Fair. Definitely not a huge fan of that.

The comments here are pretty savage, and I do not condoning fraud.

I’m beginning to buy into the internet anger, actually. Simply because it’s such a weird thing to try and fake - like... you could give it a shot on a less windy day and maybe make it (and not endanger your drive). If they lied about this, it’s the definition of the old axiom that “the coverup is usually worse than…

A low-volume, expensive project car to save the company? Is this a Ralph Gilles burner account?

This is a front page article that was published roughly 50 minutes ago (as of when I’m writing this comment). I’m comment #11.

“A bunch”... what does that even mean? What’s the total value of these “restored” collector’s cars, a couple million? A new sports car is not going to save Nissan.

Look Canadians exist no matter how much that bothers you

Aren’t we all?

It’s cuter in 3/4 profile

Nah. People wouldn’t buy it and say it’s too expensive and heavy and the *real* supra is the MkIII. 

If your Sony car dies, does that make it a Walkman?

You do realize that many of those crises passed because people made a genuine effort to fix them, right? Y2K lead to significant changes in firmware and computing. The hole in the ozone layer lead to a comprehensive change in the refrigerants people used, resulting in a reduction of CFC emissions so drastic it…

You’re not making the point you think you’re making.

As James May put it, he is an apocalyptic dingleberry.

Yeeeaaah, I think the extremely high cost of cars nowadays, lengthy/horrible graduated licensing in some provinces/states and the highest insurance premiums ever might have a bit more to do with youth not being as car-loving as in the past.

Are y’all really not aware that these exaggerated design sketches are a totally normal thing? This isn’t something totally wacky that VW just started doing, every car concept starts as a sketch like this to showcase the design. 

Ignoring dealer markups? One reason would be if I’m buying a BMW (and you are) I want the BMW dealership experience. I don’t want to buy from Chad who sells Camrys at MSRP all day to geriatrics while offering me a beat Corolla loaner during a service visit.

The average internet automotive enthusiast doesn't buy new cars. 

“$50K for a model 86 King Size is considered “reasonable”—are you effing kidding me? Inline six, Karmann Ghia-ish lumpy styling, and can be easily mistaken for an 86 or BRZ.”

There’s nothing uncool about an LC500