Music is one way to get through a night that's three months long, I guess.

Damn, she was hot.

Any meaningful weaponry would probably weigh too much. This thing probably actually is limited to the rolls currently filled by satellites. Except that it could be the best of both worlds between geosynchronous and LEO.

Carb = CP. If you’re going to all that trouble, at least use something injected. (Dons flamesuit, waits for the "a well-tuned carb setup is just as good . . . .")

Tough one. One one hand, I love a v8 Miata. On the other hand, old relatively low-power and heavy v8 with a bunch of parts of unknown provenance. Reluctant CP.

So the same people who think LS swapping an s2000 or 911 is a sin, are somehow ok with this?

Imagine the look on the dealers face if someone actually qualified.

All that work and you’re still just driving an Encore.

Here’s a Leasehackr article on how to Lease an Encore for $135/month:

The noise is imaginary? Like the idea of another TVR comeback?

If that’s the case, they will, if it’s not there will be utter silence. I’m OK with this. The satisfaction will still be mine.

towing and payload capacity are actually pretty good. Better than my 2001 f-150.

I don’t know about that. If those towing and payload numbers are true this could absolutely draw pickup buyers away from other models. Also, I work for a competing OEM and forecast car sales for a living. Note: My forecasts are often wrong so you may be 100% right. 

Just a disclaimer, I will not be purchasing one of these, but all the hot takes claiming this thing won’t sell are frankly bewildering. The fact that anyone would utter Honda Ridgeline in the same sentence as this vehicle completely invalidates any argument against it. I have spoken to quite literally 100+ people who…

True story.

Truth. I may buy one, if the manual version is cheap enough.

But weren’t the Jeep owner demographics different then? I feel like Jeep appeals to a wider portion of the population now then it did then.

If they made this thing 6-months ago it would be in my driveway now instead of a Lexus LX. 

If it has decent payload, i’ll buy one. Full size trucks are too big to me, the Colorado has shitty capacities in ZR2 trim, the Tacoma still has drum brakes and costs way too much, and the Ranger isn’t sold yet.

It’s compromised both as a utility vehicle and as a rock crawler.