The design, while beautiful, makes no sense. There is no reason to have a large bonnet if you're putting the batteries in the floor and the motors out by the wheels. Sure, they can put a big frunk up there, but why? The beauty of the original designs was how they celebrated the engine, giving access for…

Department of Natural Resources. Bottom line is that buying land/property with old commercial occupancy on it is always somewhat risky. But if you have the knowledge and patience to deal with the process, it's typically something that can be dealt with. That said, if the price is "too good to be true" then it…

I don't know if this actually exists, BTW. But it sounded interesting.

This doesn't happen to "real" Ferrari owners. They have a fuel delivery service to their gated community, so they don't have to deal with ordinary people. C'mon Doug. WTF. Spend some REAL money and get with the Joneses.

I would spend $40k on a stellar example of an E90 M3 4-door 6MT and the rest on track upgrades and consumables.

At $60k, these things are going to sell like goddamned hotcakes. I'm sure dealer markup at the beginning will be crazy, but after the first 6-9 months, and they are just getting MSRP...that's a deal. And then, in 3 years, when depreciation does its thing...ooh baby. Come to papa.

Fair points for sure. Maybe I shouldn't have focused on the fact that the engines are turbocharged. I guess I'm just pointing out that a SMALL engine, with LOTS of technology, under HIGH stress, might be more risky than a LARGE engine, with SIMPLE technology, under relatively LOW stress. I'm specifically talking…

Great point - but they are using iron blocks, and are typically much stouter. Also, they tend not to make over 100hp/liter. Maybe you're right, and maybe this is just a knee jerk reaction, but I'm still curious to see how it plays out.

Yet another time when "religion" looks pretty shitty to me.

Meh. I'm a longroof fan for sure, but M5 is a sedan. Sorry. Not for my 30 large.

I want to see the MPG data from these pulls. How much "efficiency" is really in this turbo motor? We all know that teeny tiny F1 motors running insane boost aren't exactly frugal with the dinosaur juice...this is likely the same. If all 3 trucks get 12 mpg when towing this hill, then what have we really achieved? …

BTW, I'm not suggesting that turbocharged engines can't be engineered to last (see Cummins et al), but I'm surprised at these engines, given that they are well beyond 100 hp/liter, which not long ago was considered "highly strung". I know that we're squeezing as much as we can out of engines in the name of…

Right. This is what I'm getting at. Just because it lasts in a lab, or in controlled testing with engineers monitoring it all the time, doesn't mean that it will last when Joe Blow is abusing it out at the job site for months on end. And I'm not saying it's not possible...I'm just interested in how this will play…

Curious to know how long those stressed turbo Fords will last in comparison to the understressed, low-revving V8s in the GMs. I am in love with all this new technology in search of power, but it sure makes me wonder. I'm sure they are testing everything backwards and forwards...but I'm talking about real world…

You clearly have not driven both. DSG does not give the same experience as a manual. It just doesn't. Manual is, and always will be, more engaging (pun intended).

Then just change the headline to "Top 10 Cars for Old People Who Still Drive"

I like this front end. Interested to see what the 2015 Volt looks like....

Sure - why not. I'm sure for that kind of money, the owner could put limits on what happens afterward. He could recapture money on each successive manual.

Why *wouldn't* someone pay the extra for the manual? Talk about making a collectible car even more exclusive! Can you imagine the auction value of having literally the only manual Huayra in existence? Over time, it would easily pay for the investment. They would be smart to make it with parts available from other…

1.5 gpm * 60 mins * 3.785 g/l = 340 lph. That's a big fuel pump. Shite.