Author: staff@jalopnik.com (Collin Woodard)

McMurtry Automotive I do not know if a single McMurtry Spéirling post has ever done well traffic-wise, but this thing is so cool, even the editors don’t care. If we see Spéirling news, we post Spéirling news. I mean, we’re talking a few 1,000-horsepower EV that appears like a Hot Wheels automotive, runs the quarter-mile in lower than eight seconds and uses a Chaparral 2J–inspired energetic downforce system to destroy records.  And while other cars have allegedly generated enough downforce to drive the other way up, nobody had actually done it until just a few weeks ago when McMurtry demonstrated that…

Ford The Ford Flex didn’t necessarily have to exist, and yet, the odd crossover/wagon/minivan stuck around for a full decade before finally being sent to the massive Costco parking zone within the sky. And while it won’t have ever been as cool because the Mustang, it was ridiculously practical while also being quicker than you’d expect, even should you didn’t spring for the turbocharged engine. Sure, the construct quality wasn’t the very best, however the stuff that actually needed to work still worked, and the individuals who owned them loved them. So I say it’s high time Ford brings it…