One of the two greatest questions anyone will ask (or rather just assume) about the smart fortwo is, "Is it safe?"

If you needed another reminder why you really don't want to get rear ended by a commercial truck while sitting in your car, here it is. This German crash test is intended to show what happens when a truck plows into cars parked behind another stopped commercial truck.

This photo of an Audi Quattro competing in the ADAC Hessen Vogelsberg Rally is one of my favorite motorsports images. Notice the flash in the background? Someone else thought it would be a good shot, too. Photo Credit: Photopalooza

You know that guy that goes to classic European car rallies with vintage American muscle? Yeah, we wanna be that guy. [Farbbild via Coolamundo]

A "grid girl" passes out on the hood of Dutch driver Ronald van de Laar's Porsche 911 GT3 race car before the start of a race. Ever the gentleman, van de Laar screams at the crew to check his car.

In a stunning victory aided by the smaller organizations, Max Mosley won a vote of confidence from an assembly of FIA representatives. The vote was 103 for the motion and 55 against with seven abstentions and four invalid votes. The response has been overwhelming with German organization ADAC, the largest automobile…

We've got the response from Max Mosley and his band of kinky minions to those puritans from the clubs that asked he accept resignation and be rewarded with a vote of confidence. In his usual nutty fashion, Mad Max responds that this is the "worst possible" solution because any suggestion there is a crisis is "nonsense"…

It's been a rough one for Max Mosley this week, though Mosley likes it that way, usually. The FIA president, now infamous for his alleged Nazi-stlye sex orgy, has rejected calls for his dismissal, despite automakers and the Royal Family of Bahrain expressing their serious concerns. Though Bernie Ecclestone stands by…