I'd go for a Mazdaspeed MX-5 myself. Stock it was quite quick without sacrificing the Miata character. Turn up the boost a bit and she'd be a real backroad missile.

I'm guessing that's a Lancia Thema 8.32 engine based on the dual plane crankshaft. Fantastic.

And statistically, 100% of people killed driving a car were car drivers. We should ban those deathtraps, the stats don't lie.

Two words - Intermediate Shaft. For that reason Honda all the way, and I don't even like the S2000.

Malcolm Bricklin. Borderline fraudster who introduced Subaru to North America, tried to build a "Safety" sports car in New Brunswick, imported the Yugo, and is now supposedly working on an improbably promising green car project, after having failed to secure a deal with Chery to produce cheap cars for the North…

100 ft paintjob by the looks of it.

So it will tarnish within minutes of being exposed to the atmosphere outside of a humidity controlled garage. I work in the jewellery biz. I hate silver. Ducati used to put limited edition serial number badges on their bikes made out of some silver/pot metal crap that would oxidize within no time and end up looking…

I was always partial to the Plus 8 myself. That's about the only car that made proper use of the Rover/Buick motor, in my opinion. That and the Disco I/II, in terms of utility instead of performance (or any semblance of fuel "economy").

Agreed. That is completely underwhelming for me. Give me basso profundo or a shrieking bark, not some mediocre farty drone.

I blame governments (state, provincial and federal), insurance companies, and municipalities as much as our culture of Greenwashing. It's becoming prohibitively expensive to get a license, then register and insure a vehicle that is already exorbitantly priced. Buying power is way down compared to yesteryear and we…

Really? Round here you generally get treated like crap by the dealers, who seem to have nothing but disdain for taking your money. Ferrari has one of the worst reputations for customer service.

Two wheels bad, I know... But considering I haven't owned a car in years but have had plenty of bikes, I'll share what I'm familiar with.

It's not even a good Martini livery copy. It looks like a Chinese knockoff of a Lancia they saw in a magazine article.

There are ominous rumblings on the horizon round these parts (Quebec) about mandator California-style annual emissions inspections on any vehicle that is over 8 years old. That right there will destroy the market for inexpensive used cars, because nobody will pay to keep them emissions compliant. Why? because here in…

Cold weather on the East Coast? 15F is cold? Y'all are so cute. About two weeks ago in Montreal we had a genuine -27C (that's -16.6 F). Plus wind chill, which put it to "feels like -38C/-36F". I'd like to see how ANY electric car fares in this weather, and how much HVAC heat it can output without draining the…

Personally I'm too detail oriented to ever put up with the irony-laced cheesy work. However I love what he has created. A franken-sleeper that pisses off every purist, in every possible way. Not just in the way it looks - it has a Furd motor (why not a SBC like EVERYONE ELSE?), it's an RX7 with a V8 (you would ditch…

"The ship wherein Theseus and the youth of Athens returned had thirty oars, and was preserved by the Athenians down even to the time of Demetrius Phalereus, for they took away the old planks as they decayed, putting in new and stronger timber in their place, insomuch that this ship became a standing example among the…

Sounds a lot like a 458 Challenge car, actually. They sound magnificent, but you'd think the extra cylinders would make it a little more distinctive.

Once they give it to you it's yours. You are free to do whatever you please with it. If I was a racer who snagged the win, I can tell you I'd happily unload some stupid, run of the mill Rolex for 20-30 000$ and use that money to supplement my prize purse. Or go buy a better watch. We in the industry call Rollies the…

Nope, in fact they come up at auction regularly for a huge premium. This one was from 2007 and was auctioned in December 2012 but failed to sell. http://catalog.antiquorum.com/catalog.html?action=load&lotid=245&auctionid=268