I'm aware of the package-only deals, however next to a equivalently priced WRX it is far less attractive. Avoiding the obligatory 'Mustang' bullshit retort, I am simply recognizing the average American buyer's mindset who would be in the market for this car.

2 Silver models, 1 Premium and 1 Limited, showed up at my local dealership. While ignoring the the salesman who was barfing facts at me I did my best to scrutinize the car the best I could sitting on the showroom floor.

Actually, members of the Big 3 bought much of the railways and made them obsolete. It had almost nothing to do with cost, and everything to do with who was in who's pocket.

$2,500 for a running 500 with posi? Seems like a no-brainer.

That's funny. All of a sudden I need a Tommi Makinen Evo 6..

Same. Give it about 20 years I suppose.

Southern NY. I picked mine up ('99 323i @ 133k) for $3150. Course, it had been side-swiped and there's a CEL on for emissions junk, but I've seen better shape examples for $4500. They're out there, just gotta look in the right places ;)

I'm sure the E30's weren't cheap to repair when they were nay 10 years old or so either. In the time frame this QOTD is referring to I'd consider these to be following the same trend.

The BMW 3-Series always has been and always will be. E46's can be had now for under $5k in decent shape.

Truth is, it's tough to allow for ultra-realistic physics in a game where the level of damage a car can visibly sustain is limited to the manufacturer license agreement. Apply that into a real-world game where all the cars need to be changed (not a small feat, especially over a library of some 700 cars) and that's…

Are you joking? Every single focus I see is a damn 1st gen 3-door.

If Jalops were an exclusive club they'd be the 'Car-Man Everything-Haters Club'

dang, didn't read into the comments to see someone else had found it. You can tell it's a chop in the article image just by looking at the door 'gaps' and the wheel centers.

Confirmed. It's actually a Hot Wheels car.

Great, now when the steel cage traveling 150mph loses it into the convoy an innocent pace car driver will be sandwiched into a jet-fueled bomb.

It sucks that bumper covers are flimsy, but the bumper beneath does its intended function. The purpose of the bumper cover, aside from pleasing aesthetics, is primarily for aerodynamics. The drag created by your beloved diving boards is, in fact, quite a large influence on fuel economy. Larger damped bumpers are also…

I believe I can speak for many of the Forza players out there when I ask, please add the GTA Turbo (or any of the other great versions) to a future DLC.

It seems to me that both batteries and hydrogen can trace their roots back to, most likely, a coal-burning power plant for electricity. Fossil Fuels win again. Why does nobody care about better emission filtration technology?

"Handling by Lotus"...I love that you found that one! My first car was an Isuzu Impulse, that badge was for the 'passive rear steering' (toe-out under load) geometry Lotus engineers were given credit for designing. Awesome.

When are we going to get one of these in Forza?