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Patrick Frawley
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Use of the Eclipse name is blasphemy and it looks like the close runner-up in a Hyundai internal design contest, but it’s also instantly the most relevant vehicle they offer in the US - and one that is about four years overdue. Read more

There’s other, less absurd ways to engineer parity. Say that a driver can count 30 or 32 of the 36 races, kinda like how F1 counted points in the late ‘80s. Or if a driver/team has way too much of a championship lead (or if one design is clearly overwhelming the others) at some point add extra weight to the car. Read more

Has anyone ever thought to use a system where, I don’t know, they award a certain number of points based solely on finishing position and the person with the most points at the end of the season wins the championship? Read more

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Ah, thank you. Caught this late, was wondering if anyone would throw this in here.

If putting up with self-serving, I’m-so-hip!, innately boring stories about Reykjavík means that people leave Berlin alone again for a while I’m all for this. Read more

Hey, a simple inconsistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. Although I’m trying to figure out if they missed a spot on the BMW. Read more

Most of what’s so garishly wrong is done to wring as much advantage as possible out of the laws for aero devices as written.

Nothing against him as a person so maybe turn it around: As a fellow Irishman (on Dad’s side) from common root I’d be happy to offer my occasional lifestyle consulting services. A bit of attention, a bit of awareness, and we go from (those who would have him be) a schlocky gauche badass to a most civilized Read more

The Testa d’Oro is Luigi Colani. His stuff is way beyond puerile concepts like pretty or ugly. Dude is on his own level. Read more

Sitting here flashing on my ‘84 Coupe GT which looked a lot like that. Maybe that’s an aftermarket HD radiator? The picture up top is more familiar, almost to the point where I can smell the Mobil 1 I spilled during the last change. Read more

Same car. Just like how the Audi A4 and VW Passat are fraternal twins. Read more

Affordable two-seat coupes. Not focused sports cars but efficient, intelligent everyday cars with a dash of style and maybe some engaging suspension tuning.