For all the hate we have for them, modern traction/stability control systems are what make cars like the Mustang GT accessible to the general public. I keep the car in sport mode at the track, specifically because managing that kind of power is difficult.

The decanter :

I would be interested to know the crash statistics about supercar vs regular car. It seems these things get crashed a lot or maybe no one talk about the Camry getting into an accident 2 miles away from the dealership.

I’ve driven a lot of performance cars before, but my current car, 2015 Mustang GT, is the first car I’ve ever had with over 400 hp (435 for what it’s worth). After I’d gone through the break-in process, with just over 1,000 miles on the odometer, I decided that I should have a little fun and do a small slide in a…

Left rear looks 1.5 psi off. Dealership used an Analog gauge.

Really the only significant performance advantage the Corolla might have is weight

This certainly would scratch an itch left by the loss of the WRX hatch in the US.

You want to embarrass owners of fine, exotic automobiles.

“Im not buying it new, let all the suckers take the depreciation hit, and I’ll buy it a few years later. My plan it fullproof!”

Funny thing is the demise of this car will not be by consumers but by Toyota dealerships. With shortages this thing will be a six figure car at some dealerships pushing the envelope and normal dealers asking $10k over sticker. Every cool car made in the last 6-7 years has had some sort of dealer markup with it being…

6 spd, turbo, AWD, 300hp hatch, that if anything like the Yaris GR will be essentially a WRC homologation car. What isn’t there to be excited about?

I was feeling the same way until that GR Yaris dropped. If they can get half that personality and performance into the GR Corolla then it’s a total win. I’m hoping for more 90s Toyota personality to rear it’s head!

The first modern “sporty” BMW I drove was a test drive of a 2014 335 M-Sport and that car felt very ordinary unless you put everything in Sport+ mode. With that said, Sport+ mode was pretty great and I was even able to drift it around an empty traffic circle (the salesperson and my wife were both pissed).

I want to know more about that winter wiper one: that’s quite a take!

Still better than a DCT/PDK IMO.

99% of the people driving large SUVs, body on frame or unibody, would be better served by a minivan.

Formula 1 is not interesting. Not going to give people shit for watching it but I’m pretty damn tired of people telling me I should.. it’s just not interesting to me OK?

Not only do 80% of truck owners never really need a truck, but that they will tell you they get one to help friends move or pull someone out of a ditch, and then cannot be found on moving day and drive right past everyone stuck in said ditch.

A sports car isn’t a sports car unless it has THREE pedals and a shifter. Mashing little flappy pedals on the steering wheel steering and pushing the gas hoping the computer does the right thing, does not a sports car make.