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Derek Bell & Jacky Ickx (Mirage Ford GR8 ) vainqueur des 24 Heures du Mans 1975. © Didier Laporte. - source Carros e Pilotos.
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Possessed (1931) Clarence Brown
December 5th 2022
#possessed#1931#clarence brown#joan crawford#clark gable#wallace ford#richard 'skeets' gallagher#frank conroy#the mirage#pre-code
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New Mutants team building night
Laurie: what are the down sides of your powers?
Jay: down side of wings? molting, definitely not fun.
Nori: take a guess? *holds up gauntlets*
David: I know things about people I shouldn't or don't wanna know.
Everyone: 😳
David: I try my best to ignore it though
#david alleyne#joshua guthrie#noriko ashida#laurie collins#sofia mantega#kevin ford#elixir#josh foley#icarus#prodigy#surge#wallflower#wind dancer#wither#Kevin:......i bet you can guess the downside to my powers (if you don't remember everything he toches dies)#new mutants#new xmen#new xmen: academy x#dani moonstar#mirage#comics#jay guthrie#poor david he probably knows the sex lives of all the teachers
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Earlier today, I witnessed a miracle. No, water didn’t turn into wine. Nobody walked on water. The bakery didn’t even start to smell like fresh-caught fish, which would be pretty gross if you think about it even medium hard. What happened to me was: I saw a Mazda MX-3 V6. Running, on the highway.
You might not think that this is remarkable. Those of you equipped with especially fast internet connections are probably opening up another tab to look at a picture of it right now. Any confusion you may express is understandable, as this car basically looks like any other early-90s front-wheel-drive sporty cough drop, such as the ST180 Celica (praise be upon it) or Ford Probe. What is interesting about this car are those last few alphanumerical digits: V6.
Generally, a V6 is a bigger engine. It’s got six cylinders, of course, and those cylinders take up a lot of room. In North America, it’s really rare for one of these suckers to be less than three litres in displacement, and as a result they’re super lazy, low-revving engines in the pursuit of smoothness. The old joke is that V6s combine the fuel economy of a V8 with the power of an inline four, and that’s not incorrect. V6s are a terrible, immoral engine. Mazda, however... Mazda has problems. Mazda, either because of legislative reasons or because of engineering bravado, decided to make the smallest V6 they could: just 1.8L. The pistons are smaller than a can of Coke, and I suspect the lowercase-c version of that concoction was imbibed of thoroughly during this engine’s development.
Now, this isn’t the smallest V6 on the planet. Mitsubishi went even more nuts and put a 1.6L into a Mitsubishi Mirage after this, just to prove that they could. It’s just the smallest V6 I’ve ever seen, and to hear its wasplike thrum at highway speeds, nearly thirty years after this little econobox hit the streets, was inspirational to me. I began to tear up as I watched him recklessly swerve across multiple lanes, his right turn signal hyperflashing the entire time as the shitty old Mazda daytime-running-lights module attempted to turn itself into ozone. They should have sent a poet.
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Stevie's essential demos and outtakes:
W-Y - songs.
* indicates unreleased songs.
Welcom To The Room...Sara - this is an early TITN demo from 1986, written and recorded shortly after her rehab at the Betty Ford Center.
Wild Heart - this is a longer demo session of the girls in the studio with Jimmy Iovine commenting throughout.
This above video is often referred to as a "dressing room demo" but it's not actually a demo (and it's not backstage either). It's Stevie getting her makeup done for a photosession with Annie Leibovitz for Rolling Stone in NY. She brought along her entourage of friends/backup singers/makeup artists, and also a tape with some early Mirage demos. She's and the girls start doing some impromptu singing over a completely unrelated Lindsey demo.
Watch Chain - this is an early Tusk demo, Stevie finally ended up recording the song for her 24 Karat Gold album in 2014.
Without You - this is an unused "Buckingham Nicks" demo, they rerecorded it in 2013 for Fleetwood Eac's "Extended Play" EP.
Whole Lotta Trouble - an early Tango In The Night demo, Fleetwood Mac passed on it, Stevie recorded it for "the Other Side Of The Mirror" in 1989.
