Yes, but the underlying theme to the myth is that it was always "black only". After the original four colours, everything went to a dark blue for a while, then to black only. It was (check wiki) 1914 when they went all black.

That you could get a Ford Model T in any colour you wanted as long as it was black.

It's got a Viper V-10, a sequential gear box sourced from a 599 GTO, it's a hybrid, and pulls 1.3 Gs on the skid pad.

We have different ideas of "fine". From the pic it looks like the front end is all bent to hell.

Good point. The little lip on the inside of that vent sort of matches to the the one in the sample, as well. #greatminds

I'm thinking headlight inserts and the top of the bumper from a late '90s Ford Escort.

1988 Ford E-350 Cube Van.

Tour de France is child's play compared to RAAM. RAAM is 50% longer, takes 1/2 the time, there are no off days, and drafting is not allowed.

Iditarod is on my bucket list. I know a sled-dog trainer and racer in town who is encouraging me and when I get to the point where I want to actually begin training and learning, he's agreed to help out.

Toughest race on a wheeled vehicle? Without a shadow of a doubt the Race Across America (RAAM). It's more than 3000 miles, coast to coast of the US, on a bicycle. Check it out http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam/raam2.php?N_webcat_id=22#history

Agreed. CBC and the BBC are pretty freakin' awesome as well because, no corporate overlord.

Damn straight. Also, add the requiste number of "u"s to your words, and replace all your ize suffixes with ise. That is all.

True, but at least it's a proper car. Calling an X6 a coupe is like calling an A380, a small commuter jet.

I didn't say it, I just repeated the quote. But yeah, it's hilarious.

"...with their x6 sports activity coupe. A practical 5-door crossover..."

SRI EV1 Baja Buggy. What? It's a car and racing is a sport. Ergo, sports-car.

I've been here for five(ish) years and I admit, that went over my head.

wrong comment response - sorry.

I'll go out on a limb and say that it's real footage but a bullshit story. I took a quick tour through the Fox News video library (if those crazy, xenophobic, fear-mongering. bastards didn't cover it, then nobody did), and did a fast google news search, and came up empty.

I knew an Acura dealer in 1991 who had taken delivery of a brand-new NSX on his lot and promptly sold it to a nice grey-haired gentleman. When I was in buying my car, the gentlemen came in and told us the story of his previous Friday night.