Things what move. Usually involving wheels and/or engines, but not necessarily.
The means of propulsion, if you like.
Spacecraft, rockets and so on launch in the Space thread, though.
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I mean, it’s not like it’s a British carmaker at this point, though.
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Vroooom. Vrooom, I say.
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So, 2026. Realistically, that’s around the time the new James Bond flick will be out. Bets on what 007’s ride will be. I smell a Jaguar ad disguised as a trailer! 
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Just hipped a V car-oriented friend to these!
…and I’m ashamed to say, I think haven’t yet hipped him to this:
Got hip myself back in the late nineties - early oughties.
My friend, Up North in Michigan (by th’ tip o’ the Lower Peninsula), and his
1966 Satellite (mind yr volume!)
Bonus:
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I spent too much time yesterday looking up 50cc bikes I lusted after as a callow youth, top of the tree was this delight (note dual rear sprocket for off/on road use)
But if only I was born 2 decades later, a 916 styled moped – these Italians are crazy.
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I like that the (probably Italian) translator didn’t realize that due tempi is translated as two stroke (tempi means times).
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The WWII heritage is interesting, basically the Flying Flea (aka Royal Enfield Baby) was a reverse engineering of a DKW RT100 sent by the Dutch to UK in 1938.
Rather like the DKW RT125, which became the reparation BSA Bantam postwar.
See also the defection of Ernst Degner, with Walter Kaaden’s expansion chamber information, now available as a graphic novel.
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Interesting. I didn’t know about the prewar reverse engineering, only about the various postwar reparation models based on the RT 125.
(That there was great interest in Britain, Poland and the Soviet Union in a small, robust motorcycle I can see, but the Harley-Davidson version always puzzled me.)
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The bodywork (and regulations to keep riders in one piece) meant that it wasn’t that fast. But 50ccs could be very fast (and sound like a demented sewing machine invaded by wasps).
And from this to something totally different
Rotary engines. This one coincidentally related to the Kreidler.
Yes, I am trying to ignore the news by diving deep.
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This Funny Citroën Sticker Advertises How Much Faster A Slow-Ass Hatchback Is Than You Running In Nikes, At Least
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Cybertruck Early-Adopter Dude: “This is bound to go up in price! Smart investment!”
The Horrible Reality
Cybertruck Early-Adopter Dude: “Time to cash in! I’m a genius!”
Imbeciles
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Eh, just don’t let it get wet or charge it after midnight and you’ll be fine.
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