When Shall We Love Again * - technically not a demo, a bit of a mysterious track, it's Stevie in the early 1970's in what sound like a pool hall, though according to some this was a family gathering. Also it might be a very early Buckingham Nicks-thing, when she and Lindsey were doing weddings and such in the early 70's.
You Like Me * - 1984 demo, Stevie gave the song to The Williams Brothers who recorded their version in 1987. I think this would've been great on RAL.
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Black Fantasy TBR Part 1
It's taking so long to compile all my books that I might as well release my tbr one portion at a time. This isn't really that organized, but here's the first part of my fantasy (and a little bit of scifi) tbr listed out for people who are curious and/or want to see more fantasy books with Black protagonists:
The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton
Nubia: The Awakening by Omar Epps and Clarence A. Haynes
A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
Abengoni: First Calling by Charles R. Saunders
Across the Broken Tide by Lakase Cousino
Iron Cast by Destiny Soria
That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams
Kingdom of Feathers by Deborah Grace White
Priestess of nKu by Milton J Davis
Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland
The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
Queen of Zazzau by J.S. Emuakpor
Elysium by Nora Sakavic
Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron
Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Dream Country by Ashaye Brown
The Reluctant Sacrifice by Kerr-Ann Dempster
She Steals Justice by J. Clark
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen
Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender
The Hope of Aferi: The Wolf Queen by Cerece Rennie Murphy
A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy
The Blazing Star by Imani Josey
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne Brown
Bones to the Wind by Tatiana Obey
Treachery of Water by Angela J. Ford
Wings of Ebony by J. Elle
Beautiful Nightmare by L.C. Son
Conquest by Celeste Harte
Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye
The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
Magic Dark, Magic Divine by A.J. Locke
Shadow's Dissident by Ariel Paiement
War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi
Mirage by Somaiya Daud
A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole
This was mostly stand-alones and duologies, so the next part of my tbr should be mostly trilogies and longer series.
#black books#black authors#black sff books#black fantasy books#black ya books#ya books#bookblr#book tumblr#diverse fantasy books#diversity in fantasy#diverse books#fantasy#fantasy books#ya fantasy#diverse fantasy#bookish rambles#TBR#ofc i haven't read any of these yet so please look up trigger warnings and age and stuff because some are adult and some aren't#very few people will probably see this or care but i hope at least a few black girls see this#booklr#representation matters
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RE: Pokemon Team Choices. Because I dont think i ever explained the thoughts behind them
Stan’s pokemon were based on just. What I thought he’d reasonably run into on his travels. They ended up being all team rocket pokemon basically by coincidence. His “Hitmonchan” is a Ditto because i didnt think he’d have the good fortune to actually run into and catch a hitmonchan. He has a Lickitung just because it was the first pokemon I drew him with. He stole Drowzee from the Mob.
Ford’s pokemon are mostly ones I think he’d come across during research. Clefairy and Staryu are rumored to be aliens, Wynaut was for researching mirage island, Spiritomb was from him finding the odd keystone. Unown B(ill) he found in a cave. The only pokemon not originally related to research is his Slowking. Which evolved from a slowpoke that him and stan caught on the beach when they were kids
Fiddleford’s pokemon are half farm related half mechanic related. He has Graveler specifically because I wanted a pokemon that could learn flamethrower, and graveler was the only pokemon that could that I thought would suit him. Psyduck is related to his mental state.
