It’s certainly not attractive but I can’t see how anyone thinks it looks like an Allegro even in big grille Vanden Plas trim.

Interesting idea but how does it work in practice when you have Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault and Mclaren who are build road cars and presumably have wind tunnels (or in Mclaren’s case maybe access too) for that purpose that could also be used by the F1 teams?

Owned one of these about 10 years ago. Not the sports car it’s looks and size might suggest, not helped by the 3.2 having a slightly higher ride height than the 4 cylinder turbo cars so that they could get fit the taller six cylinder engine in. Treat it as a mini GT car though and it is a surprisingly good long…

The MSRP on the Toyota Supra 3.0 premium is $9,000 less the base MSRP of the Z4 M40i, but here in the UK the BMW starts is £2,000 less than the Supra.

It’s a ND for me personally but for someone with time to spare and whose has the skills to put this right themselves (both of which I lack) this could be a good project.

Hope - It’s a Bugatti entry into the new Le Mans hypercar class.

I think the styling has aged surprisingly well. I remember when my Grand father had one (as a nearly new car) after years of driving Fords we all thought it was a really odd looking thing.

The Capri Mk 1 is a little more confusing than even that. It comes from the time when Ford suddenly realised that having Ford in the UK and Ford in Germany making separate ranges of otherwise very similar cars was prehaps not the best long term plan.

They don’t have tyres, use solid wheels https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31845234

Was about to say the same thing, something like this

It will be Lorenzo, I would think. He was already promised a wildcard ride this year in his contract before COVID 19. He’s also the only rider to win at Aragon on a Yamaha, and it will add another big story line to a very unpredictable MotoGP season. Even bigger headlines if Marc Marquez makes his comeback next…

The Renault 11 was considered a terrible car (except for the turbo version) when new and I don’t think there is a single case of a Federalised version of a European 70/80's car being better than the original. It has curiousity value but probably only for a very small number of fans of the cars from the AMC/ Renault…

Wrote this a few years ago so it doesn’t cover the latest models https://drivetribe.com/p/ferrari-names-and-numbers-explained-R-qFHlb5QRGZzAXiOxw48A?iid=aZud_oltSw2D4_Trg-fSkQ

Considering an A45S AMG is £50k ($64k) in the UK, I would have thought the strategy of selling cheap cars ar high prices must be quite profitable?

Looks like it’s at the low end of the Esprit price range, and while not a perfect car by any means it is NP enough to go and inspect at least.

Autocar are reporting a new chassis and the 252 bhp 2.4 litre engine. This close to a launch they tend to be correct in their assumptions https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-2021-subaru-brz-confirmed-autumn-unveiling

This is the sort of car you want a friend who is willing to loan it to you whenever you want and has a big budget to keep it running to own. I’m going very marginal nice price but needs a little money off at least to get the wheels refinished.

No mention of the gearbox? IIRC (and this is from reading an article on a similar conversion years ago) the 996 has it’s engine mounted the other way around to the Boxster which means you cannot use the 996 gearbox. If you can even make the Boxster gearbox work with the 996 engine you will still be left with an odd…

While it produced good power it was heavier than other aero engines of the time and the installation resulted in more drag. Add to the fact that Porsche no longer support the engine so you may have a hell of a job getting an airworthiness certificate. ND