openers. That’s my prediction, anyway.