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Transformers: Mosaic #337 - "Serve & Protect"
Originally posted on February 2nd, 2009
Story - Alysha McK
Art - Benjamin Galley
deviantART | Seibertron | TFW2005 | BotTalk
wada sez: Basically all the interest here is in the art. Ironhide is drawn as a Ford F-450 Super Duty pickup. Optimus Prime meanwhile was recycled from an older piece of fanart by Galley, which sadly I can’t find archived anywhere; get in touch if you have it. I think Galley just drew a single jet and copy/pasted it to create the other Seekers...? Comments from Galley offer some behind-the-scenes information about the strip. On deviantART, he remarked upon the similarities to Ironhide/Mirage’s enmity in All Hail Megatron: “this was written well before All Hail Megatron (i do love that story though), I just took a long time to finish it, is all. :) I believe it was just references the general distrust of Mirage, or perhaps just that southern protective bitterness of Ironhide's, lol.” On Seibertron: “I just looked at it as having fun designing my own G1 than trying to blend the movie into it. Prime and Ironhide have both been longnose semis and pickups long before 2007 came along. I dont consider my designs a movie aesthetic, or a "G1/Movie blend" but obviously the connotation is made, but its how people associate/interpret new things to what they already know.” And on TFW2005, Galley would explain his intent behind Ironhide’s transformation: “The grill doesn't go upside down. The sides of the grill, the outer-most panels, that is, slide farther back to form the sides of the torso. The grill is upright the entire time. (best seen in the transformation sequence, the middle Ironhide there) The hood/headlights/wheelcoverthingies are part of the arms (although I cheated a little and had the actual hoods sort of jump over to his back, but I like to think Transformers this complicated-looking would be sophisticated enough to have clamps or something to catch one piece and move it elsewhere, like we take a hat off with one hand and transfer it to another hand.) The front fenders split and rotate to the back of Ironhide's hips, maybe even becoming his "butt cheeks", i didn't give much thought to that area.”
#Transformers#Transformers Mosaic#Maccadam#original continuity#Alysha McK#Benjamin Galley#Ironhide#Optimus Prime#Mirage#Ratchet#Thundercracker#Skywarp#Starscream
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Mirage over Ford! #USNavy Rhinos in formation with a Hellenic AF Mirage 2000, as they buzz the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN-78) during a joint exercise in the Mediterranean. #avgeeks #aviation #aviationdaily #aviationlovers #Greece
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Well see now I need to know more about 90s Barricade. I remember you telling me he'd be the type to drive into a tornado so like, what is his Problem
Where do I even start with Barricade.
Well, Megatron didn't even want to bring him on the evil yacht, first of all. He wanted to bring Mirage who he was grooming to be a horrible person but she QUIT?! She suddenly quit!!!! (Ironhide convinced her to quit) so to fill in the void he begrudgingly asked Barricade.
Barricade is obnoxious with rules. He loves to enforce little stupid rules no one follows. He'll correct your punctuation and grammar just because he wants to. He'll remind you of pen ink policies and then not even get you a new pen, its your problem to solve.
This is why Megatron doesnt even WANT him here but he DID find out about Swindle and the rest of the Combaticons and tattle, which led to all of them but Swindle being held hostage in a snowglobe by Megatron. So i guess... that's cool.
Megatron leaves him on the Earth base as much as possible. He DOES not want Barricade up in space with him. Or near him. So he makes it Soundwave's problem. Barricade keeps trying to get Frenzy interested in being a cop. Its not working.
He is very sneaky though and lays traps on the road like some sort of more obnoxious wiley coyote. He can sniff the road with his 1992 Ford Truck alt mode to track Autobots. He disguises his signal so any and all police cars of the same model do make the Autobots think twice on who's on the road with them.
He's terrified of Red Alert who is that lady?!
#90s au#barricade#im obsessed with him theres something deeply wrong with him im sure i forgot something but whatever
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Vern Schuppan (Gulf - Mirage GR8 #802) 24 Heures du Mans 1975. © LAT / Motorsport. - source Carros e Pilotos.
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Lenny’s brown grocery paper bag breaking in the street
Pairing: Lenny Bruce & Midge Maisel
Rated T
Warnings: Mentions of Drug Use
The straw that breaks the camel's back is a pretty well-known phrase, and Lenny's known the load has been piling up for the last few days.
Sobriety is the first weight. He thought two months would make things easier, but running into Keith on Friday night reminded him of that high, and the allure of that numbness weighs heavily on his shoulders.
The upcoming trial adds more than a few pounds. It's not looking good, and he hasn't been able to perform for the last few weeks.
And then there's the weight in his gut. The twisting and pulling over the absence of the one light in his life. The woman he hasn't seen since that night at Carnegie Hall. The woman whose discovery of a little black bag led to...well the first weight.
