I’m in. I’ll buy one (turbo, 6 speed manual, thank you) - as soon as Honda puts normal audio controls in it and gets rid of the ridiculous ‘screen slider’ volume controls.

PhoenixNFA, I’m totally with you! I also have a 2015 Mustang GT. If Ford offered the 3-door Fiesta ST in the US, I’d buy two - one for me as a second car, and one for my wife.

It’s no thing of beauty, but at least it’s interesting, has character, and looks like it will be fun to drive. A 1.5 turbo with >200 hp and a manual transmission, with Honda reliability? A big step up from Honda’s recent offerings.

The only problem with this car is that Ford, in the infinite wisdom of the market research department, decided to not make the Fiesta ST Coupe available in the U.S. - the only option here is the 4-door.

I don’t know if Elio will succeed or not, though I hope they do. I think the world needs more unconventional and affordable cars. But, IMHO, all the extensive legal disclosures in the IPO document are just a meaningless game.

A rotary engine car with 4 seats.... you mean like a RX-8?

The Mazda RX8. I think it is one of the most under-appreciated cars in recent history.

As others have mentioned, here is the interesting story about the very eye-opening events of April 8, 2014. So much for The U.S.’s vaunted “advanced” technology:

If you want to understand how our “government”, or pretty much anything else, works, just follow the money. There’s a very simple reason why the A-10 isn’t being supported - because there is more money to be made - by contractors and members of Congress - by making expensive new planes instead of keeping and…