Hey, just give Kat a break! I thought this was interesting. I have never been to Japan and probably never will, but I still found the info interesting.

I can’t imagine driving a 1,500 pound car. It must be a powertrain combo (engine-tranny-diff) on a (spindly) frame with some fiberglass skin thrown on. Sounds almost home-grown in the back yard. I do miss the mid engine car genre though. I was fortunate to own a 1991 Toyota MR2 (Mister 2 to its friends) with the turbo…

Duck, get over yourself dude! I give major kudos to the Jalopnik staff or anyone else who gets off their duff and goes out and actually does something like AER. There is a learning curve for any activity. Besides that I read Jalopnik more for their creative writing skills and interesting subject matter than to hear…