The “packaging reason” for lack of access is simple: money. Car companies make more of it if the owner can’t access the engine to work on it themselves, and has to bring it to the dealer for *everything*.

I guess Porsche wasn’t satisfied with the decline in sales when they went from the 6 cylinder to the 4 cylinder engine in these cars. They want to see how close to zero sales they can get. This ought to do it. 

I’ve not only driven a new Camaro and Mustang many times, I own a 2015 Mustang GT. It’s fun to drive, but to my butt it certainly does not ‘feel’ like a proper sports car. It has great ‘numbers’, sound great, and is fun in a muscle car kind of way. But I don’t find the handling to be nimble or flingable. It drives…

I’d want to check it out in person before deciding nice price or crack pipe. But I’m all in for what the car is - a big, comfortable yet fun to drive Japanese coupe. I like that it’s FWD, which means you could actually drive it in the snow (not everyone lives in California). There’s nothing like this on the market…

I’m shopping for a new one, and happy to admit it. Why? As others have said, naturally aspirated V6, 6 speed manual, RWD, old-school analog feel, for low $30's.

I agree with everything in the review *except* about the transmission. It’s just not really a ‘simple and minimalist sports car’ without a manual transmission.

It would be the ultimate in irresponsibility for Tesla to release more ‘driving modes’, and bottomless stupidity for regulators to allow it. Despite how desperately Tesla fanatics may want it, the reality is that true fully autonomous and *safe* self-driving modes are just not here yet, and won’t be for some time.

And car companies wonder why sales are declining, and it gets harder and harder to convince people to buy new cars. When scum dealers pull crap like this, it’s enough to send anyone running to the used car listings. 

I owned one of these back in the day, a ‘92 I bought new. It was the performance/fun bargain of the day.

Some cars are not ‘numbers’ cars. They’re more than the sum of their parts.

A Cayman with 131,000 miles? The driving fun will be outweighed only by the financial agony of repair costs. Owning a late-model German car past the warranty period is best suited for masochists. Better budget an amount equal to the purchase price for periodic repairs, or be mechanically talented and able to do the…

I’ve read that the new C8 Corvette will only be available with a blasphemous automatic transmission. No manual will be offered.

It’s just another sign that the stock market is WAY over-valued, and that there are too many Silicon Valley tech bros with far too much money.

I think it’s more that American CEO’s are dramatically OVERpaid compared to European and Japanese CEOs. But yes, a Japanese CEO typically earns much less than one in Europe or the U.S.. In Japan, pay is also based on seniority, how long one has worked at the company, and not on merit or performance.

The driver’s seat seems like it has a lot of wear for only 8000 miles. Check out the pic of the driver’s side seat bolster in the dealer’s photos.

First Gear: there’s an old Japanese saying, “The nail that sticks out gets hammered down”. Ghosn stuck out too much, and the Japanese decided to hammer him down.

Just another step in the process of making everything in life disposable. With welded glass, cars would become disposable. When fixing a broken windshield would cost more than the car is worth, you’d throw it away and buy a new one. A dream for the manufacturers, but a nightmare for consumers.

First up, is paying more for a CarMax car worth it?

Like the old saying goes, ‘the most expensive car is a cheap German car’.

If you’ve also driven recent 6 cylinder naturally aspirated Caymans or Boxsters, how does this turbo 4 *feel*? I know the ‘numbers’ are superior for the turbo 4, but does it sound and feel as satisfying as the previous normally aspirated 6? Is the power delivery linear, or typical turbo slingshot/rubber band?