WR Blue, the classic WRX color. It puts a big smile on my face every time I get behind the wheel. 

Thank you for all of the entertainment and enlightenment over the years. Best wishes in your next adventures, wherever the road may take you. 

If Nissan, oh, I don’t know, maybe made cars that people actually wanted to buy, and educated its dealers in ethical sales practices, they wouldn’t be in this situation. 

I too bought a WRX this year (as my “practical” daily driver), and am absolutely thrilled with it (even if the ride is a little stiff for my equally stiff 60-something bones).

My sister was in the exact same position as this buyer. She bought a Subaru Crosstrek with a manual, and absolutely loves it.

Major kudos to Subaru for going through all the headaches and expense of building this car and making it available to enthusiasts.

I actually did cross-shop a new Mustang GT vs a used F-type (V6 manual). The Jag is indisputably an absolutely gorgeous car. I bought the Mustang GT, because 1) I didn’t want the Jag dealer taking a vacuum cleaner nozzle to my bank account for all maintenance and repairs (and all the associated hemorrhoids of frequent…

Have you ever actually personally driven a S550 Mustang GT?

So, basically similar looks and performance to a Mustang (GT or Shelby), but at 2-3x the price, much less reliable, and much higher service costs?

I’d rather just not look at it at all.

No, it’s not at all unique to Nissan dealers. My personal car buying experiences (I’ve owned well over 100 cars in my life, about 1/3 of them bought new) have found that Nissan dealers have been the absolute worst of any brand I’ve ever shopped or owned, by a wide margin.

My grammar stands corrected. I wasn’t an English major...

I would suggest to Nissan that part of its “plan” better be ethics training for its dealers and salespeople. I tried for over a year to buy a 370Z. Had cash in hand. But over half a dozen Nissan dealers I went to apparently preferred to play ‘bait and switch’ games with pricing rather than actually selling me a car.…

Some of the comments by Tesla fans in this thread sound frighteningly like the chants of Trump fanatics at his rallies. Lots of anger and strong emotion trying to drown out objective facts.

This is fine for California, where many trucks are just a fashion accessory to drive to the mall. But I can’t see a lot of people who need a work truck buying this. I don’t think many contractors in Indiana or plumbers in Michigan are going to pick this over a F150.

One of the few certainties in life right now is that this car will only come with an automatic transmission. Acura hasn’t had a manual transmission in its line since the 2014 TSX, and I bet they won’t be smart enough to bring it back in this car.

We have only ourselves to blame. If people had bought more manuals, demanded more manuals, they would be making more of them. 

All the grey, silver, white, and black cars out there... those are the colors of asphalt. Seems like camouflage, the cars blend into the road.

Actually, I’m one of the people who actually would buy a car like this, if it had a manual (well, maybe not this very car, the convertible’s price will likely be out of my range, but I’d stretch for the LC500 coupe, and I’d go for a Supra if it had a stick).

I get it Michael. Ford thinks a lot of consumers aren’t all that smart, and that more will probably buy this thing if it has the name ‘Mustang’ on it.