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It’s about the speed the car moves down the line. An Audi moves so fast down the line it’ll make your head spin. The Porsche has a much longer QA cycle, much more conservative rollout of new features like turbo, EPAS, etc. I’m not making stuff up. JD Power gives it the number one quality ranking, and when you get a…

There is no such thing as “the PDK”. There’s a sports car PDK shared in the base 911 and the Cayman/Boxster. Then there’s a VW group transmission shared with some of the entry level Porsche SUV, Panamera, some high end Audi, etc. And some high output versions of this. Then there’s motorsport PDK in the GT3, Turbo,…

Maybe the UK tanking will make this car $39,999 as it should cost, on a currency adjusted basis. Lotus dealers are assholes. I saw a Lotus Cup car on the showroom floor for like $100k during the 2008 depression, and the salesperson said his clients were not affected by the downturn. Right - they don’t own stocks or…

Because Porsche is the highest quality car you can buy. It’s good at everything. It’s built to be flogged at a track by any customer without mods. It even has a lot of storage. It’s comically low to the ground, but not as bad as Lotus.

Here is the clue train: Apple manufactures everything in China, and that would include any potential Apple Car. Are consumers ready for a Chinese car?

The wing is great. Yeah it was an aftermarket exhaust on a brand new $80k lotus. Expensive total loss.

Yeah the minivan motor is just like an Aston Martin V12. And I didn’t see a new Lotus burn to the ground at a normal HPDE day (!) at Thunderhill in Turn 5 because the exhaust touched the body.

It starts at $17k MSRP, which is probably $11k when you back out the dealer cash and 0% for 8 years. Literally no one is missing out on the Ford Focus. People who wanted to avoid it like the plague get stuck with it at the Indianapolis rental car counter, or in the worst UberX ride of their lives.

One way of assigning value to cars is, does it look more expensive than it is. If you pick up an Audi S4 for $46k and it looks like $60k car, you won. If you pick up a Boxster for $60k and it looks like a $100k car, you win.

Your article is nonsense. The car is for people who test drive the 2017 A4, which costs $45k, and want a smoother ride. The other half of the people will want a sportier ride and will seek out an S5.

I have two problems with this car. Toyota motor is lame. I’ve seen one of them burn to the ground on track because the exhast touched the body, which is made of shockingly flamable fiberglass.

RS apologist. For $40k you can get a 2014-15 Cayman that is an actual sports car. This is an econobox with a body kit. Reminds me of the $16k Lancer OZ Edition.

The focus has the worst steering on any vehicle sold in the US this decade. I don’t know how you can call it a sports car. I don’t care if it has “brembos”.

What if you’re in the market for a car with awful steering only? Just wait for the RS or is there a car on the market with worse steering?

This is the first real news to break since the level 2 autonomous crashes. Tesla has a big problem here. Software engineers will have to have one code branch for the old cameras, and a fork of the system for the new cameras. Each one requires separate testing, validation, and each will be a special snowflake unlike…

How did this not get swept up in cash-for-clunkers?

The mall has a bathroom. Each tenant doesn’t get to install a bathroom. That’s how it works. Why should buying a car take so long that you need a bathroom break?

Let’s not confuse the shit Tesla puts in their interiors with the stuff Porsche uses. I’ve used their beat to hell customer demo track cars with the alcantara and it looked showroom fresh, despite all manner of sweaty hands using it every 20 minutes.

But you can’t open the door with your cell phone. You have to hit the button like a peasant.