For street driving, these stiffened up special versions are utterly pointless. I have an 86, and in stock form, the Toyobaru has just enough power. Barely. Pushed hard, it is very forgiving on the edge. The suspension lets it move around a bit, and the skinny tires start to slip early and gradually. It’s not very…

It may be just me, but isn´t it a bit weird to call a car Record Attempt? As in, we gave it a shot but it was too slow, but lets just name the car after it anyway? I think I´m gonna take my Prius to the Ring, set a time of 11.30, and slap an RA badge on it afterwards...

Bet you’re fun at parties.

Great little car, and a nice article! I had a white one, -82, with phonedials. I payed 3 grand for it 15 years ago, drove it for 3 or 4 years with maybe 1k in maintenance, and sold it for what i payed for it. When I had it, when the weather was nice I used to take the backroads instead of the freeway to work. Despite…

No. 400 kw converts to about 540 hp.

If this top-heavy, softly sprung hunk of metal gets a C in Driver, what earns a D, E or an F? A Trabant with a flat tire?

Honda CRX. Small, light, fast, quirky, and parts shouldn’t be a problem. Perhaps not the wedgiest though.

Cool! And wonderfully unsafe.

As the owner of a Prius, I agree wholeheartedly. The thin, electric whine from standstill, and then, the high-pitched, tinny wail when the ICE kicks in and unleashes its fury on the world...

Agree. This is also why I hate using the adaptive cruise control on the highway. It makes me feel like an idiot for engaging the brakes every time I approach another car from behind.

Every Morgan: Hold my beer.

The car is absolutely beautiful. I thought a Singer was my graal car, now I know better.

Here, in Sweden, Ecoboost Mustangs start around 40k, and the GT86:s around 35k, and I still think the Mustang is a better deal. I’ve driven a GT86, and sure, it’s a fun little car, but for you guys to even consider it at the same price of a Mustang, let alone at 5-6 k more, is just crazy.

I dunno, the 156 was stunningly beatiful for a modern car, but with the 159 (and even more so with the Brera), the lines are just a bit off. I think it’s the short wheelbase and the massive front overhang. And when you pop the hood, it gets worse. The 2,5 V6 in the 156 was an orgy in polished intake manifolds, the 3,2…

I’m all for small, fast, quirky cars. The Abarth 595, for instance, is awsome. It also has like 50 more horsepower, it costs a lot less, and, unlike the stupid clown car shown above (but like ever other car that costs more than ten grand) it doesn’t have drum brakes.

I remember them making a big deal out of that in the commersials of the time. However, in fine print they said “in top gear”. Given the very mid-range torqey power curve of the turbo engine, it’s still impressive, just not THAT impressive...

It doesn’t have to be too bad. I had mine (a fairly ratty N/A) for about three years and 20000 miles. Just regular maintenance and a used radiator, I probably spent around 1000 bucks on it. Sold it for a couple of hundred more than i bought it for. A 951 is another matter entirely, I wouldn’t touch one without an…

Dunno what a Civic weighs, but my -83 944 was a couple of grocery bags north of a metric tonne (just shy of 2200 lbs??). It wasn’t fast by modern sport car standards, but it sure was nimble.

It’s like when the Ylvis guys installed an aftermarket cow bell in a small, electric car:

That thing looks like it fell from the top of the ugly tree, and hit every branch on its way down. The ass looks a lot better than the original though, which is saying a lot.