Sounds like a potential gamechanger. As a car enthusiast, I immediately think “How will this affect cornering/braking grip and steering feel?”

Is this a joke?

Sorry, but this a ridiculous take. If we barred everyone from their careers over some offensive stuff they said or did at some point, we’d have a MUCH smaller workforce.

It’s a nickname. Many military planes have gotten them over the years.

1st/2nd/3rd/sorry officer didn’t know it went that fast in 3rd Gear:

I’d be driving a GT3 RS right now if I had $5 for every transplanted New York I’ve met who fled to the Sun Belt to escape the asinine tax rates and sky-high cost of living.

Everything about this screams “BAD DECISION!!!”. Suspiciously low price? Check. Sold by a dealer who likely knows less than nothing about classic sports cars? Check. What appears to be visible rust on the rear bumper? Check. The only way I’d touch this is after a thorough PPI by someone who knows older Ferraris inside…

V8 mid-engine Ferraris were transversely mounted until the F355.

Good to see Junior opening up about this. I’ve suffered several major concussions - one from a car accident, one from a boating accident, the remainder from sports - and battle ongoing symptoms to this day. I’m about to start a fresh round of rehab.

As automakers slowly march towards scalable electric vehicle platforms and autonomous cars, it’s likely the vehicles of the future will be more similar and there may come a day when only the super-rich have luxury machines and everyone else will just be a user of a transportation module with a different badge.

I agree that their interiors and build quality are not up to snuff, but their performance, NVH, ride, etc are definitely above mainstream cars. They also market and position their vehicles in the luxury space. I’d call them a luxury manufacturer with execution/product issues before I’d call them a mainstream…

IMHO equipment levels to define a luxury car turns the definition into a moving target, for the very reasons you mentioned. Features/equipment relative to mainstream cars is probably more accurate, but these days driving refinement, power, and interior materials seem to be the bigger differentiator.

That’s a tough one. I’d define a luxury car as “A car whose fit/finish, features, driving refinement, and (frequently) power are together above and beyond what is available in an average-priced car, or a comparably-sized car in the mainstream market, and is thus priced accordingly”.

Experienced this first hand, lol

I actually like it. A lot. With the *major* caveat that Ferrari’s press photos are almost always terrible. I thought the Portofino was “meh” at best based on press photos, until I saw it in on the street a few weeks ago. I was wrong.

Uh, compared to.....???

I see a LaF/Pista/J50 mashup. That’s not a bad thing, even if it isn’t revolutionary or even particularly original. Pic is way too grainy to make conclusions on how it looks, though.

At first I thought a conservative re-write of this would be hugely entertaining - but F&F has too few villains and clowns to match these 24 stooges (admittedly, “outside the law” is a good descriptor of Kamala’s conduct as California AG - though not in the way the author intended).

Good. The WRX’s CVT sucks the soul out of the car. I hate CVTs.

I DD a 2017 WRX and have noticed this too. I have to tilt my knee slightly to the left to reach the pedal, or I’ll scape against the steering column or hit the leg rest. I think this is caused by the pedals being offset slightly inboard (similar to some older sports cars) and the driving position being too high (a…