Shapeshifter commented on 700HP Lightning GT Electric Sports Car Goes 200 Miles On 10 Minute Charge

"When this thing was first announced i mocked it with the handy "sniff petrol" British supercar maker press release form. Except for how i missed that it uses carbon fiber i think i got it just about right."

Shapeshifter commented on The Lotus Evora Weighs A Ton...And A Half

"@dominetta_vitali: I hear you... Regarding the weight: for comparison, this thing weighs about as much as an RX-8 does assuming that's curb weight."

Shapeshifter commented on Jeeves, Fetch My 1040 HP Rolls, Would You?

"Leather-wrapped roll cage wins everything..."

Shapeshifter commented on Nissan GT-R Laps Top Gear Track With A Time Of...

"@andy_wallwhore: It's getting a diet in the form of the V-Spec model, which i suspect will be a fair bit faster. Without the fancy-pants four wheel drive it would be much slower."

Shapeshifter commented on Danica Patrick, Milka Duno In Towel-Snapping Cat Fight At Mid-Ohio

"@Rock517: I may be wrong, but i believe banning people for throwing "gay" around like that is Official Jalopnik Policy."

Shapeshifter commented on Danica Patrick, Milka Duno In Towel-Snapping Cat Fight At Mid-Ohio

"@Ray Wert: The next time we have two guys complaining about each other (what with F1 that'll be oh..."

Shapeshifter commented on Miata Owner Gets Bored, Swaps In Jaguar V12

"@rotorglow: Somehow i forgot about the B series engines completely."

Shapeshifter commented on Shelby SuperCars Wants Ultimate Aero EV To Be World's Fastest Electric Supercar

"@NovaloadMissesPolar: It's called a "bicycle", and it's pretty cheap to get these days! (Okay, okay..."

Shapeshifter commented on Mercedes SLR McLaren Speedster Spotted Testing At the Ring, Mercedes SLC Quietly Plotting Its Demise

"@Maxichamp: They're actually camouflaged like that to make it harder for people to make out the shapes."

Shapeshifter commented on Can You Come Up With A Better Auto Product Placement Plot?

""Tom Cruise has a Chevy Cobalt and delivers pizza by day, but by night he's a courier for a secret government agency" Actually..."

Shapeshifter commented on Shelby SuperCars Wants Ultimate Aero EV To Be World's Fastest Electric Supercar

"Feh!"

Shapeshifter commented on 2008 Dodge Charger SRT8, Part Three

"@philibuster: It's totally not the UAW's problem."

Shapeshifter commented on Miata Owner Gets Bored, Swaps In Jaguar V12

"@schoolpsych: No joke :( Maybe he's doing this project in order to get his wife to divorce him."

Shapeshifter commented on Russell Simmons Hits SoHo: Maybach Owner, Obama Supporter

"@EMPM, Esq.: I think if you're reduced to saying "He's still just a politician!" you've found about the best politician you're ever going to find. @bozoerrebbe: I'm not that rich, and i'm not technically a "liberal" (though i've had my hat in that ring for a few years now--"uniter not a divider" and all) but i'd be all for an asset tax."

Shapeshifter commented on Building The 638 HP LS9 Corvette ZR1 Engine

"@bimmertech: Considering the Tesla my guess is somewhere between one half and one. @avarno: Actually i'd bet on them over the NASCAR types."

Shapeshifter commented on Mazda Kazamai To Show Off Swirling Crosswinds In Moscow

"@yellofury * * * * *: The Furai is amazing and sharp-looking."

Shapeshifter commented on Commenter Of The Day: Tricky Rhetoric Edition

"@no_slushbox: Mazda uses double wishbone in the fronts of both the RX-8 and Miata."

Shapeshifter commented on Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Speedster In The Works, Hilarious Crash Photos To Follow

"@skeeler: Speedster version of the Miata with RX-8 suspension and Mazdaspeed 6 engine? Actually, i'm kind of drawing up plans to create something like that myself at the moment... (The only problem with this plan: it snows here, sometimes..."