fake steering wheel?
as in, a steering not connected to anything?

The Chevy SS

WOW, I always found that the last GT lacked SYNC, a touch screen, steering wheel switches and TPMS!

...If we wanted these things we’d get an Escape.

The problem with the FR-S/BRZ isn’t that it’s not a supercar for Kia money. Any unrealistic enthusiast or journalist who complains that it doesn’t have Porsche performance for Scion money isn’t a serious voice, they can be ignored.

you mean “BOOOOOM you’re in the next lane”

I only drove that 2.3 once, in the ‘speed3. The acceleration is so brutal once it kicks on you have no choice but to giggle like a fat kid getting a free scoop of double chocolate cookie batter ice cream at the carnival.*

Don’t hook your thumbs over the wheel when it shifts from first to second

They all have 16 valves. The 6 cylinder one has 16 valves (and also 8 more valves).

Lastpass

With flat-plane crank so it does not sound ‘American.’ True story, look it up

RUF RGT-8 <3

This is kind of a cheat since it’s based on an old SLK platform, but the SRT6 Crossfire should absolutely make this list... 330 hp, RWD, manual trans, and most people don’t even remember it was ever a thing.

EASY one.

The BMW Z8. I saw this one yesterday, and given its rarity, astonishing beauty, and BMWs prowess for making “the ultimate driving machine”, this should’ve been one of the all-time great sports cars. Instead, it was too loose and floppy to be a corner carver, and too rigid and aggressive to be a GT cruiser.

gm solstice/sky twins

The Delorean DMC-12. Brilliant design for the time, super cool looking, and made of freaking stainless steel. From the outward appearance, the recipe for an amazing sports car. And... powered by a 130hp PRV V6. That plus bad timing with an auto market slump doomed it, and John DeLorean’s legal troubles while trying to…

Reliant Robin. I love this thing but seriously, who let this out the door?

The Beetle reborn as a sports car already exists.