SkyActiv is one of the best NA engines out there, at least from an everyday efficiency standpoint. Toyota no doubt has the hybrid thing down. I think this will be a good partnership.

Does it need to be coast to coast? I’m a New Jerseyan, and back when it looked like my trusty DD wouldn’t make it to the next oil change I considered buying a Miata in Florida (the only thing Florida is good for). I was going to fly down and pick one up in Orlando and drive it up through Georgia, cross into NC and…

Yeah. All the skidpad data I’ve seen for production cars peaks in the neighborhood of 1. Some a bit above, some a bit below. I realize a go kart can pull more, and we might be comparing them to karts but we’re still talking about cars here. I just find it unreasonable to ask any car to pull 2g, and I don’t think it’s…

2Gs?... You realize how crazy that is, right?

Would that be a room temperature hatch?...

Ughhhh I go to a private university in eastern PA that is riddled with these and they are the WORST.

It looks like it wants to be an F-Type coupe in the back and a McLaren in the front.

On road trips, whoever rides shotgun in my car has to navigate, because duh. One of my buddies doesn’t know his right from his left. He’s 21 years old and he can’t figure out that the finger and thumb on his left hand make an “L.” Now this is stupid, but it’s at least somewhat forgivable, mostly because he tries his…

Do you mean S50? For some reason BMW put engines that start with “S” in their M cars, and the “M” engines go in the standard cars. It’s silly. In other news, if you’re going to stick an M3 engine in there they should have used the S54! Come on now DME!

No. Vastly different. Everybody makes mistakes and this guy owned up to his. He's not making excuses for what happened, he's breaking down all of the mistakes he made.

"Former TV presenter." Looks like May is in the Clarkson camp here.

Actually I don't know if I'd say he "did the right thing." I just think that from the point the video starts, there's not a whole lot else he could've done. And he made the most of the situation once it was already at that point.

I'm with you. I'm also giving this guy the benefit of the doubt as far as convincing the drunk guy not to drive. The recording starts and he's already in the car, we don't see what's happened up until that point.

I didn't even realize there was a door here in that top photo.

Oh gosh I love the commentary. Especially when his kid goes, "why's he yelling at his wheels?" So funny.

This would be perfect for a car detailing business. That guy from /DRIVE Clean could tool around in this and detail everybody's cars. It would be perfect.

Granted, the original 1990 Miata was lighter still (2210 on our scales), but in 1994 Mazda added a passenger-side airbag, additional underbody bracing, and side-impact door beams to meet crash regulations, making it a better comparison to today's car. In fact, we tested two other 1994 Miatas, and both (one was even…

There's a joke here somewhere. Searching... Searching... Searching...

I just felt like my original point was relatively tongue in cheek, and I hoped that would be a good jumping off point for actually talking about this. I'm not quite sure how to respond to any of these comments (not just yours) without looking like I'm starting a fight or genuinely offended that in this hypothetical…

A brief representation of my hopes of having any kind of reasonable conversation about this topic on the internet.