It's a grocery bag that plays the part of the metaphorical straw.
He's trying to be good. Eat actual meals instead of subsisting on cigarettes and whiskey. So he goes to the store and picks up some food. He's not much of a cook, but he knows enough to make something that won't, you know, kill him.
Just his luck to get the fucked up bag that splits halfway back to his apartment.
"Shit," he groans, clenching the paper tightly in his fists.
He stoops down on one knee, starting to gather up the things on the sidewalk. The frustration of the last two months roils in his gut, and he finds himself wondering if Keith will answer the phone.
The sound of clicking heels penetrates the fog in his brain, and he rolls his eyes as a shadow falls over him. "I'm a little busy here, lady, so unless you've got a spare bag I can pilfer, why don't you just move on," he grumbles, waving his hand.
"Funny. I've found moving forward to be a better option."
He looks up slowly, not quite believing his ears and not wanting the mirage to dissipate, but his tattered heart desperately wants her to be real. To be here.
There she is, her head framed by the sun, creating a halo around her beautiful face. He doesn't necessarily believe in god, but there she is, his guardian angel, appearing on a dirty sidewalk in the Village in his hour of fucking need.
And she smiles.
She joins him on the sidewalk, helping him pick up some of his groceries. "I saw you on Gordon Ford last week," he says.
"Yeah?" She asks, her voice sounding hopeful.
"You were good."
"Just good?" She asks, quirking a brow.
He shrugs. "Can't let the success go to your head, now can I?"
Midge laughs softly. "You making dinner?"
He picks up the food, and right on cue the paper holding the chicken splits, the meat landing on the ground with a wet slap. He chuckles a little self deprecatingly. "Well I was," he answers, raking his hand through his hair.
She stands, extending her hand. "Come on," she says.
He eyes her hand for a moment before taking it, rising to his feet. "Where are we going?"
"I'm making you dinner."
"You don't have to - "
"I want to," she interrupts. "I haven't seen you in a while, and..." She shrugs. "I miss you."
"We could just go out," he reasons as she tugs him along.
"I've already got a brisket cooking," she insists. "You haven't lived until you've tasted my brisket."
Lenny just smirks, reveling in her laughter when she catches his unspoken joke.
#midgelenny#midge x lenny#midgexlenny#tmmm fanfic#marvelous mrs. maisel fanfic#writing prompt#otp: more important than god#jackal fics#answers
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Y’all wanna know something that is sort of baffling to me about cars? How few manufacturers there actually are.
Take a moment to think about all the dealerships in your town, and how many brands there are. Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, Cadillac, Jeep, Dodge, BMW, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Fiat, Audi, Mazda, Kia, Hyundai, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Lexus, Chrysler, Mini, maybe if you’re feeling fancy Porsche, Jaguar, Alfa Romeo, Land Rover, Maserati. The list does indeed go on.
What if I told you that in that list, there are only 12 parent companies?
Reasonably speaking there are about 47 brands (or makes) of car currently being sold new in the US, with a handful of other brands that are discontinued and no longer being manufactured, and a few small electric vehicle brands that are standalone. For all of those, there are 17 parent companies.
Those parent companies are:
Hyundai Motor Company
Nissan (technically the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance)
Jaguar Land Rover
Honda Motor Company
Stellantis
Volkswagen Group
General Motors
BMW AG
Toyota Group
Ford Motor Company
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group
Mercedes-Benz AG
Karma Automotive
Tesla, Inc.
Aston Martin
McLaren Group
Ferrari
With one special shout-out to Amazon getting a stake in Rivian alongside Ford.
Ready to know just how interconnected this shit is? I’m going to put this breakdown under the cut because it’s going to get long and annoying. But interesting in my humble opinion. I’m going to put each make of vehicle listed with their parent company, and list the current models as well. Plus some commentary because I can’t help myself. Here we go
Hyundai Motor Company
Hyundai
Current models are the Venue, Kona, Tucson, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Palisade, Ioniq 5, Nexo, Accent, Elantra, Sonata, Ioniq 6, and Veloster.
