The C8 ZR1 will be for you, then!

First question: what the hell took them so long?

Also, real-talk: this engine is what they should have reserved the “LT5" RPO for. That thing in the C7 ZR1 is nothing special, just a blown late gen SBC. This new engine? It picks up where the C4 LT5 left off. Fucking amazing.

Want. Don’t care for base, the C7 is a better car for mundane sportscar things, but you can tell this C8 Z06 is the car they had in mind the most during development and I am very here for it.

The C8 looks like a C7 with its mass shifted rearward. That is, like, the entire issue with the car’s appearance.

All these fairly glowy reviews of the new S3 do nothing but drive home to me how much of a shame it is that the TT won’t live to enjoy all the improvements that have gone into its 4-door stablemate. Drat.

The thing is that Tesla includes enough overestimation that they still generally end up ahead, per those very test results (interesting lack of Model S).

Your first point applies to anybody who can foot the bill for a $120,000+ car, which is a bracket that includes the Model S Plaid. That reality has not stopped range from dominating the conversation because having the ability to go farther or drive however you want for longer in a BEV is currently THE mark of luxury.

I know plenty about what this car has. The things it does better than a Tesla are all related to opulent comfort, apparent (note: not actual, because MB has been trash lately) quality, and generally trying to show off how much money you can burn. On the other hand, the Model S offers the same or more range and greater…

Nominally, the range and access to every charging network including its own-brand one. The ability to carry stuff between this and the S is not the issue.

Chevrolet Cavalier and any Ford Panther-platform vehicle.

As somebody who has no desire to own a truck at all, I was really looking hard at maybe saving up more to get one of these because it looks incredibly compelling in all aspects. But this? They just made the decision easy, I am not signing up for that baloney.

Imagine paying six figures for a car that looks like a bedazzled Prius and is less practical than an equivalent Tesla. Hell, the Lucid Air is going to dance all over this in the same price range.

I’ve always been partial to RBR’s liveries, including the B team, but this one is just gorgeous in spite of being a red-white-and-black derivative. Very nice.

IIRC F1 cars use a special paint so that they can show the liveries using exceptionally thin coats. For weight-savings, as the other commenter mentioned.

The Japanese brands don’t innovate or invent. Their reputation is built on manufacturing excellence and little else. Their cars use tested, proven technologies and are over-built (or under-tuned) for application, a surefire recipe for creating legendary reliability. As you have alluded, they do not push envelopes but…

Yes, there are other cars like this. If you want a new Audi TT in any trim, for example, the last time I looked the MSRP was about USD 5,000 less expensive in Canada than in the US for a TTS and USD 11,000 less for an equivalent TT RS, which is absolutely bonkers. The rub is that, if placing a factory order, and you…

The front three-quarter view is the only acceptable view because it’s the only one that gives you a reasonable shot of the whole car while simultaneously excluding the absolute tragedy that is the ass-end.

Only the GR Yaris.