"an advanced descendant of the SA-6, that is" #typoalert

I'm considering buying a 'B. This thing, though—no thanks.

That number is in the original source, and they say the route is 'indirect'...I'm guessing seriously zigzagged and/or multi-path to rack up that much mileage.

Came here to say this. I used to live in Shanghai, and while I flew if I needed to go to Hong Kong (near-ish Guangzhou) or even Beijing, I was pretty sure it wasn't nearly that far by road. That said, it says it's an 'indirect route'...

Not even a 911 guy at all, and this is totally NP. Not to mention the fact, as I was telling someone yesterday, these machines are past the bottom of their depreciation curve and headed up—if you've got the cash and think you might EVER want one, now's probably the time.

...right. My understanding is that interest in the XJ220 swamped that for the F40 initially. The problem is that three or four very different worthy supercars were released within a fairly short span of time—the also-rans were worthy in their own right, but often got swamped when put on a list with the others. For…

Customers were promised a car with a naturally-aspirated V12, all-wheel drive, four-wheel steering, and a top speed of 220 MPH. What they got was a rear-wheel-drive car with a twin-turbo V6 that could only muster 210 MPH. It was the fastest car in the world, until the McLaren F1 slaughtered it.

Or Jaguar, at least, Enzo himself thought so...

Considering I love Jaguars and have an increasing interest in Alfas despite the unreliability rumours, maybe I need to be looking into a Lada...

For what it's worth, Mount Evans is one of the highest paved roads in the world at over 14,000 feet, and it's close-ish to civilization unlike many other place for altitude testing. Wouldn't be surprised if they were here just for that, with no other US connection at all.

XJ220 or One-77 in my case. I wouldn't say this special edition is hideous or anything, but it doesn't feel particularly special, particularly not given the inevitably stratospheric price.

YES. This is the sort of thing that makes me proud (again, and still) to be a Jaguar fan: attention to history and detail. I'm excited to see what S.O. will come up with in future. I definitely want mine in BRG and white, though the blue is very lovely as well.

No fan of Audi here, but it comes from Auto Union...remember the Silver Arrows?

Truly ironic for this to be a Triumph swap—I was about to reply that fast beauty/little power ratio was perfected in the Triumph Spitfire. If the Syrena *gained* power by this conversion, then it was truly sad in the beginning.

Of course, define 'affordable'. I'm talking $10k in 10-12-15 years time. If your budget is $30k, you'll be seeing these a whole lot sooner...

I figure it'll be 12-15 before a BRG F-Type Convertible with tan interior will be truly affordable...

Anybody here have a F-Type Convertible who can check its door sticker?

No kidding. Would be very curious. I'm always very torn over the 2000GT—I love the E-Type, consider it one of the loveliest cars ever penned, and the 2000GT is right up there with it.

Triumph. A marque that made classic little affordable light British sports cars, with beautifully sorted handling (if nothing else). BMW technically holds the rights as of now, and rumours pop up every once in a while about how they'll bring Triumph back. As much as I'd prefer JLR or Aston Martin to pick them up, BMW…

Checked in and out half the night and then again this morning to follow along with as much of the race as I could. First year paying attention to the race live—very happy. Does anyone know, though, what happened to GTE Pro early this morning US time? Aston Martin was leading GTE-Pro, with a Ferrari and a C7 Corvette…