As is, a Smart car is a rather dimwitted little ride for people who can’t park. But with a few mods that include a Hayabusa superbike engine, stiffer suspension and stronger front brakes, it becomes the ultimate freak show at any stunt festival.
I usually don’t cover repetitive motorsports, but this weekend’s Singapore F1 grand prix, held for the first time during nighttime, saw race leader Felipe Massa take a little more than just fuel when he left the pit stop.
Here is an extended TV ad for VW’s American-market Routan minivan. While has-been actress Brooke Shields is somewhat funny, the bigger joke is that the ad seriously keeps emphasising the “German engineering” of the Routan. Anyone with half brain will realise that the Routan is simply a rebadged facelifted version of the all-American Chrysler Grand Voyager. VW continues to feed off people’s ignorance, selling unremarkable “upscale” Passats, overpriced “reliable” Golfs, Mexican-built “European” Jettas, and now this. Thankfully, the Routan isn’t destined for GCC markets.
While most of us here in the GCC support Obama as the next president of the United States (including me, since we share the same middle name), I found this little tidbit about the other “white old guy” running for president. Senator John McCain’s 54-year-old wife, Cindy McCain, has been trained in the art of drifting. While she describes herself as a below-average drifter, she is still a hell of a lot better than me.