You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by Crush

I heard they are no longer working with Rivian? Bummer as that is a local company with a promising platform.

Sorry - I believe this is what you were referring to:

Rivian Won't Make Lincoln Electric SUV

But one casualty of the need to cut costs and prioritize is the news that Ford is no longer partnering with Rivian to make an electric SUV for Lincoln. The Lincoln EV will continue development but it will use Ford's own electric vehicle architecture instead of the Rivian skateboard platform.

Ford had invested more than half a million dollars in Rivian and was full of praise for the electric carmaker's engineering, and also planned to contract the manufacturing of the Lincoln crossover to Rivian to be built at its plant in Normal, Illinois. Lincoln says it continues to partner with Rivian and will work on an alternative vehicle based on Rivian's skateboard platform sometime in the future.

Ford does not have a timeframe for making the electric Lincoln crossover itself. It posts that, "We continue to review and adjust our business and product plans—as all prudent businesses do. As we moved through the development cycle, we determined that it would be better to pivot from the Rivian skateboard platform and focus our development efforts on Lincoln's own fully electric vehicle."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...cid=spartandhp

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The Chevrolet Camaro SS U-2 Spy Plane Chase Car

The U2 Spy Plane is THE hardest plane to land due to only having 2 inline landing wheel assemblies. The driver of the Camaro is talking directly to the pilot once he reaches 50 feet from the runway chasing the plane at wide open throttle, one hand on the wheel and the other holding the mike while guiding him the last 10 feet until touchdown.

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Hailstone the size of a football in Argentina may have smashed a world record

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Aldi Has Brought Back Dill Pickle Popcorn to Shelves, and Each Bag Is Less Than $2

[Canuck]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

The Chevrolet Camaro SS U-2 Spy Plane Chase Car

The U2 Spy Plane is THE hardest plane to land due to only having 2 inline landing wheel assemblies. The driver of the Camaro is talking directly to the pilot once he reaches 50 feet from the runway chasing the plane at wide open throttle, one hand on the wheel and the other holding the mike while guiding him the last 10 feet until touchdown.

I recall Jay Leno doing a spot on this about 2-4 years ago. They used a Charger Police pursuit version at the time.

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Tallahassee Automotive Museum - Florida