The same reason they had to go with an “endurance grade” small block V8 for the Diplomat 5.4 Coupé. The engines weren’t lasting high speed autobahn blasts.

It was the Omega A that was the basis for those Holdens, but anyway I’m nitpicking.

Just put chicanes in all highways... et voilà driving dynamics suddenly matter. 😁

I think they mean good design in a pleasant subjective manner.

I was more surprised that a car with almost twice the power can get the same mileage as mine.

Alfa Romeo. And perhaps Jaguar.

The Z4M Coupé is perhaps the car I have enjoyed the most driving in my life.

Those times are gone forever.

Hot take: all M cars after the last normally aspirated M3/4 & M5/6 are irrelevant.

Ah yes, it sort of is a cut price A5 Sportback.

Let’s hope so.

I understand the fun to drive on country road on a nice summer’s evening (hence the earlier Mazda comment, to which I agree). But performance, fuel economy, day to day usage, interiors and confort are better.

I drive a 175bhp (and 258ft-lb) front wheel drive hatchback and I can tell you that at low speeds spinning the tyres is easy and the car tends to eat the fronts...

How many a year?

I already liked the 508 saloon, but if they release a 508 Coupé I’ll have to start saving up.

Nope, it is a clear hommage to the 504 Coupé.

This is a good question. 300bhp is too much for the front wheels to handle.

I am going to ask a rhetorical question: who the hell drives 150,000 miles in the same car without getting bored?

I thought that the 8C was the car that was used to reintroduce Alfa Romeo to the US.

I still prefer the 8C, especially in Spider form. I think that it is one of the best looking contemporary cars. Also one of the few cars that looks better as an open top than as a hardtop.