I was going to say Spyker, perhaps in their old days, or maybe some coachbuilt car in the 30s.

Meh, keep defending a dying and forgettable company if you want. I only see their vehicles as rentals, nobody actually goes out and actively searches for that sexy Nissan to fill their driveway.

No....making cars people want to buy. And halo cars, or desirable cars, have a very real benefit to a car company’s image, and thus a direct relation to increased car sales. As a former car salesman, I saw this in action every day. Making desirable cars, even halo cars, increases people’s perception of the…

No. No. No.

Make it like the tech industry - the price is the price. You want a better product, prepare to pay more. This will force manufacturers to make vehicles that actually fit within a given segment and perform against their segment competitors.

I have never bought a new vehicle, and likely never will. Just does not make sense. Dealers need to change, and this is coming from someone who works in one.

Driving in NYC is just stupid. Just don’t do it. It is not made for cars and is very unfriendly to any sort of driving whatsoever.

Nissan is mass market as in they make the same anonymous vehicles that everyone else does, and in many cases are “also rans” in just about every category. They have no competitive advantage that would get one to step into their showroom other than aggressive marketing, pricepoints, and financing rates. There is not a…

Maybe, but there is the problem: I completely forgot about that car.

Yes. Any company that willingly puts out substandard “that will do” garbage that is so anti-driving enjoyment as what Nissan has done in the last two decades deserves to die. They are doing nothing (aside from the GTR and the Z) to make the vehicles on the roads any more interesting or desirable. That is a company…

Well if any car company deserves to die due to this current world catastrophe, it is Nissan. They have not made a compelling product outside of the GTR in 20 years.

Well you enjoy what you enjoy, for me I do not care if it is slower or less capable, my sports cars have manual transmissions. No matter the horsepower (Mk1 GTI to Corvette C7). It is not about the hundreths that it would be faster, or the ultimate HP the transmission can handle, it is about the connection with the…

As an Alfa owner, I agree. Not really frustrating at all, been reliable but not without its...charm. The drive is more than worth it though.

I fully support this, any chance for another unique vehicle to stand out on the roads in a sea of sameness. Buy it asap sir.

Sure, if wanting a pure sports car is boomer of me, call me a boomer. And I do not care if it is slower (real world it wont be) or less capable (it isnt) a sports car is best enjoyed with a manual transmission. That is a fact, not interpretation. The whole point of a sports car is to enjoy the act of driving it, not…

Again, would be so much better with a manual. To argue otherwise forfeits your Jalop card.

It would be better with a manual, like the R34. But you are right, it is indeed a sports car. A very rare exception to the rule. And I am 35, far from a damn boomer ffs.

I do not care if it has 500hp. If it does not have a manual transmission, it is not a sports car. Period.

Caswh for clunkers did not work, and it destroyed many now collectible modern classics. It is a terrible scheme to force people to spend spend spend on new vehicles they don’t need.

ah yes, guess that is the case