That's the killer bee sound they became (in)famous for.

I agree, there's probably some beef already between them. The driver opens the door before gun man gets up to the window. They probably spotted him crossing the street while gun man started two cars ahead to try to get the jump on them.

Galant VR4?

Honda was allowed to race after promising they'd actually put it into production within a year (or two). Some of the other guys probably put up a stink after they raced the last 2 years with a concept car, HSV-10.

No disrespect to McQueen, but he was actually running away from Nazis.

Depth of Speed. The videos should still be up on Youtube or vimeo. There was a really good one with an old Skyline GT-R on a track. No words, just engine and music.

I suppose so, but they'd probably be much faster than anyone else that a pit stop won't hurt them. Kinda like the LMP1s that are breezing past the whole field. Obviously they're a different class, but they'd be the monster car in the analogy that very few could afford to run.

True, but they match the Porsche vibe. And the guy said he couldn't put them on after converting to all disk brakes.

Turn left to go right!

I read Nissan's IMSA GTP car had a couple of rear blow outs from almost 10k lbs of downforce.

But the limit was how much fuel a car can use in an entire race (and between refueling). If a team made a monster hp car that burned 10 gallons a minute they couldn't finish a race because they would burn up their fuel allotment before it was over.

Rotaries weren't singled out. After 1991, every car had to be a 3.5L V10. Jaguar V12s were out, Porsche and Nissan turbos, etc.

In the beginning they only sold road cars to fund their racing.

Their winning is already monotonous, but Audi won a good race. Come on, Porsche, your Le Mans record is slipping away.

It still has the 4 rotor scream, though.

Modern traction control and suspension trump brute power. Back in 2005ish Top Gear compared a Group B Quattro vs a street Evo on their track and the Audi had a slower time.

You may want to avert your eyes in the second half of that episode.

Jackie was only shifting, though he was able to do it with the shifter in his crotch.

" Was that the primary buffer panel ? "

At that time sports cars were also rally cars.