Kia
Current models are the Soul, Seltos, Sportage, Sorento, Carnival MPV, Telluride, Niro, EV6, Rio, Forte, K5, and Stinger
Genesis
This entire make actually started as the Hyundai Genesis, a single model of vehicle, but is now its own thing. Because it’s a luxury brand, the names are kind of annoying, as you’ll see further down the list. Those current models are the G80, G70, G90, GV60, GV70, and GV80.
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Nissan
Nissan
Current models are the Kicks (formerly Juke), Rogue, Rogue Sport, Murano, Pathfinder, Armada, ARIYA, Versa, Sentra, Altima, LEAF, Maxima, Nissan Z, GT-R, Frontier, and Titan.
Mitsubishi
Current models are the Outlander, Eclipse, and Mirage.
Infiniti
Current models (and this is a luxury brand, so lots of numbers and leters) are the Q50, Q60, QX50, QX55, QX60, and QX80.
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Jaguar Land Rover
Honestly you’re never gonna guess this one
Jaguar
One of the luxury brands with fewer annoying names in my opinion. Current models are the F-Pace, E-Pace, I-Pace, F-Type, and XF.
Land Rover
Another luxury brand with slightly less annoying names. Current models are the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Velar, Range Rover Evoque, Discovery, Discovery Sport, and Defender.
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Honda Motor Company
Honda
Current models are the HR-V, CR-V, Pilot, Passport, Civic, Accord, Odyssey, Ridgeline, with the Prologue coming sometime in 2024.
Acura
Current models are the Integra, TLX, NSX Type S, RDX, MDX, NSX GT3 Evo22 which is a racing car, and the ZDX coming sometime in 2024.
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Stellantis
Alfa Romeo
Total of three whole models currently in production (kinda.) Currently available are the Stelvio and Giulia, both with Quadrifoglio packages, with the Tonale coming in the spring. Shoutout to the 4C and 4C spider because those are coupes and they’re nice although no longer actively being made
Chrysler
Current models are the Chrysler 300, Pacifica, with the 300C coming sometime next year. Shoutout to the Town & Country though.
Dodge
Current models are the Charger, Challenger, and Durango, but another special shoutout to the Grand Caravan.
Fiat
Don’t buy these. They, much like Jeeps, break all the time to the point there’s a joke that “Fiat” stands for “Fix it again, Tony.” Anyway, the only current model is the Fiat 500x, but you can still find the 124 Spider, 500, 500 Abarth, 500c, 500c Abarth, 500e, and 500L around.
Jeep
Also don’t buy these. They spend more time in the shop than on the road. Current models are the (Grand) Wagoneer (which is ugly as hell imo), Grand Cherokee, Wrangler, Compass, Gladiator, and Renegade.
Maserati
Common knowledge is these are also garbage cars, and you’re paying for the name. Current models are the Grecale, Levante, Ghibli, Quattroporte, and MC20.
Ram
Current models are the 1500, 2500, 3500, Chassis Cab, and ProMaster. These are all trucks, and while they used to be part of the Dodge lineup (which is why you’ll still see Dodge Rams around or hear people refer to them as such), they have become their own brand aimed mostly at professionals in construction and transportation.
Defunct: Plymouth, although it was only owned by Chrysler at the time it suspended operations. The history of who owns what in this particular line up of brands is really complicated.
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Volkswagen Group
Audi
One of the more annoying naming conventions, in line with other luxury brands of the same price range. Current models are the e-tron, e-tron Sportback, e-tron S, e-tron S Sportback, e-tron GT, RS e-tron GT, Q3, Q4 e-tron, Q4 Sportback e-tron, Q5, Q5 Sportback, SQ5, SQ5 Sportback, Q7, SQ7, Q8, SQ8, RS Q8, A3, S3, RS 3, A4, A4 allroad quattro, S4, A5 coupe, S5 coupe, RS 5 coupe, A5 Sportback, S5 Sportback, RS 5 Sportback, A5 Cabriolet, S5 Cabriolet, A6, S6, A6 allroad quattro, RS 6 Avant, A7, S7, RS 7, A8, S8, TT coupe, TTS coupe, TT Roadster, R8 coupe, and R8 Spyder.
