Looks like GM might want to avoid hiring people from deep-blue New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island into their factories then:/. Or maybe start a plant in the Dakotas or Utah.

Combining the $130k budget cap and the “stand out in Beverly Hills” requirement pretty much rules out a.) any newer (5 yrs or less) performance car because its going to be everywhere there; b.) most really cool 20+ year old exotics, since their values have appreciated like San Fran real estate, and c.) Porsche 911s,…

That is stupidly, awesomely gorgeous.

^This. If he is dead-set on buying the car and has already accepted the fact that it is a depreciating asset, he should be able to invest the remainder of the cash at a higher rate of return than the interest rate on the loan.

I’m actually surprised the nanny-state politicians haven’t gone after that car too, given how they tend to freak out as soon as anything remotely hazardous becomes associated with the middle class or below....

IIRC Car and Driver found similar (though less dramatic) results with Ford’s EcoBoost engines in the F-150 versus their V8 competitors (and the F-150's own 5.0L). The 3.5L EcoBoost was more fuel efficient than the 5.0L, but the difference was much less than the EPA claim - and evaporated completely when towing. The…

Same experience driving a 2017 Silverado with the 5.3L. Amazing fuel economy, particularly on the highway, for something it’s size.

Here’s some perspective on this car: when released in 1990, it had roughly the same power output (377hp) and a slightly quicker 0-60 time than the Testarossa, Ferrari’s top dog production car at the time.

Let’s see: activists and progressive politicians endorsing knee-jerk solutions which involve banning or restricting relatively popular activities enjoyed by law-abiding citizens, when said solutions will likely have minimal impacts at best on the complex underlying problem they are attempting to address?

*Two dozen

Wow. That makes it look 1000% better. Anyone wanna loan me a couple million to start another huge-ass-aftermarket-wing manufacturer?

Plenty of 25-35 year olds are running around big cities with leased German metal. I have little double it will sell. Only barrier will be that it’s not an SUV:/

2nd Gear: While I know it’s more complicated than this, it should have been clear that placing one person fully in charge of the link between several huge organizations is asking for trouble from a corporate accountability standpoint.

Be glad you don’t have a Mk.4 with the 1.8L turbo engine, where all the hoses, gaskets, and seals are as durable as gas station condoms....

I’d guess the answer is somewhere between the FoMoCo “sedans are dead” mantra and the “fuel prices will rise, SUVs are doomed” theory. Much as I hate to say it, most crossovers are efficient enough and carlike enough that sedans won’t reach their previous market share again, even if gas spikes up. The “typical”…

“Can all my vents be un-faked too?”

That’s a tough one. I’m usually all about the extra performance. GT350 might be a cooler car to own long term due to the N/A Voodoo engine. Horsepower is bound to keep going up. High-revving N/A V8s are an endangered species OTOH...

On a more serious note....does anyone know BMW’s reasoning behind the huge-ass kidney grille?

Isn’t that what they are supposed to do??

Nations can peacefully coexist and engage in free trade without incurring many of the headaches inherent in the EU arranagement.