Unless this is a grey market import, that M117 only makes 238hp.

I’m with you, I feel like the relevance is the selling point.  Adding gimmicks erodes that.  I understand you have to grow a new product, but there are ways to do that that don’t undermine the product on the track.  By all means have concerts, festivals, online content with drivers and engineers, access for…

Enter Colin Chapman. The law called for white letters on a black background, so he literally had you mount white letters on your grille.

Since you’re a fan of the virtual car world, are you familiar with Car and Driver (the game)? Really the cars weren’t horrible or distorted, especially for the time, but as a time capsule, wow have we come a long way. Still, I miss fun things like Dobbs Raceway and the parking lot of the mall built where Riverside…

I spent a lot of time exploring in that game. Great concept, terrible execution. The physics were neither easy nor realistic. I feel like you have to have at least one of the two. Like Grand Prix Legends is a bitch, but it’s because it’s super realistic and those cars were a bitch to drive even with all the sensory…

From my limited viewing, he drives the most complete races out there right now by a mile.

This is just ignorant. There are about 3 times as many 962s as there are 916s and 924 Carrera GTRs COMBINED. There were 11 916s built, only prototypes, and not all of them got the 2.7. The GTR made 375hp and weighed 2050 lbs, so no it is not “just a 924". Here’s one for sale in Houston for $925,000. https://www.porsche…

I always liked the MKT and continue to.  Fight me.  Not you, obviously, but everyone else.

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Which back seat would gross you out more, used cop car or used taxi?

Ugh. Worth noting that names like this and a lot of the drug names are an artifact of trademark law. Basically, the strength of your trademark goes up the further it is from a common name for something.

The F40 was intended to evoke the 250LM. This destroys that connection. The eggcrate is completely out of place on this vehicle. I agree with the people who see the F50, which I never loved, and I see a hint of Maserati MC12 as well.  Yuck.

WOOOOOO!

For sure. He absolutely did not take over a thriving enterprise and strangle it, but given that the Lotus base was interested in weird, light engineering showcases, his plan seemed profoundly tone-deaf. Going bigger, more expensive, and more luxurious was sure to alienate the base in a much more profound way than…

Sure, there’s that, but my issue is that I didn’t care for his choice of direction. The entire identity of Lotus is that it builds uncompromising cars embodying Colin Chapman’s “simplify and add lightness” philosophy. If that can’t support the business, then it is better to have no Lotus than to have it crank out…

Oh yeah, this is THAT asshole. I skimmed the article so I didn’t fully recognize the name until now. Yeah, fuck that guy and his “vision” for Lotus.

I had a Pontiac Vibe GT (Toyota Matrix XRS under the skin—2ZZGE FTW), then a Y50 Infiniti M45. I will say that my opinion of the M45 would have been different if they hadn’t good-willed me the $4K infotainment/hvac control unit when it crapped out on me, but that’s a gorgeous engine and a decent chassis.

Yeah, the handling is great. Not that I’ve gotten too crazy, but it feels tight and composed, the steering feel and load are great, it corners flat, and the limits seem to be pretty high for that kind of car. I’m sure it could be even better with different tires (I’m running the OEM Energy Savers). I’m really glad we…