And that’s different from every S-class in the last twenty years?

There doesn’t have to be ‘danger’, but ‘too easy’ is a real problem. Racing games have an inherent problem of ‘races are too short’. 30 minutes plus is too long for an arcade game, but needing to pass ten cars in a five minute race means that for the game to work, the AI can’t actually be competitive with you.

Neither of those are major problems with the later rotaries. Oil burning is by design, not a defect. Prior to the 12A in the first RX-7, apex seals were the weak point. First and second gen RX-7s were very reliable. Third gen cars were terribly unreliable.

Personally I think the hybrid aspect pushes it a lot further into the ‘impossible to service’ category than many of it’s competitors. Twice the engines is twice the complexity.

Every time I see a review of a Mazda I’m more and more interested in the theoretical RWD inline-6 Mazda6 that’s probably never coming.

Remove that horrid screen and I otherwise love this layout.  At least for me, I almost never use any of the center console buttons, but they need to be there, may as well put them where they take up the least space.

Mitsubishi used the same setup in the Eclipse for a while, it’s nice to have a clean looking wheel while still having easy access to volume.

Why did you not simply run an ethernet cable across the yard? Or better yet, just extend the coax cable coming into the house? (Coax is happier with much longer runs than ethernet is).

Scary thought: RWD, Manual, Sedan, Not a four cylinder, still under warranty.

The idea is that a car that is easy to drift is well balanced, which will show through to your normal-to-spirited driving in the real world, at least to some extent.

I see prices going way up and production going down to 999 cars a year. Nobody wants an electric Ferrari, if you want raw performance and not much else, you can already get that from cars much cheaper than a Ferrari.

Or take the next logical step and put the rotary in the best possible car for it: the next Miata.

Even in this case, the answer is Miata.  Buy a Miata, and you will learn to pack light.

I have to completely disagree on the Renesis. There’s almost nothing I’d rather have in a second car.

Kind of backward, but a ‘79 RX-7 with ~100HP. It was so much more fun in the real world than heavier more modern cars with significantly more power.

Could be the basis for a really cool project if the price is low enough. Basically a kit car that’s harder to attach stuff to.

I really like this idea, but I’m skeptical that it will actually do them any good.

Boring cars are getting better, interesting cars are getting worse.

Depends what you buy.  I suspect sportscars will start an upward trend while crossovers and SUVs plummet.

You’re not talking about the same thing I am.