Make it a shooting brake.
Meanwhile, at the Boeing 787 Dreamliner owner's forum...
Lotus has to be careful where it spends its money. It probably developed an engine management program for the older GR engine that just can't be used on the newer direct-injection engines. I always felt like Lotus and Mazda should get together. A rotary Evora would be cool, as would a SkyActiv Elise successor. Mazda,…
This is the same basic engine Renault used in its Alpine cars. They were turbocharged by the factory to nearly 200 horses in 2.5 liter form and 250 in 3 liter form. Definitely an appropriate upgrade.
I like the X1. It works. This does not. It's hideous. For example of how to design a compact fastback 5-door, see the Saab NG900/9-3. A deeply flawed car, sure, but it remains attractive and relatively timeless, and embodies almost everything BMW is trying access at this end of the market, right down to the…
The atmosphere is so thin at that altitude that if he was looking up at the pod while he jumped, his mind would have interpreted the event as the pod accelerating away from his stationary body at a rapid rate. I think Joe Kittinger reported a similar sensation during his jump.
Only the French would invent something with all of the good stuff:
The Willems weren't the only people to cross the Congo in the last 20 years. J. Michael Fay traversed 2,000 miles of the Congo Basin in his 1999 MegaTransect. Of course, he was on foot, so it took more than year.
U.S. racing colors (Cunningham stripes). He's clearly making fun of 'Muricans again.
Ugh. Can't believe I actually thought about buying one of these hideous turds. Still looking for a low-mileage 5-door Viggen...it might exist.
