“in a market that can’t get enough of big and stupid SUVs."

Two factor hoonthentication.

So much for drag racing in my Prius!

shock value click bait? 

I know what you mean, it’s almost like their lineup is a mirage

I’m a little bummed that it looks like Aston is taking a step back from future tech and leaning more towards traditional racing

Yup. Then the non functional gauges cemented it as someone else's half assed project. 

Even a crackhead like Gollum wouldn’t buy this thing.

Counterpoint - we’re still very much in “Stage 3". GM just throws out a couple big numbers to get the blogs all hard, and we get articles like this. People still care very much for EV-centric stats like range and battery size.

Let’s assume Torch isn’t off his meds again.

“...the first Miata in 1989 started at $13,800, or around $29,283 in today’s money...”

Counterpoint: Miatas are low volume and have less vehicles to spread development costs across on their unique platform. Mazda is not exactly swimming in cash. Miatas have no direct competition in the small RWD convertible department.

Tell that to George Lucas.

These are incredible numbers from a stock turbo. My guess is, with an aftermarket tune, and a larger turbocharger, this car might do two seconds, flat. I’m not sure how much these turbos are tuned for low-end, off the line torque, but my gut tells me with a quarter mile time like that, they have to come on boost…

Or, actually, they’re fine.

For 2019, Harley, reported earnings of $423.6 million, or $2.68 per share, down from $531.5 million, or $3.19 a share in 2018.

I, for one, am completely satisfied to witness the slow demise of one of my least favorite brands. 

NASA set up a little restaurant on the Moon back ‘69 when they landed.