The iDX is one the best concepts that never made it to production. All we got was the Kicks, the Al Bundy of autos.

What happened? Everyone bitched and complained about the FRS/BRZ lacking power.

Same reason the 86 doesn’t have a 4AGE?

BMW engineers spend hundreds of hours designing the packaging of the tire changing tools in the trunk of a car, but will leave it up to the supplier to ensure that air suspension valves meet specs (with predictable results).

Why would they use an engine that went out of production ~11 years ago?

As far as vanilla goes, that’s one of the most well rationalized flavors of vanilla.

How that initial meeting went:

This isn’t the first time the Japanese and Germans have teamed up to try to beat the rest of Europe, Asia, and America. These results seem to be much better than previous collaborations though.

The Veloster N genuinely has my attention as a potential new DD.

I’m guessing you rented the Swift through Rent4Ring, I drove one there last year for 4 laps and absolutely loved it. You’re right, it had crazy amounts of grip. Like a giant go-kart. Even though I know it was significantly prepped over a stock one, the…

It’s heavy for sure but heavy doesn’t necessarily mean super leaden to drive. The Swift I was driving felt much more planted, for instance, thanks to how it was set up.

Buy a Chevrolet SS

Whoa. You’ve stumbled upon something mind-blowing. It’s almost as if this car wasn’t targeting the demographic of people who need more horsepower to ENJOY a car! *GASP!*

FWIW, I get 34 highway at 78 MPH in my BRZ... which is rated at 30 highway... and that rating is probably at a much more fuel-efficient 55 MPH. So... yeah, I’m getting significantly better mileage than what it says on the sticker. And that’s on not perfectly flat highway, with occasionally angry acceleration when…

You are talking about beefing up just about every part of the driveline so the parts last to warranty standards. You are talking about most likely new crash testing and certification to see how the new engine effects crashes. You are talking about many tiny R&D modifications which then go on down to the assembly line.…

Care to explain why it was not enough power, and what you replaced it with that was enough power? 

1. Mostly likely with both of those cars they went into production with those motors as planned options. So alot of the R&D was done with having to accommodate those engines as well as the base motors. Also, Pontiac is no longer with us so I think we know why they “could”. This is not me saying it could not be done,…

That has been fixed long ago. A simple tune and header and its gone, plus as a side benefit you get more power that you so badly want.

Clearly being nice has not worked, people have been saying the same idiotic bs for years now.

THAT’S NOT HOW THIS WORKS! THAT’S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS!