It does increase costs, but it's also supposed to modulate them so they don't rise and fall as quickly.

Given that the base Viper is $85k now, after the discount, I'd say that it is priced well against the $79k Z06. Personally, if it was for a DD (even just summer DD), it would likely be the Vette. As a weekend/hobby/show car, it would definitely be the Viper.

Excuse my ignorance, but isn't the Gallardo based on the R8? Shouldn't the reliability be similar? Of course I'd still get the R8 as I think it looks better and is cheaper(?).

This needs to happen again. We are living in an era of amazing super/hypercars. LaFerrari, P1, Veyron, Agera, One1, Venom, 918, etc.

Just don't drive at night. Or tape your cell phone to the hood with the flash turned on.

I will agree that the new one is more interesting. However, it is also uglier (in my eyes). The curves on the hood are the worst, but the rear also look squished. From a profile it's not so bad. Note that I don't know if I've ever seen either one IRL. Nobody buys them where I live, though there are a lot of…

I'm actually a Nissan guy (currently own an Infiniti), but I just don't like their new styling. They've really dropped the ball the last 5 years or so. this car looks like something the Koreas would have dreamed of in the 90s. I really like most iterations of the G35 and older G37s, but all their new stuff is just…

From what others have said, it doesn't turn off unless you are stationary. The only reason that I am hesitant about the start/stop (and most other new features) is how long they will last before they break. It's one thing if your blind spot monitor stops working (as long as it doesn't trigger false alarms), but it's…

Useful, but certainly not necessary. I've never used it on any car that I've owned despite driving many highway miles. Of course for the added cost of almost nothing and ~2oz of added weight, I'd still take it. Same goes for most of the other features.

Mazda states that it takes 0.35 seconds to start the engine using this feature. I bet it takes a lot longer to press in the clutch, selected a gear and begin depressing the clutch. And this only happens at a dead stop. So performance impact should be non-existent. Even during spirited driving this won't be an…

If you look at Mazda's implementation, it is actually pretty clever about getting around your second and third points: http://www.mazda.com/technology/env…

I really hope that the engine comes in a better tune than that. According to the Wikipedias the US version of the NC has 170hp/140ft-lbs. I'd expect the incoming model to be at least as much, probably a little more.

I'm guessing they don't include a tank of gas. Not sure about other fluids.

Well if the JDM version is 100+ kg lighter than the previous JDM version, then HOPEFULLY most of that will translate over. What was the weight different on the NC JDM vs USDM?

So when do we get the tech specs?

There was one in the live stream thread.

Yeah, it is really similar. I like it personally, though they only showed the profile in the stream!!

They showed the tail a bit, but ignored the front completely. Bad camera work for the reveal.

Duran Duran? Really? That's not the best parallel to draw. I haven't heard anything from them since the 90s.

Wow, more curves. Nice.