but is said to have over 500 horsepower.

Hot Take: I appreciate their performance numbers but I never liked the appearance of those Superbirds. The nonfunctional wing and the cheap nose cap looks like it would fall off going over a speedbump.

The Lotus Carlton.... Started out as a lowly Vauxhall Carlton or Opal Omega. A car that can do 280 Km/h, 377 hp, 419 lb-ft, from 3.6 L I6... all in 1990

And they still look a lot like this. Style. THIS is it. 

Impossible to narrow it down to just one.

Dodge Lil Red Express. One of the few (if not only) factory vehicles to come with semi-truck exhaust stacks!

The W34 Toronado GT Package of 1970 reinforced how effectively the outgoing design could deftly meld muscle car power and styling cues with plush surroundings. For just $47.39, the W34 included a 400-hp 455 with a more aggressive camshaft and bigger intake valves than the standard 375-hp 455, and its dual exhaust…

Keeping with my theme, the ‘69 Charger Daytona:

Pontiac GTO

Yeah, Radwood here I come! Completely irrational NP and I know it. I once belonged to the Yahoo Groups A Body club - lol. To be honest, there are a couple more versions I’d rather have than this one but neither had the 3.8.

Absolutely the First Gen Viper. The Epitome of a factory “Hot Rod”

These numbers would make it the most powerful production Honda ever made...

We have the convertible, although I don’t see that adds any length vs the coupe. (There has never been a 1 Series hatchback in the US.) And the 1 Series isn’t avail in the US at all anymore (hence the terms ‘fairly modern’ and ‘relatively close’).

there are few cars that 70's pedestrians didn’t absolutely ruin in the US.

The original RS4 is more hot hatch than Avant.

CARB requires a PHEV to have a minimum of 12 miles battery-only range currently.... i believe that is due to change in 2026

Nevermind how you feel about the subject - what an utter shite method of presenting the topic. 

That’s exactly right: You get the massive power to crush other cars, and ample performance and sensation. You get the prestige and the ego-stroke when people see the Aston and go nuts. But you also get a car that your family doesn’t hate you for owning, one they can actually fit in and be comfortable on a date or a…

I think it also needs to be clarified that according to CARB, Plug-In Hybrids are considered zero emissions vehicles as well..... PHEV will still be sold as new in 2035.

Hyundai Veloster N. I admittedly, WAS(not any more) a badge snob and had wrote modern Hyundai off as the same company from the 90s. I wanted the FK8 CTR but I was not willing to pay markup or participate in bidding wars. The VN was actually last on my list. I looked at the Golf GTI/R, but they were just too subdued…