That's the problem — Mazda is independent, and as such has more engineering work to shoulder on an engine design no other automaker uses. Think of it this way: when VW and Audi first tinkered with direct injection, they ran into problems that Ford later solved in EcoBoost. Mazda has no other company to lean on for… Read more

I thought long and hard about the 911/Wrangler comparison. I don't mean to dismiss Land Rover's off-road powers, but their current all-luxe focus is far from its original mission. Same for the G-Wagon; its been taken much further upscale than its predecessors. It's not just the overall mission but the small details of… Read more

Yes. There's an additional gear in the auto, so the first gear can be lower. Read more

Actually its 96% available at 2000 rpm — or 250 lb-ft. Read more

I liked it, but I like bolder colors in general. The real question is how will it age after a year or so; those yellow Escapes tended to look like taxi cabs, while the pumpkin-orange first gen CTS are still fetching. Read more

No, but I did swing by the air museum. That place rocks. Read more

Didn't mean to — it's just not clear whether it was donated or the family bought it. Read more

Edsel built two other Speedsters. The first, his rejected design, is supposedly being restored; the other was last seen in 1952. Read more

And here I've always thought you were just being industrious. Read more

Side curtains are meant to deploy not just in rollover but in side impact as well — to keep the heads of passengers from smacking whatever might be hitting the car. They're designed to inflate in a few hundreds of milliseconds after the sensors detect a crash (or in this case, lame donuts). Read more

Email your screenshot to bugs@gawker.com, telling them what browser and OS you're using. Read more

up to 320 hp/1180 ft-lbs of torque. Read more

I did have a font joke at one point. Read more

Pagani's application has been pending for years. When it first asked for an exemption, NHTSA had been in the practice of granting them routinely. Only within the past year or so has the agency changed course & said the same rules apply to all. Read more

fixed. Read more

My bad, fixed. Read more

The super-RWD XTS is further off than 2013. Read more

Sorry, front and AWD for the XTS. Read more

That's what other agencies - HLDI, NHTSA — compute. Even then, your older Camrys and Accords still rank high. Read more

It is 99 degrees in DC today. Shutterstock wins. Read more