Hateful

Storm Sondors hates tradition and he hates industries.  He said so himself at The LA Auto Show - as reported by Car+Driver.

He also doesn't like driving.

Maybe that explains him coming up with this hateful item - which doesn't appear to have a name:

That is Storm, explaining it with a microphone.

It doesn't look too bad from that carefully angled photo though does it?  It's got the bland blank where you'd expect a radiator grille to be but that's sort of OK for it is an EV.

But an engine isn't all it is missing - look at the side view:

Car+Driver describe it as "stylish".  I can't explain that.  Cycle helmet anyone?

I'm afraid cars with only three wheels cannot look good.

 

Apart maybe for the Bond Bug:

Which unfortunately has the dodgy single-wheel-at-the-front thing going on.  Don't think I'd want to drive around a corner in one.

Now I have to admit that the Morgan 3-Wheeler is also cool - and has the single wheel at the correct end of the car:

But look what happens when you turn that into an EV:

 So ugly that even Ringo Starr driving it can't help.

The Five Macans

In November 2013 I created a post called "The Fifth McGann".

It commemorated a new car in a gap that I thought didn't exist - the Porsche Macan.

Although, given the number of similar cars selling in large numbers from just about every manufacturer - none of which I would touch - the gap must have existed after all.

Porsche have now painted five of these in famous past Porsche racing liveries and launched them to the world in Singapore.  A marketing event that seems to have worked.  Car+Driver have it, Autoguide have it and I have it.  (No link to me having it, you're already here)

It irks me a bit because, at the end of the day, while Porsches have always appeared on race tracks - Macans don't.

Here are the cars:

I'd never heard of the red Salzburg car.  If I had to pick a favourite, it would be the Rothmans one: 

Not that they would be able to acknowledge a cigarette company nowadays.  Obviously, the Orange and blue Gulf livery is by far and away the most iconic.

 

But if you want a really iconic livery, painted on a car you could race, you have to look somewhere other than Porsche:

The Woman

I've just watched the second episode of the second series of The Grand Tour.

And, just like the second series of the post-Jeremy Top Gear, it's taken on board the criticisms of series one and improved.

Actually, series two of GT has evolved into what looks like the later-Jeremy-era TG.

The dead-celebrity running-joke has gone and been replaced with something that looks a lot like Star-in-a-Reasonably-Priced-Car.  But so far, without the annoying plugging.

And "The American" has been replaced by this lady:

Although you only got to see the bit of her face that isn't hidden by her helmet.

Her name is Abbie Eaton.

Obviously she is a race driver.  But she also appeared in the ITV show Drive mentoring Professor Green - who isn't a real professor.  But, then again, she was mentoring him in race driving.

So does this mean a more female bias to the show?

Well Jeremy did reveal that he has James listed on his phone as "Vagina."

Would You Use Bitcoin to Buy a Car?

This car in fact...

According to Autoguide - story here, this McLaren 720S is up for sale for 25 Bitcoins.

 

So, Would I use Bitcoin to buy a Car?

 

No.

 

It's going to crash.

Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms./Other

This lady is called Caron Garrod.

 

I don't know if she is married or not.

The BBC don't give us any clues in this article in which they refer to her as "Ms. Garrod."  They do point out that she suffers from multiple sclerosis - a condition which can affect the brain and/or spinal cord, causing a wide range of potential symptoms, including problems with vision, arm or leg movement, sensation or balance. (I got that from the NHS site on the subject)

I'm not sure if "Ms" actually stands for anything - it's just a compromise between Miss and Mrs. - usually.

But, as some twerp at the DVLA has accidentally (and yes I do think it was an accident) found out, it also stands for "Multiple Sclerosis":

That is a letter sent by them to "Multiple Sclerosis Garrod."

 

Oh dear.  It would be quite funny if it wasn't so offensive.

 

Don't think I'll be phoning to tell them about a recent dose of venereal disease.