Ok, you want the truth? I’ve been awake long enough to see double, after watching what I can only describe as the mother of all going-away parties went down in a location that is at least 50% on fire right now. I smell like the wrong end of a meat smoker and have a newfound hatred for electronic gadgets, yet my heart is full to see a dragstrip so full that parking stretched out for over a mile on the frontage road outside of the strip, plus normal parking, plus those who just parked in the dirt. So, with that, here’s some of the more eyebrow-raising news from this week in the world of everything gearhead that didn’t involve Elon Musk taking the most awkward drag ever from a blunt. Enjoy!

1. All good things must endFour turbochargers feeding sixteen cylinders in a pattern that is roughly derived from Volkswagen’s VR6 engine…you can’t knock it, the Bugatti W-16 has been a beast of a mill from the word go and has more than proven itself as an engine for the ages. But according to statements made by Bugatti CEO Stephan Winkelmann, it appears that the company is starting to look at a new option for the next generation of engines. We aren’t surprised, given the wave of hybridization sweeping through, but we do feel like we’re seeing a legacy move into the history books here. Who else would go this far down the road?

2. Of course they want protection from legal issues…There is no shock that Volkswagen is looking at ways to mitigate the levels of liability that could be associated with autonomous vehicles. We’re pretty sure that any legal team left standing is screaming those words at them in any known language. The goal is to set up a standard for sensors, software, and other key components that would be standard across the board, so that the manufacturer can fall back on, “Well, it meets industry standards, so…”

Good luck finding protection for whatever that autonomous brick-thing is. Just don’t work on standards that require all autonomous pods to look like a Japanese robo-pug that’s in the middle of a complicated shit, ok?

3. Pop goes the airbags!Chevrolet “Z-xx” acronyms convey meanings. Z/28 means that Camaro is destined to thrill, excite and maybe scare you a little. Z-71 meant that the nearest muddy field called. ZR2 is supposed to be the badass off-roader small truck, as it’s been since the 1994 Chevrolet S-10, but apparently the new Colorado has a small issue that maybe, possibly might fire off the curtain airbags because it thinks that being off-camber at three miles an hour in low-range equals an imminent rollover. Read more about this particular incident HERE.

4. That’s a “noooope!” from BMWAnother one bites the dust. BMW is canning diesel sales for the U.S. market, focusing instead on plug-in hybrids and performance cars. That is, if the market doesn’t beg for them to come back. Moving on…

5. She thinks the truck next to my tractor’s sexy…Meet the 2018 Ram Harvest Edition. Available on 3500, 4500 and 5500 chassis cabs in four colors (black, white, Case IH red and New Holland Blue), the trucks are supposed to appeal to farmers who want their truck to match the tractor…or something close to that. The Harvest Editions are kitted out nicely, a good mix of useful hard bits like tow hooks, skid plates and fog lights with some luxuries like a reverse camera, 8.4″ Uconnect screen and 4G LTE wi-fi hotspot capability. You can have your Harvest Edition in two or four door variety and of course, it was unveiled in the middle of Nebraska for “Husker Harvest Days”.