There's a category of things that are physically possible, but from an engineering standpoint they are ill-advised and unlikely to ever be instantiated. I think the redbull X cars are closer to this category than they are to bullshit, but obviously they are not totally faithful representations. So, physics is not…

When a ground effect car (or a fan car) has its aero interrupted, it fails spectacularly. It's just that the performance envelope is so wide in this car it doesn't get to the point of breaking suction. I'd love to see some actual analysis supporting this level of performance, but the full-width wings front and back,…

Giving them the benefit of the doubt here, that is the kind of crackle you get from microphone distortion when you overdrive a mic with sounds that are too loud.

The physics improvements of GT6 have actually slowed down the RedBull X-car Nurburgring times I've seen since GT5. Not because the car is slower, but because cheating is harder. There is a 3:10.8 youtube out there in the X2011, but that driver made use of some "guardrail assists" at times. This lap looks clean.

Yeah, I wanted to fit in something to capture the way third-tier schools aspire to greatness by imitating radicalism instead of actual excellence, but it was too tortuous.
Plus, I wear Birkenstocks, so, you know....

Really. "Shill for the oppressors."

FUN FACT: Iowa has fewer racetracks per ear of corn than any other state

FINAL EDITION, PART III: THE AAALMOST FINAL-EST, AND WE MIGHT EVEN MEAN IT THIS TIME

Where's the clever, self-deprecating yet self-aggrandizing Helvetica text at the bottom?

The Ling Ling edition, which would be totally different, of course, being white and black instead.

This is an instance of what I've come to know as "Umesh's Law" (http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=40), which is this case takes the form:

When the dude with the walker finally gets there, you're going to see some serious assistive technologies.

I always got a slight Mustang vibe from the first-generation Honda Prelude, too, but I couldn't put my finger on it.

Best selling Jaguar ever == Worst selling trim level Ford Contour.

Tomorrow's AOTD is gonna be a trainwreck.

I can think of few better ideas than a mixture of Miata and Manx.

Haters and complainers because Torchinsky is exaggerating? Say it ain't so!
Yes, it's a big exaggeration. What the complainers here are missing, however, is that the insight-to-exaggeration ratio of this piece is on the high side of the distribution for Torch's articles.
Cords will be an issue.

1995 Ford Escort 3-door. (Picture not mine)

Today I learned cigarette boats were named for their smuggling purpose, and not for their shape.

Wow, Raph. Did you wake up on the wrong side of the ditch this morning?