So, The new Lagonda, is what the new Lincoln Continental would look like if it were around today?

Related - that FWD drive cars like the Fiesta/Focus ST and GTI can have so much power and speed with so little torque steer& understeer. All of them are faster than $50k+ sports cars from 25 years ago.

surely the XL1, exotic materials, spaceship looks, groundbreaking drivetrain.

Pretty well any of 'em.

I still remember my folder with this on it.

And now everyone just had a flashback to elementary school when we all had folders with this car plastered on it and it was cool because it was all spaceship-y internet http 90s! Yeah! AOL Keywords and street sharks! Ecto cooler in your lunch box and backstreet boys on the radio! And a 1988 concept car on your big…

2. 430 Scuderia

The 2004 GTO

The 2008 WRX. Subaru thought consumers wanted a softer, friendlier WRX.

Well Land Cruiser is the longest contiguously used model name in history so...that.

The N52 is a nice motor though...doesn't have the power of the N20 but there is something to be said for the smoothness of that I6

You know, I'm with you here. Every car I've had with 500+ HP was just an exercise in frustration on normal streets, or beyond my ability to fully use on a track. 250 HP is still my sweet spot.

On the one hand, as an enthusiast I should applaud the cheap horsepower. On the other hand, once you reach 500 horsepower is more really necessary? Of course as someone who grew up in the dark days of the 1980s, when 300 factory horsepower was astounding and 200 HP was excellent, I may just be getting old.

It's not the smoothest surface in the world. There's no speed limit. There are turns. There are elevation changes. It's in Germany. AMG has a facility there...

Those people know more about life than you could imagine.

Try to find a gently used one

The BMW Z8, a car so beautiful it is ridiculous. A car so beautiful it makes my head hurt. A design so timeless, I always turn my head whenever I see one. A car so rare that I have memoized all number plates of the ones that are in my area. And they built only 5,703 of it.

Why is this approved?

It will make it's own racing series, with blackjack and hookers..

An accurate answer to that depends on what cars you drive and what car gives you the biggest boner.

Hate 'em all you want, electric cars are a lot more impressive now than they were in the 80's and 90's