I'm substantially more concerned with the nature, character, and direction of your spotify feed than I am Jalopnik. Seriously, man, nobody should listen to that much Foxygen. You also need more Dirty Projectors in your life. Their new album is delicious.

I almost am tempted to take up the responsibility of playing the straight man so that this keeps going for another 10-15 comments. Bravo, sir, immaculate work.

I was actually referring more to donks, bubbles, the VIP scene, and pimped out SUVs, but you're right, a lot of sucky aftermarket stuff is bleeding over into the OEM—my go-to example is blacked out wheels. Sometimes it looks awesome, but that's the exception, not the rule IMO.

let's hope they're smart enough to make the same switch on the 'vette before it hits production.

Ah, well, I feel like that's a completely different question. Based on the number of cars with huuuuuuuuge wheels and stock brakes on the streets these days (oftentimes stock 80's era brakes) and the number of front wheel drive cars with rear wings, "does this modification make any gat damn sense at all?" is pretty…

Maybe he does? It's only shown in one picture in the article. I dunno, I haven't seen the car since I ran against Mr. V a few years ago, and it was a very different creature then.

I'll agree, no doubt. And I'm sure he would as well, since he's never been shy about drawing inspiration from other scenes (as evinced by his Celica). I just think if Rauh-Welt Porsches get credit for being unique even though they are a clear adaptation of a design language normally associated with japanes tuners, Mr.…

It's funny because your first example (the celica) is also his car.

1) He tracks the car, shit happens, better to be prepared for it than wrecking 1000s of dollars of custom parts.

that conversation is actually one of two banned topics on pro-touring.com, right there with "what is pro-touring?", because both have no correct answer.

I've hung out with Mr. V personally (we both were running at the same autocross, the peach state muscle car challenge) and I do feel bad for him.

The 550 cannot win because even while it was being made Ferrari was making a more visually boring-ass supercar.

I'd even go so far as to say this is substantially more attractive than the V12's rear.

I understand what you're saying, I really do, and I even agree with it in principal. But my counterpoint is, historical evidence has shown that bright green paint, silly graphics, a chintzy body kit, and a bigass wing do not translate into landslide sales figures with the target market. Exhibit a:

"What we really feel that the C7 promotional package needs is a way to make the new design seem like a clean break from traditional corvette and appeal to an entire new market segment filled with discerning, hard-to-win customers. Any ideas?"

you know, in retrospect, posting the troll face with this ended up being frighteningly accurate.

you nailed it. wow. that's one of the most well-executed custom jobs I've ever seen. That should be factory.

The saddest part of this story was when a successful WTCC driver was forced to drive a 5th gen Camaro in England.

hahaha, you fucking KNOW they do!

at 16k I'd probably be on the way to pick this up right now and touching myself the whole way with joy. At 26k I can only justify the touching myself. CP.