I love how the 2 door 1 series had to become the 2 door 2 series to make room for a 4 door 1 series. Much like how the 2 door 3 series became the 2 door 4 series, but there’s still a 4 door 4 series if you want 2 more doors than the 2 door 3 series. Luckily, the 2 door 5 series was always the 6 series, but the 2 door…

Clueless poster posts clueless post. Go read the top thread.

That’s why the peanuts curl up at the end as well.

1) It means precisely what I meant it to mean.

And also because it’s different. To wit: If a piston engine has problems, its due to the design of that engine. If a rotary engine has problems, its because the rotary engine has fundamental issues.

describes my FR-S test drive experience. Not that I was expecting turbo powa, but even up near the top of the rev range it didn’t pop. Maybe it was just the elevation, I can’t say.

I test drove one too and had the same reaction as you, but then I rode along in one a couple years later on a trackday.

Frankly I was amazed their Apple Car didn’t have WeatherTech floormats and Dodge badges. Seems like a real missed opportunity.

37k for an SMG... I’ll pass.

No it wasn’t.

Yeah, my Mom’s ‘83 528e automatic was such a focused track day ride. Too bad BMW doesn't make cars like that anymore...

Return to side ports? Where’ve you been? The big news when the RX-8 came out was that it had side exhaust ports to reduce intake overlap.

But...that Dorito would be like some kind of low fat, low sodium Dorito. Those kind of Doritos make the baby Jesus cry.

Sometimes I feel like Mazda is the last car company to care more about the soul of a car than their bottom line.

“The next RX may very well be a range extending EV”

This is Jalopnik. I imagine readers/commenters cross shop all sorts of weird things. Last time I bought a car it was between a Genesis Coupe 3.8 R-spec, a used Lotus Elise and a JCW Mini.

Don’t really care, just throwing bait.

Said Kazakhstan:

you’re missing the point. They listened to enthusiasts, and the resulting car isn’t selling well (to the point they’ve publicly called its sales figures disappointing,) which means when it comes time to refresh or re-design the car, they’ll likely say “Eh, not worth it.”

the FR-S/BRZ is a poster child for why automakers don’t listen to enthusiasts.