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Matt Brown
superfastmatt
Matt Brown is an automotive engineer, writer, and builder of unconventional things. Mostly vehicles.

Tom Dotter, a Denver-area shop owner who specialized in Fiats Read more

So it will be pretty great, but not until after a few years of fat, slow mediocrity have doomed it to failure? Read more

Tracy comes in with the Jeepiest non-Jeep, then Collins trumps him with an even Jeepier suggestion. There are Jeeps that are less Jeepy than most of these. Read more

I like the two guys in the middle who are just there to balance the car. Do they have other race day responsibilities? Is that their primary function on the team? Entry-level, or do you have to work up to that? So many questions. Read more

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Excellent write up! I’ve never had the opportunity to drive a stock (or stock-ish) S600. Next time you’re in Los Angeles, shoot me a message and you can do a back to back review with my 1000RR powered Honda S600.

I’m a big fan of the alternating carbon pattern Lexus has done a few times. 

This is great, Matt. This is the kind of stuff I would love to see more of on Jalopnik! Read more

The British pronounce the letter Z by itself as “zed”. German is similar but more like a “tset”. I’ve always heard the German auto parts supplier company named ZF pronounced as “zed eff” and I think its just how they call themselves BECAUSE ZEY AH GERMAN UND ZAT IS HOW ZEY SPEEK. Read more

Do other American auto engineers pronounce this company as “Zed Eff” or do I just work with too many Brits? Read more

I just learned that this is called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. I notice it everywhere now. Read more

I drove by this in Palmdale on Sunday! It was on the trailer behind the RV. Read more

Oh, but the cars that don’t make sense are the best cars. Read more

The primary mode of heat transfer for today’s radiators is forced convection, not radiation. If you size the radiator correctly, and your power output (and therefore waste heat generated) is low enough, you can cool by radiation and natural convection (hot air rising). Then you don’t need air flow. Read more