Shout out to normal looking cars that can go like stink, gotta be my favorite genre of performance vehicle

Currently on sale? I’d have it be the CT5-V Blackwing. It’s the last V8 manual caddy is going to produce, so I’m sure it’ll charge a premium.

Hyundai N cars and the Kia Stinger. I have a sneaking suspicion we’re going to look back on these as Korea’s equivalent of Japanese bubble era offerings, and well-maintained examples are going to be exceedingly rare in an alternative fuels era.

I’m sure this is just nickel and diming to some extent, but some of it is probably also to offset the greater chance Ford will need to make good on warrantied parts. 

Presumably it’s behind a paywall to limit how many people choose to increase the wear and tear on the electric drivetrain, and also presumably a standardized power upgrade for everyone would decrease the range estimates Ford would need to publish for the car in advertising. Increased power isn’t free, whether it’s an…

I hate to say it, but $100k is the new $75k. Cars generally have gotten more expensive across the board, especially performance cars. I think a better way to look at Corvette prices is to compare them to their competitors of the time. For example:

‘Close the borders!’

I like it! I mean, who cares, I’ll never afford it or probably even see one. But, it reminds me of a thoroughly modernized 365 GTB/4. Especially the front and lights/bumper.  

This is the most boring possible use of an illegal cloning operation.

Even if I didn’t own one, I would still say the Volvo C30. Especially the Rebel Blue Polestars that we only got 250 of in the United States. The GTI and Mini were already too well-established to give the C30 much of a chance, resulting in a short model run with only about 20,000 sold in the US. Weird, quirky,…

I have a deep love for the Gen 1 NSX. Post facelift gets it into our category here. This is to me, one of the last “pure” sports cars. Two seats, a naturally aspirated V6, manual transmission, no driver aids, T-tops... It wasn’t rip-your-face-off quick. But it was oh so wonderfully light and balanced. I got to drive…

Just like the Thunderbird, going with what might be unpopular: Lexus SC430.

I like weird, quirky cars, and none fits the bill more than the first-gen Honda Insight. It looks like a car you would see in a movie that takes place “in the future”, all while returning an EPA-estimated 60+ MPG. Plus, it’s one of the few hybrids that could be had in a manual (the only other I can think of is the…

The Plymouth (and Chrysler) Prowler:

11th Gen Ford Thunderbird. Might be an unpopular opinion, but I’ve started to find intense 50's boomer nostalgia pieces from this era weirdly charming. 

I know it’s only been a few days since my last QOTD post like this, but again I have answer “mine”: a 2004 Dodge Neon SRT-4 I bought new and am still daily driving at 246K+ miles. I try to take care of it. I was a quite bit older than the average SRT-4 driver when I got it, and I’m getting close to 60 now.

Let’s start all articles with quotations from Miranda Priestley. That was a riot reading this article in that tone.

But look at it, Johnny. Look at it! It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, man! Just let me go out there. Let me get one wave before you take me. One wave. I mean, where I am I gonna go, man? Cliffs on both sides, I’m not gonna paddle to New Zealand! My whole life has been about this moment, Johnny. Come on, compadre.…

Shiny Squirrels?

Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cake hole.