16.  The Third Reich.

Chevrolet told them nothing. GM wanted nothing to do with GT3 racing. PWC decided the best opportunity for them at success was to get rid of their bespoke GT class and adopt GT3. Initially it seemed like a good idea. GM built the ATSV.R yo compete, but did not want to get involved in customer cars. Calloway then…

Dpi and LMDh is based of LMP2 so if you get rid of it you also get rid of Dpi and LMPdh.

You’re welcome. You still don’t get the point. If the FIA/ACO suddenly eliminated GTE and replaced it with GT3, it would not result in massive grid sizes. Manufacturer funded GT racing is expensive. Go listen to the midweek motorsports podcast from today, where they speak to Pascal Zurlinden, head of Porsche’s…

That may be true, but which privateers are still involved in GT3? Both Reiter programs are gone, the Emil Frey Jaguar project was axed, and the Maserati is also dead. The only one still going is Callaway. And word on the street is that only three or four manufacturers are making money off GT3, everyone else is either…

This topic seems to be way above your head.

Trigger Warning!

I can concede the 355 is better than the 348, but the 360 is by far the prettier car than the 430, which don’t get me wrong the 430 is a great design but the 360 just seems more honesty with its smoother front end, and the 458 is by FAR a prettier design than the 488. The 488's side-view looks awkward, the intakes on…

I did quite a bit of reading into these and I think that the failure rates were actually pretty low, it’s just that American’s aren’t used to automated manuals and want their transmissions to shift gears without them actually knowing it. Can anyone back this up?

Nissan: New Z!

It’s not my fault the auto industry has stripped me of my optimism.

I missed the part where it’s going to be an active lifestyle crossover with an available EV version.

...right onto Lovers lane...

You know, Japan lost WWII because they refused to ackowledge that the Zero was in need of power upgrades. It was a superior plane at the start of the war but by the end the Americans were shooting them down 20:1 with planes that had almost 3x the power so the Japanese responded by having pilots just kill themselves in…

Bingo, had the BRZ NEVER gotten a face-lift of any kind but they introduced the WRX turbo engine last year, they’d be selling 3x as many as when they first hit the market.  

This is a lot like toyota not selling the Supra with a manual. Your market is nostalgia seekers. What the fuck are you even doing Toyota?!

The world is tired of underpowered Japanese cars.

Potential BRZ buyers aren’t going to SUVs IMO. They’re going to a better performance value. WRX (in-house!), MX-5, GTI, Mustang, Charenger.. hell, even a Camaro!  There’s so many better options out there.  Damn.. what a time to be alive/a car enthusiast.

1. It costs too much for what you get. My GTI cost me $21k out the door and, I would argue, is a better car in nearly every way.

Everyone who was ever interested in a Toyobaru: