Bob Sorokanich's discussions

All that torque, all the way down in the three-digit part of the tach? This thing will be un-stallable. Perfect for learning to drive stick! Read more

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Gonna have a lot of avatars accidentally putting gas in their open windows with that filler cap where it is. Read more

Travis, I can't disagree about the long and deep history of tobacco sponsorship in racing, and I agree that Big Tobacco's metric fucktons of money would be a boon to racing teams. But I wonder if plastering cig brands on cars again would have a negative impact on racing's popularity—simply because the general public… Read more

In Soviet Russia, whip ghostrides YOU! Read more

Cosigned. Also, Ballaban we're going shot for shot. Whoever posts first tomorrow morning wins. No scheduled posts. Read more

Oh man does this R/C car give me 90s flashbacks:

Those ain't cats, those are co-drivers! Read more

Of all the boffo, jaw-dropping numbers surrounding this bachelor's sports-mobile, these are the numbers that drop my jaw in the most boffo way: Read more

Ah yes, the Ford F-050. Read more

Man but like, where you gonna find a mattress shaped like that? Read more

Hi Bob, thanks so much for joining us! When you're designing a production car, which comes first: aerodynamics, or styling? And how do you finesse the designs to meet aero goals? Read more

If you've owned any car ever built before 2012, you already have bought a car that would do this bad. Read more

Twenty-two pounds of boost. Twenty-two pounds of boost. From a cute-ute mall cruiser meant for people like my ma. Read more

Don't let it rattle your cage too much—as noted in the post, the small-overlap test was introduced in 2012. There was no way for the designers at Mazda, or the folks at Motor Trend, to know how the car would do in a test that was four years in the future at the time. Read more

I haven't seen this in the US, but definitely existed in JDM and Asian market cars. Growing up my parents had a variety of Toyotas, and once you hit a certain speed (it was either 80 mph or 120 km/h...which are 50 or 75 mph WTF!) the car would start making this stupid chiming bell sound. Imagine that on a long stretch… Read more

Now THERE's a subkinja Read more

Hook that sucker up to the intake and you've got free turbo! Read more

Three of the cars in the top image were in my parents' driveway when I was born. Do I win Mad Marchness? Read more

Not what I meant when I asked for spinners. Read more