If you have the money for this, you have the money for solar power which means you can drive this pretty cleanly regardless of how efficient it is on electric

I think it’s more these are the vehicles they grew up in and nostalgia is a helluva drug.

I never could figure out why the earlier square ones felt reasonably rugged and subsantial, but these roundy ones were so flimsy and plastic. And they always felt too big to me for what they were. Definitely a step backward.

I get it. A lot of the writers on here are too young to remember when cars like this were new. I am. Bottom line? These were great big pieces of shit. Especially this era when GM somehow managed to make a engine coolant that would rot the entire coolant system out. These were made during a sad era of American…

Everything you talked about was related to track driving, not day to day driving. It is a known fact that the BRZ/86 chassis and engine feel great on track when being pushed, but lackluster on the street. An NC miata doesn’t btw.

Because they’re still typically driven by normal people in normal conditions. 

I agree with the poll idea, as long as one of the options is “none of the above because Jalopnik writers are crazy.”

1. Please, please do not ruin a remaining FD RX-7 by converting it to a “track car”.

Eh, just find an E92.  Weighs less, has more power, and will be cheaper. (yes I was surprised to find out the E92 is 200lbs less)

The daily-driver-able answer to the Elise is the Cayman.

I’m shocked no one suggested a Cayman. It’s just as capable, and far more livable, than the Elise (drool) or FD (also drool).

Get an E92 for $20k. Add $20k of go faster bits to it (maybe some new bearings too). It’s already known for being a good track car that you can drive on the road and prices are very good right now.

Slightly used M240 is the proper answer to this question. Ideally it would be an M2, but if you can’t find one in your budget go M240 with some upgrade.

Those all sound like excellent reasons to just go buy a sweet E46. 

The taillights are angry too.  It’s pissed off coming and going.

I am not even sure the problem is only the look with BMW nowadays.

See, that’s why I want a Mitsubishi mirage: I want people to think I have a massive hog

“Uhhh... Nice truck, sorry about your dick.”

 They know who their target market is: Men with small penises.

Lol. They literally linked the Lucid 9 second quarter-mile article in this one and the tone could not be any more night and day. I’m sorry but this is a bit much. Jalopnik is thrilled about performance until it isn’t? Until Tesla does it? I’m not trying to be an Elon apologist but... damn.