The biggest competitor to buying a new GTR, imo, is the fact that there are 15+ years of used GTRs out there giving the majority of the experience for far far less money.

Throttle House summed it up well - put a new infotainment unit in the old one, and save $100k for a very similar drive.

Love an anti-lag crackle coming from a car going at full chat on a race course.

There’s absolutely no reason a car on the street should be making a noise like that.

Half the population is below *median* intelligence. One must be precise in their derision of the general populace

Thanks for doing the actual math - you’re totally correct. That’ll teach me to actually believe numbers in an article

This really shows how much some of the ‘creative’ lines Scott Speed took in the Subie helped. The only way you can average a slower speed and still do a faster time is if you drive less distance.

Nothing against Scott or the airslayer, they used the tools they had available, just a cool data point.

Well, at least them being removeable means that round aftermarket ones should be easy to create and install

This just in: part of what kitchen stainless steel cleaner does is remove minor surface rust from (low quality) stainless steel.

Looks great. I don’t see how they’re going to be able to deliver a low enough weight to be as dynamic as they want, at a reasonable cost, and with enough range for the North American market in a full EV though.

The A110 is mostly noteworthy and special because of how light it is for a modern sports car

I liked the idea of the Mad Max game. In practice I found the driving fun but wished there were substantially less time spent out of the car because the melee combat was pretty generic. Never actually finished it.

I think the BMW M3 GTR from NFS: Most Wanted (the first one) is probably the one that holds the most nostalgia for me as far as ‘hero’ cars go

It’s all the exact same arguments against banning specific firearms. Criminals were already criminals and don’t care, the objects being banned aren’t the ones being used in the crimes, the government doesn’t understand the capabilities of what they are banning, etc etc.

The premise was to use an MX-5 cup car. They already have:

The vast majority of all-seasons are M+S rated, it’s a trivial rating to get for a typical ‘true all-season’ pattern. The laws in Quebec, BC, etc basically only disallow full summer tires. (And really ought to be updated to requiring 3PMSF).

The 3-peak mountain snowflake rating (3PMSF) is a substantially better…

A ‘74 Spitfire also uses your knees as crumple zones. It’s a massive feat of engineering that they were able to make a car so small and light with current safety standards. The original Mini also had incredible room inside for its size because it had zero safety whatsoever, that’s not a car that is possible to make…

Becomes more prophetic every day...

No ability to lock the diffs + extremely rigid air suspension when raised to full height means no traction. Shouldn’t be a surprise for anyone except Tesla’s marketing department.

I had an old CM450E with that gauge! Always thought that was a genius move, no real need for a tach

In terms of practicality, honestly probably the mid 2000s VAG clusters. For me specifically the B7 RS4. Perfect combination of nice clear analog gauges for the important things, and a digital screen in the middle for everything else.

Sure, except:
- It doesn’t actually have SH-AWD in the rear differential like any of the other cars, it’s only the front electric motors that do torque vectoring
- It’s a bit of a stretch to call a $150,000+ vehicle a ‘sports car’

I’ve always found the way Honda/Acura presents SH-AWD to be a weird business proposition. They’ve got an AWD system with a very cool rear differential capable of doing proper torque vectoring like an old Evo or a Focus RS....and they put it in crossovers and sedans where nobody will really appreciate it and they…