dwp commented on NextCruise To Drag Woodward Dream Cruise Kicking And Screaming Into Future

"@SeanKHotay: west side of Woodward, north of the Sunoco station, just south of 696."

dwp commented on Ford To Build Euro Models Stateside, Reports Wall Street Journal

"@layabout: au contraire."

dwp commented on 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8, Part One

"@Ray Wert: you don't really think that you could get 600 lbs out of the car by deleting subwoofer (50 lbs), sunroof (50) & nav system (10) do you ?"

dwp commented on 2009 Corvette ZR1 Spotted On Vacation In Elk Rapids, MI

"There was a blue one in Frankfort (just down the coast from TC) on Saturday as well, also Captured Test Fleet rather than M-plated. The chrome wheels are a bit much, but it otherwise has a certain presence."

dwp commented on Who Is Eric Stromer?

"knowing who else was in the running, we can only hope that this douche is broomed off the show after the first season & someone who actually gives a toss about cars replaces him."

dwp commented on What Vehicle From The Oughts Is An Instant Classic?

"had a '99 M coupe, loved it."

dwp commented on 2008 Mustang Shelby GT500KR, Reviewed

"people will buy these as investments because they're a truly limited edition & are an official Shelby manufactured product - Shelby is the manufacturer of record, not Ford. some people will buy them & track them - good on them, they seem to have been significant optimized for those conditions, within the context of stil being streetable."

dwp commented on Stephane Ortelli Walks Away From Spectacular Crash At Monza Today

"It was noted in Autosport recently that one of the ideas of the Overtaking Work Group for F1 was that they would allow cars to increase front wing angles when following another car to reduce the ill effects of being close to the car in front."

dwp commented on James Bond's Aston Martin DBS Swan Dives Into Italian Lake

"a bit late to the party, but it was not the only car nor a stunt driver. [www.autocar.co.uk] Autocar really is quite good for a lot of things, even silly news like this."

dwp commented on PopMech Analyzes The Tesla Lawsuit Shenanigans

"@allenparkpete: I can't take credit for the line, it was used in an Autoweek long-term test of a few gen-ago Chrysler minivan which had something like 5 recalls or owner notifications for not insignificant items."

dwp commented on Scoot Coupe Snapped In Detroit, End of World Pending

"I never understand why there are so many people at that bank on Fridays."

dwp commented on PopMech Analyzes The Tesla Lawsuit Shenanigans

"Fisker is vaporware, pure & simple IMHO."

dwp commented on European C1 Focus Bound For US, Prayers Being Answered After Five-Year Delay

"certification is not as cut & dried from a cost perspective as some think."

dwp commented on Dealers Shown Ford F-150 "Raptor" With SVT Badge, Told To "Drive Directly Up Toyota's Ass"

"@rlj676: good idea."

dwp commented on BMW's Massive Russian Billboard Dangles Real Cars

"not as cool as the Ford GT on a wall I hear can be found if you know where to look."

dwp commented on Future Aston Martins Packing Mercedes Power?

"everyone realizes that the V12s in Astons are basically two Duratec V6s (which first made it to market in the not quite loved Ford Contour/Mondeo back in the day) which have been built in Germany for several years on a special niche line set up for them on Cologne, right ? the V8s are a development of the Jag AJ-V8, tho I think it's more a situation where they share the architecture (bore spacing, etc) rather than any parts being interchangeable. and that Aston has been run by a German (Ulrich Bez) for a number of years now, so is "German" engineered already ? I'm not so sure that running AMG motors or sharing platforms makes all that much sense for Aston, they don't really need more power than they have now and if the wave of the future is lighter, smarter supercars (as Ferrari is pointing towards) then I dunno that MB has that sort of platform in mind given that the SL is sorta a pig weight-wise."

dwp commented on Porsche Cayenne GTS Bound For Chicago Auto Show, Pricing Announced

"@Novaload: they sold their soul a long time ago to build the damn thing in the first place. the wheel arch extensions are probably required by some sort of law for protrusion of tires beyond a certain point on the body or something. I will say that the way they incorporated the front side market light into the back side of the front fender inner is sort of clever, but that's about it."