In the early 80s they were talking about a 9sec 0-60 Corvette. 

A friend of mine drove me around car shopping yesterday in his Tesla Model 3. He said he would never buy a gas car for a commuter car again. But he also said he has no interest in taking it to the track. He wants to take his classic gas powered sports car instead.

Given his most recent interview that was in the news it sounds like he may be backpedaling on some of this. Maybe he's listening to some of the people telling him it's a bad idea.

I guess this is why SF is about to install speed cameras around the city.

The headline seems pretty unlikely considering Niantic is owned by Google's parent company Alphabet. I could see the data being used to improve indoor navigation in future versions of Google Maps though.

Perfect.

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.