Small point of pedantry; Campagnolo doesn’t make bikes. They make bike parts. Ridiculously over-engineered, phenomenally expensive bike parts. I once had a Campagnolo groupset on a road bike in the early ‘90s. Nothing I have used since has been as smooth or as lovely to shift.
It is obvious what will prevail here on Jalopnik... Infotainment systems... Far too complex for simple controls... Want to change interior temp? This requires 37 clicks in 12 different menus... Want to change the radio station? 18 clicks through 7 menus... Want to turn off the seat heaters? GFL...
New here? They do these “poll the readers” questions pretty often. This site is a business and to stay IN business they need to drive clicks. While the writers work on “real” articles, it’s easy for them to foster a bit of genuine engagement with articles like this. The time it took to set this up has no real impact…
It’s always the answer: the NA Miata. Not the most recent example - but they nailed the look, feel and sound of the Lotus Elan. My understanding is that the Mazda engineers benchmarked a specific Elan and then designed a new car from the ground up to be the ‘new Elan’ - right down to ensure that the exhaust note was…
DB7 laid down the vibe, DB9 perfected it.