Raw numbers don’t mean anything, and people put too much stock in them. Even the designer mocked the “What’s the time round The Ring?” that everyone seems to use to as the goto to judge a car’s performance.

That video only makes want the Z more. 1/10 of a second slower than a V8 Vantage? Jesus Christ!

Did I say I wanted him to die or end up in the hospital? No.

I mean...did you even read the article. The whole point was this car is about fun-not numbers. It’s kind of the entire point.

IMO going to the twin turbo engine is a step back in terms of engagement and “rawness”

This weird double-speak from the author is particularly strange, in light of the old NA engine having a 7500rpm redline:

Tamura likens the all-wheel drive, dual-clutch GT-R to a mechanical suit, a robotic exoskeleton that gives you superhuman powers. When you’re driving a GT-R, “you are the commander,” Tamura says.

The blog post is a bit too long for me to read at work, but I love the overall vibe of “simple sports car need not make compromises for the driving experience”. If they pulled it off, I really wish Nissan well with this one. Their lineup is quite dreary otherwise, and the Z is a neat last hooray for their ICE cars.

This is great to hear. You know, it’s funny. For the last decade, I wrote off the Z line as boring, cheap, common, and outdated. But when I heard the 370 was finally getting put out to pasture, I came to realize that by virtue of being old and unchanged, the Z line had become something special and increasingly rare: a …

I love that Tamura made it a point to make it affordable (relative to its class) and fun. This reads as if they focused on the hard to define ‘fun for the daily driver’ metric, than track times or raw acceleration.

All the 1%’ers who were locked down during the height of the pandemic had nowhere to go and nothing to do but buy cars and inflate the market. 

I promise I’m not a strict Manual 4 Liiiiiifeeee guy, but they really did themselves a disservice by making this auto only.

You’re correct, ze germans wouldn’t allow it.

I don’t want them to lobby their way out of this. I want to see if they can overcome the engineering challenges. No more shortcuts like filling body panels with sand for sound deadening.

VW has made at least one capable off-roader, but I’m not sure if the global market is ready for the return of the Type 82 Kubelwagen with an Afrika Corp launch edition.

There is no vehicle that VW could put out with the Scout name that would make Scout enthusiasts happy.

Correct: you are only categorized as a fetus or consumer in this country.

Politicians (we know which) only care about you BEFORE you’re born.

Half of the US senate is over 70. Half. 1/4 is over 80. They give absolutely zero fucks about anything. Like 50 members of congress are over 70. I think close to half are over 60. They have no fucks to give about the future either. So no no they dont. 

Next generation? Come on. This is the US we’re talking about. When it comes to the powers that be, the only thinking beyond next quarter’s numbers is the next election cycle. The ‘next generation’ doesn’t own shares and can’t vote yet.