Agreed re: producing it. Especially if it had the turbine. That would have been mega.

It makes sense. They’re doing what they need to do.

Well in this case McLaren is actually hemmorhaging cash at an alarming rate. No business can stay afloat for long under those circumstances unless a.) the owners are somehow OK losing hundreds of millions in perpetuity, or b.) their investors treat them with Elon-like irrational exuberance. This move seems like a…

Fascinating. I’d written them off as vaporware, but this is encouraging to read. As we’ve learned with Tesla, the devil is in the manufacturing rather than the design/engineering - fingers crossed they can scale up enough to return an operating profit before they burn through capital. I don’t see investors being…

EV subsidies work if “work” is defined as “inducing people to buy EVs when they might otherwise not.” Whether it “works” in terms of broader economic policy is IMHO very much up for debate. I’d much rather raise the gas tax by $0.50-$0.75, which would have twin effects of boosting infrastructure refurbishments without…

Preach. Millenials (speaking as one) and Gen Z’s are fixated on constant doom and gloom because the media and politicians on both sides have constantly fed us catastrophe narratives. I was in 9th grade when 9/11 hit; that was when I first started following the news. Look what we’ve been spoon-fed since them:

No need for some practical commuter car? Twice as cheap and twice as fun?

The N-Ring and every other closed circuit track on the planet suddenly look tame.

It’s...not bad.

This. If you want your cities to be affordable, safe, well-run places then stop election quasi-Marxist ass clowns to public office.

Let me get this straight...the city doesn’t like some people driving recklessly. So rather than, you know, finding a way to enforce traffic laws by fining the offenders, they decide to make everyone pay by creating traffic jams.

To be fair I wouldn’t say “no zoning” is always the answer. But having lived in DC, excessive zoning was a huge contributor to the area’s cost/livability problems: no tall buildings inside DC limits, inside-the-Beltway suburbs crimping housing supply through “smart ( read: dumb) growth” strategies to make their…

1st Gear: I’d never buy one myself - too big for my tastes - but after getting in the back of a Phantom EWB last year I get it. Comfort, interior quality, quietness and general “I feel rich” vibes are levels above anything else I’ve sat in or ridden in. Hard to describe if you haven’t been inside one before.

That last point is crucial. Cities like Houston don’t have NEAR the affordability problems of places like NYC, DC, or Bay Area. Lots of open land is a big part of this, but so is Houston’s lack of “smart growth” and NIMBY zoning. Compare that to my old town (DC) which is basically a case study in what NOT to do…

Ah, civil asset forfeiture. Yet another well-intended idea aimed at mobsters and drug rackets that became a monster due to greedy, power tripping bureaucrats. Typical government - legislators pass something with vague language, bureaucrats and law enforcement leverage it until it evolves into something it was never…

Agreed. It’s total bullshit. I was once charged with reckless for driving the speed limit in the rain (long story involving a cop in a particularly foul mood), which in my state is a class 1 misdemeanor. Was a four-figure job to fight the case even though I was declared not guilty - and I STILL had to pay fees out to…

GM has earned back my respect simply for attempting this awesomeness. It’s a brilliant way to stand out when every other high performance 2 seater seems to be going turbo. Seriously, how many new engines have been released in the past few years for a single model or trim level? Manufacturers used to do this far more…

I’ve seen a few on the street and been up close to a couple at C&C. I’d rate the styling a 6 or 7. A little awkward in some places - the rear end and rear 3/4 are the weakest angles - but I wouldn’t call it ugly by any means. It has a ton of street presence IMHO, comparable to other exotics I saw that day at C&C.

I think Lewis’s motivation is in the right place - he doesn’t strike me as insincere on this. My beef is with his tactics (and those of the striking athletes in the US). Skipping games won’t “solve” racism, which is a problem rooted in the human psyche. Kneeling or slapping BLM on a basketball court won’t either. If…

Nice price. Rare, unique, and handles like a car worthy of the Ultimate Driving Machine branding. Still solid performance too, and that I6 sounds like an angry chainsaw with an intake/exhaust fitted.