I never thought I’d see the day where someone would think that owning a BMW or Mercedes was akin to having a mid-life crisis.. What did I miss?

Go find a lightly used GS lexus and have your cake and eat it too. Gs450h. About 300 horsepower, hybrid, rear wheel drive, toyota reliable.

What were the alternatives?

Yes, the development of new technologies is more expensive. But that’s not what this particular Jalopnik article is about. This Jalopnik article is about the bifurcation of the market.

Are you citing an older Lexus? Because the 2019 Lexus ES hybrid gets 45 highway while the V6 ES gets 33 highway.

1995 Civic: 102-125 hp, 2300 lbs, 35/41 mpg depending on model.

We have 450 horsepower naturally aspirated V8 muscle cars capable of hitting 30 miles per gallon. We have turbocharged V8s making over 600 horsepower that can also hit 25-30mpg on the highway.

How about you go watch an old episode of CHiPs and look at LA’s smoggy skies

There is absolutely no reason that 1 person should be in charge of what is essentially the governments job to ensure that we have clean water and less pollutants in the air.

CA is the single biggest auto market

Go to a Toyota dealership and ask for a Supra manual to test drive. When they say no, test an 86 manual and buy it. BUY IT. Then drive it everywhere and post pictures to Instagram daily #toyota #wishitwasasupramanual #manualftw.

He was basically saying: “This is the last real sports car... even the next Supra will probably be crap.”

Frustrated that this documentary doesn’t get more mention, you’d think that everyone on the Jalopnik staff would be assigned this as essential viewing.

They’re dirt cheap to buy and even cheaper to maintain, especially if you don’t maintain them.

Also pays for itself eventually by loaning it out on Scorcese movies...

I don’t count the 507 because that isn’t a fair comparison for any car.

It’s true to the brand, whereas having your brand’s halo sportscar built by somebody else isn’t.

Nissan might see this car and think they will have the a huge advantage if their next Z had 400hp/400tq

That means it’s probably making 400ish HP at the crank.

What Honda demonstrated with the new NSX is a different concept in creating a performance car, utilizing electrification for performance rather than just meeting emissions regulations. Ferrari obviously liked what it sees, and thinks it can do better.