Z31 Nissan Z to the Z32 Z..

C4 to C5 Corvette.

This is such a American question, I mean this is a truck. In Europe (and the rest of the world), we are putting 2 kids in a VW Golf for vacation and they are perfectly happy. I am not mocking you in anyway, just commenting on cultural differences.

This one. thats a pretty damn big difference from the f150 and visibly smaller than the ranger. the width is the biggest difference. its only a few inches shorter than the ranger but the width difference will make parking so much easier. it would be even smaller if we didnt live in a stupid world where youre stuck…

How usable are the rear seats? Could 2 adults ride comfortably back there for 2 hours? Could a family with 2 kids use it as a short roadtrip car?

How is the hybrid version to drive, especially in lower trims?

The roof, based on current Ford trends. Either disintegrate or fall off completely.

Since it’s a new Ford, I’d like to know what key piece of equipment will fail en masse first? 

Seven speeds is just too many speeds. The centerline of the shift pattern is between 3/4 an 5/6, so instead of letting the shifter fall to center and going straight up into third, like you would in a traditional 5 or 6 speed, you have to jog left and up to hit third or right and up to hit fifth, making for…

The centerlock wheels are ridiculous on this car. They are actually ridiculous on anything short of a cup car. They are a giant pain in the ass to deal with since they have to be lubricated every single time. Porsche also went with the universal “righty tighty, lefty loosy” on both sides of the car, which means the…

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Yeah but... $178,000 is... some heady territory. A base 911 is still under $100,000 (just barely), and it’s also adept at finding felony speeds.

I saw a newer Toyota Sienna the other day and until I saw the badge on the rear, I didn’t realize it was a Sienna or a minivan, because it looked like an extended Matrix or something non-minivan at first. It was like the picture below, which now does look sufficiently minivan-ish, but in person not as much.

Minivans. All of them.

Problem with this as a track toy is that you are going to have to deal with ZL1 Camaros and other assorted heavy metal you frequently see at track days coming up in your rear view mirror at a pretty frightening pace. It would only work at fairly tight tracks where the 105 top speed wouldn’t be a big limitation. Seems…

That’s a good point. It’s pretty close to a go-kart at that point, and is going to be completely invisible alongside an M3 on the track

Huh. Wonder who the market is for a car like this. Why make all these compromises, and drive a death machine, just for it to be slow? Also, it’s not even close to cheap. Weird vehicle.

0-60 speed at 6.9 seconds

this is why you should only buy manual BMW’s.