Well, VW wasn’t in WRC when Sebastien Loeb was winning his championships, so they didn’t see Loeb win many rallies while running either first or in the leading few positions every day. To them it’s a mythical unobtainable achievement.

Dear Tesla,

But... but... commenters on Jalopnik say the Corvette is already mid-engined because the engine is behind the front axle! Doesn’t that count for it being mid-engined?

How does an electric vehicle have an exhaust blown diffuser?

I got a story about something like this.

The guy’s pedigree includes winning Daytona in a Porsche 935, second at Le Mans in a Porsche 956, and running a Porsche 962 in IMSA GTP.

Agreed, I was looking for a straight-on shot to match the show and didn’t find one for the 1995.

Looks like a Mercury Grand Marquis with just enough artistic liberty to not get sued.

Because fire burnouts are awesome? It’s basically the automotive equivalent of breathing fire, it seems kinda unnecessary but you can’t look away.

I prefer my fireballs to be at either 300mph

Gotcha, you can come across some awesome threads that way.

Little known fact, Fieri came up with the “That’s da Bomb!” line when he auditioned for what he thought was a Cherry Bomb advertisement. Though it was the wrong product Fieri liked the line so much he uses it to this day.

This is a year-old thread, how did you come across my post?

Headline needs more train.

This certainly wasn’t a rollover, yet the rollcage (door bars, atleast) protected the driver.

*praguematic

The videos aren’t from the same race, the second one is from June while the first one is from July.