They are not. 5-lugs are an option, but are not zero cost. You actually have to get 5-lug wheels if you want silver wheels as well.

Think of the person who buys a new Dodge Avenger. Where does your head have to be at to convince yourself that buying one would be a good idea?

It’s interesting that for a long time (70s, 80s, early 90s) that many luxury vehicles were understated. They were intended to be under the radar. Lamborghini’s bombasticness aside, they were pretty and elegant.

Concrete done cheap.

Porsche’s in general usually “settle down” around owner 3 or 4 for 911s, and possibly even longer down the chain for the mid-engine cars.

It’s also because though something was fun before, it can’t still be fun now.

But.... They have a fast car! For no reason and they’ll never use it!....

This is correct, and I’ve also compared the Toyobaru to the Silvia.

This is because everyone deserves the power of a Ferrari F12.

>The competition in the small sports car market is thick right now and I can’t help but feel like the 370z is falling behind.

Ads like this are exactly why people frown on car enthusiasts. It’s why we get told we’re “being immature” and need to buy something “grown up” and act our age.

An early 80s Pontiac 1000 (rebadged Chevette) took more than 22 seconds to do the 1/4-mile at 59 mph. Yet just to go from 59mph to 60mph took more than another 7 seconds, for a 0-60 of 30 seconds.

LOL, megabits!

As many as 1.6 million drivers in California...

That might be an OSHA violation. Serious risk of brain injury. (I kid! I kid!)

This.

I give it five years before everything has Drift Mode. 4-cylinder Camry? Drift Mode. Honda CR-V? Drift Mode. GMC Yukon Denali? Drift Mode.

Had a DSM at one point, but after dealing with so many cars and all the different ways they can be called (which varies with brand — some are generation, some are always chassis code, some are engine code, some are revision, some are mark), the reality is that NG is shortest to type.

Maybe Jalopnik could launch a crowdfunding campaign. All the Jalops pitch in to buy it. Then the Jalopnik staff create a video series in which they slowly torture and destroy it... ending with running it over with a lifted PT Cruiser.

Scary thing is, that’ll likely sell for at or close to that price.