Yes, they do. Speaking from experience...

Sounds pretty cool, right? It’s somehow more menacing than most tuned cars. It’s the sound of a huge amount of oxygen being consumed, too.

You’ve just described exactly the dilemma with old BMWs. The people who don’t care throw them away; those who do, hold on to them fiercely. Trying to find a nice, older BMW that has been well maintained with a manual transmission is nearly impossible.

I’m inclined to agree with everything you say. Especially the Inline 6 part (slightly biased e39 530i owner over here!).

You’ll notice the actual turbochargers are covered by a heat shield.

Umm, that’s not even the engine. The engine is waaaay back in the compartment. That’s simply some Mercedes intake plenum pants-stuffing. Here’s the chassis with all that removed:

I LOVE this front end. Great splitter that highlights the bumper’s shape, lights in the grille like a proper rally car, and small vanes like a 458 Speciale. Perfect.

Love it, almost as much as the Miata roadster/speedster concepts.

It looks fantastic! I really hope someone makes a quality conversion kit for it, or Mazda actually build one of them. Ah, who am I kidding. Pipe dream...

Love the paint scheme, not so much the exposed carbon flaps. Comes off a little tacky.

Why?! I get it; the original cars are a bit boring now, but did you have to make it so damn ugly?

What a glorious way to die...

Widebody C2. Yes, please! Though I think I like the one from the Big Muscle episode better.

Am I the only person who thinks the street version looks much better than the race car? The GT, especially in person, exudes a clean, classy, lean and mean personality; James Bond in a designer suit. The racecar looks like a wrestler in a cheap, uncomfortable suit.

Pictured: ewwww.

Haha! Nice to see you ‘round these parts, too!

He’s quite a bit chunkier in person than he looks on the various KFC cups, if the statue of him in Kentucky is anything to go by.

This happened to me just last night. As a pizza cook, nothing pisses us off more than when 10 minutes before closing, someone orders a stuffed-crust pizza. Guess what happened... Spent the last 15 minutes cursing their food, praying for botulism. Because of them, rather than being out by 11:20 or so, it was 11:50. Ugh.

His interview on Top Gear a few years back was fantastic. I’d love to meet him.