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Mike Spinelli
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Founded Jalopnik. Coasted on that shit for years.

To be fair, it was track-catered brisket, not prime hill-country material. That would be tempting. Read more

That's actually Porsche factory driver Timo Kluck (on the right).

Haha. I WAS. How'd you know? But yeah, I think it also depends on why the distinction's being made, and who's making it. Is it two guys arguing Nürburgring lap times over beers, or the FIA enforcing homologation rules, or a bank vice president sorting out a corporate business plan, or the EPA issuing a Certificate of Read more

This is a great question. I think we're used to associating production with mass production and marketing with mass marketing. I think it's legitimate for a production car to meet the definition of a reproducible "series" at any amount, and the definition of marketing to include very small-target channels like, say, a Read more

It's a struggle to define, but I don't want to see small producers left out. I think a production car should at least be 1.) Developed and engineered with repetitive flow production capacity in mind. That is, it's designed to be reproduced, and 2.) Is marketed to be sold in a standardized series. Read more

Actually, no. No I'm not. My girlfriend has a vowel in her last name and quotes Hyman Roth when she tells me to take out the trash. I'm good. Read more

Three-part question. What car would you have picked for a CCC with Abbott and Costello? Bench seat or buckets? If buckets, which one rides in the back? Read more

Hi Jerry. I was mortified with having to write for a site called Jalopnik, but I found the embarrassment opened more doors to creativity than if the site had been called something like, "Car Town." Have you ever been inspired by embarrassment? Read more

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It's actually part two in a probably-will-be-a-series. Here was the first one:

Um, we've been doing this show, in one form or another, every Thursday for two years. There was a technical problem with Tuned this week, but it'll be back next week. Chris Harris drove a goddamn electric LMP1 car this week. Read more

If you're serious about that (!), please email me at mike@jalopnik.com. Read more

Sorry if that sounded belligerent. I do hear from viewers all the time who assume /DRIVE is denying Chris his due resources for nefarious reasons. I can't imagine why we would. Read more