Bentley
As with higher luxury brands, there aren’t a ton of models. Currently in production are the Bentayga, the Continental GT, and the Flying Spur.
Lamborghini
In line with the above, we only have three models. The Aventador, Huracan, and Urus. (Hot tip: the Urus, their only SUV, is on the same exact platform as the Audi Q7, Audi Q8, Bentley Bentayga, Porsche Cayenne, and Volkswagen Touareg. So, rather than spend $225,500 on a Urus, go and get yourself a Cayenne or Panamera witht he same engine in it for half the price, or if you’re after the interior and space, a Q7 or Q8 $60k, or a Touareg for something like $20k.)
Porsche
Porsche my beloved. I will never say a single bad thing about this brand. Other than the fact that sometimes their naming conventions, particularly for their coupes, cane get a little confusing. Nonetheless, current models include the 718, 911, Taycan (which is all electric, which surprised me, tbh), Panamara, Macan, and Cayenne. However, you start seeing the confusing naming conventions once you get into all the options. See, my mom drives a Boxter. But, do I have any idea if it’s a 718 or a 911? No. So, a further breakdown of the models:
718 models: Cayman, Boxter, Cayman Style Edition, Boxter Style Edition, Cayman T, Boxter T, Cayman S, Boxter S, Cayman GTS 4.0, Boxter GTS 4.0, Cayman GT4, Spyder, Cayman GT4 RS.
911 models: Carrera, Carrera T, Carrera Cabriolet, Carrera 4, Carrera 4 Cabriolet, Carrera S, Carrera S Cabriolet, Carrera 4S, Carrera 4S Cabriolet, Targa 4, Targa 4S, Carrera GTS, Carrera GTS Cabriolet, Carrera 4 GTS, Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet, Targe 4 GTS, 911 Edition 50 Years Porsche Design, Turbo, Turbo Cabriolet, Turbo S, Turbo S Cabriolet, GT3, GT3 with Touring Package, GT3 RS, Sport Classic
Taycan models: Taycan, 4 Cross Turismo, 4S, 4S Cross Turismo, GTS, GTS Sport Turismo, Turbo, Turbo Cross, Turbo S, Turbo S Cross
Panamera models: Panamera, Platinum Edition, 4, 4 Edition, 4 Executive, 4 Sport Turismo, 4S, 4S Executive, 4S Sport Turismo, 4 E-Hybrid, 4 E-Hybrid Platinum Edition, 4 E-Hybrid Executive, 4 E-Hybrid Sport Turismo, 4S E-Hybrid, 4S E-Hybrid Executive, 4S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo, GTS, GTS Sport Turismo, Turbo S, Turbo S Executive, Turbo S Sport Turismo, Turbo S E-Hybrid, Turbo S E-Hybrid Executive, Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo
Macan models: Macan, T, S, GTS
Cayenne models: Cayenne, Platinum Edition, Coupe, Coupe Platinum Edition, E-Hybrid, E-Hybrid Platinum Edition, E-Hybrid Coupe, E-Hybrid Coupe Platinum Edition, S, S Platinum Edition, S Coupe, S Coupe Platinum Edition, GTS, GTS Coupe, Turbo, Turbo Coupe, Turbo S E-Hybrid, Turbo S E-Hybrid Coupe, Turbo GT
Could these be condensed to trim packages? Probably. But they are all listed as individual models.
Volkswagen
Current models are the ID.4, Atlas, Tiguan, Taos, Jetta, Arteon, and Golf, with the ID. Buzz coming 2024 (return of the VW bus!). Special shoutout to the Beetle of course.
Bugatti
Ugh. So, this is stupid and complicated, but ultimately they only have two models, the Chiron and the W16 Mistral. The Veyron doesn’t count if memory serves. At the end of the day these are cars that cost between $2 and $20 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS so don’t even worry about it.
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General Motors
Buick
Current models are the Encore, Envision, and Enclave.
Cadillac
Current models are the XT4, XT5, XT6, Escalade, CT4, and CT5.
