These pay to play series with their fields full of “gentlemen drivers” (i.e. rich cunts with more money than talent) always make for some spectacular crashes.

The ‘04-’06 GTO is a bit of a sleeper in its own right, but the sedan version of the platform came to the US as the Cadillac Catera. No one would suspect the Catera.

Hmm, shouldn’t there be a fuse to pull to prevent airbags from going off?  Like, pull it before autocross/track and pop it back in before heading home.

They do fine at 8000 feet in Mexico City. Turbocharged engines lose way less power at altitude than NA

You act like the C7 and its variants (Z06, ZR1, Grand Sport) aren’t absolute monsters in stock form.

I won’t speak for those who’ve cut the cable, but as I sit here watching the race on Velocity I think the coverage has been perfectly fine. Not Earth-shatteringly brilliant, but FAR AND AWAY better than any other international motorsports coverage on American television.

Dude. Given the context, and in this situation around a mega race, the adjective sticks. It’s a good headline, and the team deserves some solid credit. Lighten up.

This is a luxury GT coupé, and as such I’m not terribly sorry it’s unavailable with a stick. What I am sad about is that it’s AWD only. It deserves a RWD option.

All business. No fluff.

lol, I mean I like it but lets not pretend. This is more 6 series coupe than it is E31.

Does the new one look better than the old one? I say, no.

See this is good rendering. That hot rod thing was embarrassing.

“The 8 Series Coupe will launch with two models, the M850i xDrive Coupe M Performance...”

Nice updated 6 Series that they can charge more money for.

I almost wish you wouldn’t publish articles on cars that aren’t available here in the US, or at least put a line at the top saying “YOU CAN’T HAVE THIS BUT ENJOY THE READ” or similar words to that effect. It’s such torture to see an article on a fast wagon, only to get all the way to the end to see it’s not coming…

That sounds...like quite a few people, actually. I’d buy it if I was in the market and closer.

My wife drives one of these. I am under no illusions that it is worth 30 grand. But since she wants to drive a manual SUV, we will probably never sell it so who cares? It is an awesome ride for a Jalop woman who needs to cart around two kids and a huge dog, and refuses to drive an automatic.

...or the track driving skills of the owner.

As someone who completely redesigned the suspension on his vintage motorcycle to improve geometry, comfort, safety, control, turn-in, and braking - the answer is that you bother because you want it better. Just like the choice to not only source an F40 V8 in place of the Dino V6, but also to ditch the turbos, change…

I don’t know if I’d call a $50k M car “eminently accessible to most people”.