A head unit swap is easy enough, though not something I want to have to do on a new vehicle, but the rest of the interior isn’t as easily fixed. Looks at this fucking steering wheel:

I like the exterior, the size and the new drivetrain interests me (especially if it improves fuel economy to something competitive) but that interior should’ve had a redesign ~10 years ago - I don’t think I could deal with it. It’d be welcome if they at least added CarPlay/Android auto but I doubt it.

It is not. It’s a completely new truck, unfortunately. 

The temptation to trade my WRX and 128i for an M2 was already strong but goddamn, that colour might be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. 

No.

They’re the standard wheels for sport package 128is in Canada, IIRC. I think 17s were standard for the package with these 18s being optional in the states.

Pretty good alternative. :P

Took me 6 months to find one in that spec that wasn’t black - if you get another chance, buy it.

CAR - $PLEASE CALL

E46 3 series, the original 1 series, early WRXs, FRS/BRZs will probably be in that converstion.

The much higher average speed of the Nordschleiffe is what will keep this car from touching the 919’s lap time. Electric motors are at their best in accelerating from a stop and run out of power at higher rpms. Sustained high speed limits that advantage.

The 2017 WRX has the same issue. 5th is by far the least used gear on mine, I almost always skip it changing up and down. I only ever use it if I’m cruising around ~80km/h, which is almost never.

It’s not all that special but I’m fond of this well used roundie 2002 I saw in Brooklyn Heights a couple of years ago:

I think It’s not so much the vacuum that would break a concrete piston as the connecting rod trying to pull/accelerate the piston downward, especially at higher rpms (anything >o, probably).

The compression, combustion and exhaust stroke all load the piston in compression but it wouldn’t like the intake stroke very much.

Yes, I own a ‘17 WRX and have been in and around plenty of BRZ/FRSs - a friend even turbocharged his. The front midship engine location is exactly why the WRX engine would work; there is plenty of room down low in front of the engine where the front mounted turbo would fit. The engine in the WRX doesn’t actually sit…

1. There’s plenty of room in front of the engine in the BRZ for the front mounted turbo of the WRX.

On a small displacement engine like this? LAAAAAG.

I had only floated gears once or twice and am too worried about the glass transmission in my WRX to practice it regularly so it was a bit of a struggle for me to learn in a semi.

They’re designed and built to take abuse, floating gears is just something the experienced trucker does for himself and the clutch.