Chevrolet
Current models are the Trax, Trailblazer, Equinox, Blazer, Traverse, Tahoe, Suburban, Colorado, Silverado, Bolt, Spark, Malibu, Camaro, Corvette Stingray, and Corvette Z06. Shoutout to the Cruze, tho, I drive one of those
GMC
Current models are the Canyon, Sierra, Terrain, Acadia, Yukon, and the Hummer EV.
Defunct: Hummer (brought back as a model under GMC), Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saturn
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BMW AG
BMW
Also some annoying names. X1, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, iX, 2 Series, 3 Series, 4 Series, 5 Series, 7 Series, 8 Series, M3, M5, M8, i4, i7, M4, and Z4. Shoutout to the i3 though you stupid piece of shit golf cart
Mini
Current models are the Electic Hardtop, Hardtop 2 Door, Hardtop 4 Door, Countryman, Clubman, and Convertible.
Rolls-Royce
Because fancy, not a ton of models. Current models are the Spectre, Phantom, Phantom Extended, Cullinan, Ghost, Ghost Extended, and Black Badge.
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Lexus
Current models are the UX Hybrid, NX, RX, GX, LX, IS, ES, LS, RC, LC, with the RZ 450e coming sometime in the future.
Subaru
I’m like, triple into this brand despite not owning one. I’m a lesbian, I grew up in Lafayette where their factory is one of the biggest employers, and my grandpa actually retired from that factory. Anyway, current models are the Crosstrek, Forester, Outback, Ascent, Solterra, Impreza, Legacy, BRZ, and WRX. Shoutout to the short-lived Baja which they should bring back.
Toyota
Current models are the Crown, Prius, Corolla, Camry, Mirai, GR86, GR Supra, Sienna, Tacoma, Tundra, Sequoia, Highlander, Venza, C-HR, RAV4, Corolla Cross, 4Runner, and bZ4X.
Mazda
Current models are the MX-5 Miata, CX-30, CX-5, CX-50, CX-9, Mazda3, and if you’re in California, the MX-30 EV. Shoutout to the Mazda6, specifically model years 2009-2012, for the gas line spider problem.
Defunct: Scion, Suzuki
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Ford Motor Company
Lincoln
Current models are the Navigator, Aviator, Nautilus, and Corsair, though they have the Star and L100 concept cars listed as well.
Ford
Current models are the Ecosport, Escape, Bronco, Explorer, Edge, Mustang Mach-E, Expedition, Maverick, Ranger, F-150, Mustang, and a handful of commercial vehicles. Shoutout to the Ford Focus and Fiesta.
Rivian*
This is a brand spanking new brand that only technically is owned by Ford. They’re all-electric trucks. The R1T is a standard pickup, and the R1S is totally enclosed; think more like a Chevy Suburban.
Defunct: Mercury
*Shared ownership with Amazon
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Zhejiang Geely Holding Group
Lotus
This is a luxury/performance brand. The only models are the Eletre, Emira, and Evija.
Volvo
Current models are the C40 Recharge, XC40, XC60, XC90, S60, S90, V60, and V90.
Polestar
I did not know this brand existed until like, June of this year. They’re an electric lineup, and their models are the Polestar 1, Polestar 2, and Polestar 3. They only made 1500 Polestar 1s.
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Mercedes-Benz AG
Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, and Maybach
I don’t see the point in differentiating between these three. Current models are the GLA, GLB, GLC, EQB, GLE, GLS, EQS, G-Class, A-Class, C-Class, E-Class, S-Class, CLA, CLS, Mercedes-AMG GT, SL Roadster, and AMG One.
Defunct: smart
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Notable standalone makes, meaning they are their own company and don’t have a billion subsidiaries (looking at you, Stellantis)
Aston Martin - luxury brand
McLaren - sports car and racing brand
Ferrari (after briefly being part of Fiat/FCA before it was part of Stellantis) - sports car and racing brand
Karma - weird hybrid sports car that’s like, wildly heavy for what it is?? Cars weigh a lot but that’s a LOT for a sports car.
