I’ve read that Jim Hackett wants to increase profits per unit sold and is willing to see a decrease in total unit sales. OK, I don’t know of many companies that have shrunk to greatness as a brilliant strategic plan, but I think he’s out of his mind with this pricing.

How to avoid the BS pitches in the finance office?

Of course it was designed to be a money pit, for one reason: it maximizes profit for Lockheed Martin (and the other defense contractors).

Things like this are just proof that 1) income inequality is very real in this country, and 2) the stock market is WAAAAYY over-valued and there are people with WAAYYY too much money that they don’t know what to do with.

I totally understand the superior ‘numbers’ of computer-controlled automatic transmissions, hybrid drivelines, and turbocharged engines, in terms of fuel mileage, shift times, absolute performance, etc. etc.

Objectively, other than reincarnating the name ‘Supra’ (which in itself is probably enough to provide a decent financial return), exactly what does this car provide that you can’t get elsewhere? Like, at the BMW dealer? It’s a less attractive Z4 in drag. I haven’t driven it, but it seems you can find most of what this…

For the price of a used Miata, you can get something more distinctive and uncommon. It’s not about pretending it’s a real Speedster (though some of these replicas can do a pretty good job fooling even the armchair ‘experts’). It’s simply about the fun of driving. Chocolate, vanilla, there’s no right or wrong. Lots of p…

I regret not buying one of the previous NSX’s before their prices took off for the stratosphere. The current hybrid and automatic one? No thanks. 

We’ll know that the apocalypse is truly upon us when the day comes that the majority of Miatas are sold with automatic transmissions (it’s coming soon... the Grim Reaper is in sight with the coming C8 Corvette - and possibly 911! - only being available with an automatic).

I totally get the less expensive 912 vs more expensive 911 thinking (and have made those kind of buying choices myself). But with 718 prices already in the stratosphere and more than the previous 6-cylinder versions cost, I can’t wait to see how much Porsche will charge for the new ‘Touring’ editions, given their…

“But in many circumstances it just can’t replace the fun of a stick-shift.”

I’m probably not one of the ‘young manual lovers’ you speak so fondly of. I’m on the wrong side of 60, have owned well over a hundred cars in my life (over 90 of which have been manual, and yes, I keep track). I’ve restored cars, rebuilt engines, and done a little (very amateur and not very successful) racing, road…

I don’t care how much ‘faster’ paddle shifters might be than a manual transmission. No automatic can offer the kind of intimate connection with a car that rowing your own gears can. A manual is just more fun, and isn’t that what a sports car is supposed to be all about? The fun of driving?

And do you think Ford’s customer initiative would have made your experience any better?

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.