B-b-but then customers could go to virtually any mechanic for service, or even do the work themselves! Won’t someone think of the dealerships?

As other people have pointed out, Tesla doesn’t turn a profit on paper, because they’re investing so much in expansion. This investment, incidentally, is to establish a significant market share before the other large brands catch up. I don’t understand why Tesla’s successes and failures get treated as political issues…

This is some sexist bullshit. I suppose “Rolls Royce: Let’s See Them Gams” was too on-the-nose.

That’s based on an old study that is essentially invalid now. The per-unit resources required to make anything are highest in the first production runs; the supply chains aren’t optimized, and there are dozens of efficiencies that can only be exploited when manufacturing ramps up. If you’re tremendously concerned…

...Thereby guaranteeing that they would never get their money back?

Sticking a note to the window with your phone number is a really, REALLY good solution. Busybodies will have a harder time justifying a call to the police, and if there’s an ACTUAL emergency you’ll be able to respond much more quickly.

Wait wait wait... Did you lose your virginity in a cop car? I'm not sure whether to put my hand on your shoulder or give you a high five.

It’s not anywhere near a simple “cause and effect.” By your logic, I should be dodging slammed Integras every time I walk to the grocery store, as Brooklyn has tons of people (and cars!) and zero drag strips. If you MUST race and there isn’t a track in your town, move.

This same journalist toured North Korea and would like to report that everyone has plenty to eat.

Sounds like someone did a few too many lines of “white oil,” if you catch my drift.

Bristol might be the Britishiest car out there. Old-fashioned, overpriced to the point of delusion, and trading in large part upon a good reputation that never actually existed.

That’s tremendous! Is the insurance comparable to what you’d pay for a performance car of similar vintage?

No, it’s a function of acceleration (or deceleration) - that's why you can walk around on a fast-moving train, but have trouble standing up when it enters or leaves the station.

I just imagined a driverless Mercedes blasting Kraftwerk b-sides.

I imagine that most will be calibrated for comfort, which would usually mean the lowest G forces possible. Performance is pretty irrelevant when software is doing the driving.

Sometimes they take those parts out before the shows, to make sure they don’t get stolen. I don’t know what usually happens to the auto show floor models, but they could probably just glue that shit down and worry about it later.

Not any I can think of. Most of the super high-end vehicles around today have barely any character, or come off kinda Bieberish. The i8 is quirky and beautiful (they really are stunning in person), and evidently fun to toss around despite its limitations. Obvs my dream garage is more than a parking deck of i8s, but…

Whoops, I thought the Porsche was a Carrera GT in the first pic, and I thought I recognized the 8C taillights but was mistaken. And yes there are cars I like better - I would take an xj220 over almost anything :)

A supercar is more defined by its design and engineering than absolute statistics. A Charger Hellcat is faster than most of that list, but it isn't a supercar.

The Carrera GT is not contemporary, nor is the 8C. And I'd take the i8 over either of those, because I find it far more interesting. Speed is easy, grace is hard.