Tesla - you know.
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fiddleford and jazz for the ask game?
OK! Re Fiddleford - if you love Fiddleford, I'm sorry, because...
I don't.
First of all I spent the first 26 years of my life in West Virginia and Kentucky so when this was the "Appalachian" character in Gravity Falls in the first season, before we knew his history, I was completely fucking PISSED OFF about that. That's where "why do they look like that" comes from. Sure we have people that look like that but they're not the majority, and so does every other fucking place in the world.
Second of all, I still don't like him. I have a lot of sympathy for him with regard to having to put up with Bill but that's where it begins and where it ends. The rest of what we know of him is as follows:
He had some kind of relationship with Ford, quite likely romantic and certainly queer, but after they graduated he fucked off to the suburbs and got married to a woman who was taking care of him, because before big tech got big, in the 1970s, that's not what your house looked like if you were someone like him. People who aren't me don't all know how Earth worked in 1982 so I don't blame anyone who wasn’t even born then for thinking he'd already hit it rich on his own but no, someone had to be supporting him, and to those who say he got married and had Tate after he left Ford, I'm just going to say that Roe vs Wade was passed in 1973 and even if you were drunk enough to screw him after he gave himself brain damage, would you actually have a kid with him? Plus, who was paying for the house?
Second of all, he dumped her to go back to Ford and his kid hates him. In other words, he's a shitbag at handling his relationships. He was queer until graduation, married because it was the thing to do in the very early 70s I'm sure, almost certainly wasn't honest about his relationship with Ford, and abandoned his kid. He sent giant robots after his wife who divorced him, which he bloody well earned.
And then he started a conspiracy secret society to erase people's memories whether they wanted them erased or not.
I don't. like. Fiddleford. And I do NOT ship Fiddauthor. Honestly I always ship Ford with OCs because there's nobody in the canon but Jheselbraum who deserves him and (hahaha) Valiska Courinna, my OC, did most of the stuff that Jheselbraum did, in my RP and in my fic, before Journal 3 came out and I even knew about Jheselbraum's existence.
Sorry. I know some of my mutuals ship Fiddauthor really hard, so I usually keep my mouth shut about it as I believe that everyone has the right to ship what they want, but from a canonical perspective, I think both Fiddleford and this ship suck.
Jazz is cool, sexy, and funny. There's not enough of him anywhere. They should have spent more time on Jazz. Mirage is a bougie wannabe Jazz and not nearly as cool. I adore JazzWave as a sexy rivalry even though RavWave is my OTP (it's not like they're strictly monogamous LMAO) and if you've got far enough in Voice of Stanix to be past the point where Jazz shows up you probably already knew this. He is also very open and loving and I think he is almost certainly poly.
There are not a whole lot of Autobots I like all that much (compared to the number of Decepticons I fucking adore) but I love Jazz and I would bang the hell out of him if, you know, allowances could be made for size differential and the relative tolerances of flesh and metal. I feel like he would be really smooth and really good at it. He's just adorable and fun. And also an incredible special ops dude and good at assassination and sabotage but um, we all know that's what I like in a mech right?
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tagging myself on @morninglesss post.
10 first songs that come up in shuffle on my main playlist.
These aren't my today vibe, but it's certainly a kind of vibe.
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I don’t shoot a lot of color but when I do choose color it is for a reason. If color is a significant part of the visual story or identity then I will make use of that. Back and white is right for my work 95% of the time but there are times where the color is an important part of the subject really adds to the overall mood of the shot or the moment. El Mirage sunsets, great for color. Builds with color as a strong part of their identity, great for color. This car for example is one of the very first Rolling Bones hot rods built and the color and patina of the car along with the colors in this historic train station in Ely, Nevada brought something special to this shot–so color it is. . #rollingbones #nevada #rail #museum #hotrod #hotrodculture #perspective #color #racing #racingculture #carsofinstagram #nikon #nikonprofessional #hotrod #hotrodculture #train #motion #ely #portrait #575b #ford #scottphotoco www.ScottPhoto.co (not .com) ©2023 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (at Ely, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpQTlPrvSCB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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