Weren’t you the one that was deploring its candidacy in the previous article?

In your opinion, how much is tire choice a factor in the Miata’s lopsided win in C&D’s Head2Head comparison? The Miata comes with High Performance Summer tires, while the BRZ comes with Grand Touring Summer tires (colloquially known as Prius tires). Even Randy Pobst acknowledged the effect of the tire difference in…

I watched the video a couple of times, and what really seems to have done them in was when one of the booms seemed to fail. I guess because of the listing, they put too much force on it in a direction it wasn’t made to handle. It looks like it happens around 0:26 in that video.

I’m not sure whether it was because the person driving is crazy, or it was just my first experience on anything motorized with less than 4 wheels, but my first and only ride in one of those was terrifying.

Not early in the morning in a residential neighborhood, it isn’t. It’s obnoxious, especially since the guy lets it idle for an extended period of time.

I drive a manual. There is no ‘park’.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc.

Any chance the S-97 Raider ends up being a potential replacement for these?

Who cares?

I’m an engineer AND a realist. When I say you don’t know what you’re talking about, I speak from experience. Mitsubishi does not have the money to develop a new drivetrain for a niche vehicle.

New STI is faster around VIR than the Evo X. Not by much, but when you consider that the Evo used to crush it, it has come a long ways.

Saying that Mitsubishi could ‘easily’ develop a new hybrid drivetrain, even using existing tech and parts, tells me that you aren’t an engineer.

The Evo X is about 8 years old now, and while it was dominant when it first came out, it has since been eclipsed by the likes of the Mustang GT, M235i, Camaro SS, and even its arch-rival the STI. If they aren’t going to keep it competitive, I’d venture that its time to put it out to pasture. It won’t be lonely, the…

Mirage?

Disagree. Subaru was the first to pass IIHS’s front crash prevention test with full points by avoiding the crash completely, at both speeds, the first year the test was implemented. It was the only manufacturer to do so.

Yes, it is significantly more adulterated, as you say. But I can’t think of a commercial application of elemental aluminum off the top of my head. The term is used colloquially to refer to its various alloys, even if they aren’t elemental.

It may be called bronze, but like brass, it’s still a copper alloy (just like 7075 is an aluminum alloy).

It’s still over 85% aluminum. Sure, other alloys may have less additives, but I’d say it still qualifies.

Are these the ships intended to combat the brown-water ‘swarm’ tactics that the carrier battle groups have been deemed vulnerable to?

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the current spec drivetrain mandated by WRC doesn’t actually have a center diff, right? I’m curious as to how much faster the center diff will make the cars, versus having front and rear diffs that are essentially locked together.