No manual in the 2 series? I'd definitely go with the Civic.

When I first looked at the picture at the top of the article I thought it was a car’s front fender sitting against a wall. Maybe one of those Hyundai EV crossover's fenders.

My guess is he sees it as a replacement primarily for one person to get to work rather than own/drive a car. So it doesn’t need to carry more than 1-2 people or any significant amount of luggage. This probably makes for a more fuel efficient vehicle.

It’s also 40 more than the naturally aspirated V6 put out.

Autocrossers.

The downside of turbos.

As someone who owned a few they suffered greatly from GM 80s build quality, but they were fun entry level MR cars.

The fix is simple... Laguna pipes.

We’re still waiting for that 3-door hatch...

My 91 NSX that I bought when I lived in Florida has something like that too. Burned my arm a few times getting in the car until I learned not to put my arm on the armrest until it had cooled off.

That’s not exactly the same, you're not going to accidentally turn on the hazards instead of locking the car.

Rear steering is not innovative, many cars have had it going back to purely mechanical systems in the 80s.

They’ve always been powered by the J-series V6. They’ve been making over 250hp for nearly 20 years. Back when I used to read actual magazines I recall C&D called it the minivan for “NASCAR dads”.

Yes, what they’re really comparing here is a launch vs regular acceleration. Not really anything to do with responsiveness. Its more of a low speed passing power test.

Who wants to bet this AWD system is the same one that went into the 2nd Gen Caravan (91+), which was also K-car derived like the Daytona.

Who wants to bet this AWD system is the same one that went into the 2nd Gen Caravan (91+), which was also K-car derived like the Daytona.

NARRATOR: Their trucks were not cool.

I had a plastic bag get stuck to the front of my radiator and the car started running hot. Didn’t take me long to put two and two together.

To some extent being more visible attracts tickets, and it’s not all about appearances. On multiple occasions I’ve driven by a police car parked by the side of the road going a bit too fast in my (Japanese) bright red sports car...with a very quiet OEM exhaust. I think that because they can’t hear me, they assume I'm…

Yep. Your list of enthusiast cars is spot on. If this question was asked 10 years ago the NSX wouldn’t have been in the article, it would have been another forgotten car..