"What, that? That was already there."

“We’re not going to chase design trends,” Mendel said. “We’re never going to make you look stupid from a customer perspective.”

It's because of the La. It makes it sound even more pretentious. Well done, Ferrari. Slow clap.

My father-in-law got his SAG card this way. He owns a beautiful '65 Newport convertible, and lives in LA. There's been an abundance of period shows/movies from around this era in the past 10-15 years or so, and the studios would call him to park his car, hang out by his car, etc. during movie shots, and ended up with…

This 1950 Martin Stationette is an amazing example of the wildly idiosyncratic cars made by James Martin. He was both ahead of his time and just bonkers.

You know how I mentioned they let me drive some cars? Here's one of them — a 2002 Burton, which is a 2CV-based kit/sports car. For a 602cc flat-twin it was surprisingly quick. If you have absolutely zero need for any practicality beyond good gas mileage, I think one of these would make an amazing choice.

I actually asked several physicists about it, and the answer I got from all of them was that the engine described really just couldn't work — it would be the equivalent of trying to make your car go faster by pushing on the steering wheel.

Not another story about electrical engineers stealing shit. What the hell, electrical engineers?

Matt, I'm the 249th commenter here (or higher), so good on ya if you get this far:

Note to Dr. Y: If you had any marketing brains at all, you would have invited Torch to be the first test-driver of your car the day after the story was printed. Jalops would have LOVED to read that review. We're the strongest supporters of weird cars you'll find anywhere.

" "Stupid American," they'd say, in that tone of contempt the French have mastered after years of eating moldy cheese as an evening snack. "Where did you get those shorts? Some big-box retailer?! Now drink your lukewarm table water!"

He could, but his balls are way too big, so it weights him down a bit.

One of the biggest questions about the 2015 Mustang was whether or not they could add an independent rear suspension without also a bunch of weight. Well, duh, they probably can't. Ford tuner Steeda — seemingly trying to show how cool and advanced they are — published information saying it would be about 200-300…

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Tens of miles. And I'll love every minute of it. All 397 of them.

Andrew is lying to us. This story makes perfect sense if the car show was in Tokyo. Minivan+weird dancers and acrobats+smokey rooms, scotch, and body odor=Tokyo car show.

Yep. Ford's doing the same thing with the Fiesta ST.

Carmakers are gaming the system, and they're doing it just so that their cars appear faster in car magazines and Internet arguments. Drive them like a real human being and not some kind of standstill-to-speed-limit robot and you'll see how fast they really are.

For years, we've measured how fast a car is by two metrics: top speed and 0-60 times. I will now point out that 0-60 times are bullshit, mostly because carmakers (using the Porsche 918 as an example) are gaming the system.

Blimplopnik?