I saw it’s unofficial debut at Ardmore before it headed off to the USA, and yes, it is.

Two:

If you’re going to cross-shop new against used, there’s damn all cars in the world that can’t be beaten by a 10 year old alternative of equivalent value. Which is why many of us don’t buy new...

When I bought mine used, about 3/4 of the cars I looked at, including the one I bought, were owned by that demographic.

Tin top and decent luggage space, simple as that. Might be a different equation now the RF exists, but those were what knocked the MX5 off my list.

That’s been RoW trim forever. My 2013 GT86 has all that lot except the 4.2” display

Well it was good enough for Ferrari...

“they were used as a one-make race series in the late ‘80's”

Because you need a shitload of power to haul 30 tons of freight up a hill, and when you don’t have all that freight on board that results in an impressive power to weight ratio. Your common or garden Kenworth is actually pretty darn quick in-gear when it’s not hauling anything, it’s just that it needs a ton of…

I don’t know if the Tesla does it, but it’s not unheard of for tractor-trailers to have a setup that telescopes the trailer back when you go round a turn, giving you clearance to the cab. I don’t know if its done in the US, but I’ve seen it on rigs in Europe, where length tends to be the legal limiting factor (hence …

But... but....but Nurburgring!

The first rule of Secret Singer Club is don’t talk about Secret Singer Club.

At the Leadfoot Festival a couple of years ago I watched this 1906 Darracq go up Rod Millen’s driveway 20 seconds slower than Millen’s own best time. Which sounded pretty leisurely, till I thought through the math and realised that a 110 year old car on bicycle tires with rear wheel braking and no safety system was…

Needs more Martini.

The world is a better place because of JDM nutcase special editions.

An EV powertrain wins the inertia race by a country mile: Auto Guy made that point and he’s right. The inertia of the rotor is small compared to the inertia of crank, conrods, pistons, and all the other ancillaries directly linked to the crank. Plus an EV doesn’t have a flywheel, which is specifically designed to be a…

There’s three ways to brake an electric motor:

With one notable (and weird) exception.

The comment was based on an interview I read with Ian Wright of Wrightspeed a year or two ago. I currently work in motor control, and have previously worked in automotive, so know enough to buy his logic. I’m interested to hear a contrary point of view (which has it’s own logic: I’m not saying you’re wrong).