The problem Chrysler has, in particular, is that they are under pressure to show short-term results. For the last decade, it's been axiomatic that you don't get short-term results with small cars. Something like a Civic costs as much to engineer as a Durango, if not more, and it isn't nearly as profitable - right up… Read more

@KingRoyale: I'm assuming that you simply forgot to type "...and MGs." Read more

@Mad_Science: Exactly. The problem is that many Jalops think they're beyond the reach of the economic slowdown, since they're either students or office drones. Problem is... somebody's paying for them to go to school, and the office drones depend on factories and/or sales. Read more

@Ray Wert: Why, I'd keep it, of course. Why should the Bond villains be the only ones to have the beards? Not that all of them had one; imagine how much cooler Klaus Maria Brandauer would have been with a beard. It might have made up for his mother naming him "Maria", manhood-wise. Read more

@BMRFILE: Do you feel that I look like a poser in this video? Read more

@BMRFILE: "Anyone can stick a big block into a tiny chassis. It takes a lot more refinement to make it a world-class sports car. The ZR-1 is one step away from being as crude as the Viper." Read more

@Timmy!: Give me a day to run the 'Ring and I'll run the ZR-1 within ten seconds of the reference time. Give me a week and I'll do it within five. I've driven 600hp cars on the track: Read more

@xxF1xx: I totally agree with your comments, with a few minor exceptions: Read more

@Ayrton Senna: For what it's worth, our driver has literally thousands of at-speed laps on that particular track. He was frustrated with the Elise laptime as well, particularly since Antonio Pizzonia had recently turned a 1:49 with an Elise there, but it's worth noting that, as with ALL laptimes, whether we're talking… Read more

I hate to say it, but when one considers the likely outcome of this show, not to mention all the "Unique Whips/Rides/Dubz/Garage" crap, combined with the infestation of Bullruns/Gumballs/fake Cannonballs out there, it's no wonder ordinary, decent Americans hate cars and "gearheads". Read more

Incidentally, this was the kind of thing I was looking for when I asked Andrew Stoy the other day about his prediction of "release disaster" for the F-150. Read more

@FrankRizzo: Porsche was absolutely right to protest the V8 M3. It was not a production car, was never produced, was never meant for production. They might as well have run a prototype - or, looking at it another way, Porsche might as well have entered a GT1 to compete with the V8 M3. Read more

Er... you guys understand there is no "official" Ring time, right? The closest thing there has ever been to a same-driver, same-conditions Nordschleife time database has been the collected results of Horst von Saurma, whose times were generally held to be "official" until the moment he ran a 7:50 in the GT-R and, in… Read more

@thatguy01: I'm not sure you're picking up on the topic here. Andrew is claiming the launches are disasters, when they have yet to happen. Read more

Andrew, Read more

@layabout: Actually, the first thing they're likely to say is: "What the hell does defocate mean?" Read more

@General Dearthair MacAwesome: You're right, it's been a long day. Read more

Whatever drifting may be, it isn't racing, and it stands in the same approximate relationship to actual car racing as licking a dog's ass does to winning the Super Bowl. Read more

I wore mine to victory* at an ARCA race last weekend! Read more

That settles it. August 15th is the day that the United States should launch a preemptive nuclear strike against North Korea. With the exception of Kylie Minogue, none of those people will be missed. Read more