I tend to agree, I actually think the RS is a pretty good looking car. It is tame looking compared to the Type R though which is crazy.

Subaru has a similar one
Jeep did, but I don’t think they do it anymore
Chevy has a similar color (New vette)
Lamborghini (but you can probably get a lambo in just about any color you want)

I can’t think of any more, but that’s quite a list already

I’ve noticed that a lot of car companies are coming out with “this” color lately. Since you’re a journalist I’m going to assume you’ve seen most of the similar blues to this. Is this one the prettiest iteration?

I’m 32 and I still get giddy every time I see a Type R on the road. Sure it’s looks are a bit boy racer but I drive a Nitrous Blue Focus RS so who am I to judge? I would have considered one but I live in Michigan and I wanted AWD and heated seats for the half-year winter we have.

I don’t understand how Dodge isn’t more profitable. They do minor updates to 10 year old cars with no real R&D costs on them to speak of, and people keep buying the cars because they have that cool factor. They should be making more money.

is the shift lever folded down into the center console in the 2nd to last photo? How weird!

What about a Fiesta ST? I actually think this is the perfect answer:

Is it noticeably different from the last one? 

That corvette screams 90s so hard its amazing.

There are a few issues with what you’re saying. The first is that the number one killer in the US right now isn’t heart disease, it isn’t people dying in poverty, it is the coronavirus... and thats WITH the shelter in place. So many more people would die without it.

I guess when there’s hard data that the lives lost are starting to outweigh the lives lost from the virus. We’re not there.

comparing this to the flu at this point is just outright foolishness. Not even Trump would say that they’re the same. Hospitals are running out of room to put the dead bodies from this virus. The flu, Sars, MERS and H1N1 are nowhere near this level, to argue that they are shows a lack of understanding for the reality…

I don’t see trying to save lives by staying home as being a zealot, I see it as being caring. I live in the county where a lot of those people today came from, and so far we’ve been pretty good at keeping the numbers down. If the number of cases spike in 5-10 days (and I really, really hope it doesn’t) you better…

I would always, ALWAYS rather try and save lives by doing something than do nothing knowing people will die. The diminishing returns COULD happen, yes. But people are already dying of the virus and shelter in place is DEFINITELY saving lives, so I pick that. 

First Gear:

The front end of the mustang mach 2 might be nsx like, but all I see from the c pillar back is a 60s dodge charger

It’s definitely this. As GTI MkVII said, the mirror housing is identical, and I just checked the other dodges and the Charger is the only car with that mirror housing.

Be warned that it does make a very faint pulsing buzz noise that once you hear, can be hard to ignore.

Be warned that it does make a very faint pulsing buzz noise that once you hear, can be hard to ignore.

My neighbor up the street had a white 1979 t-top Corvette. I know now that its not that special of a car (with a whopping 200hp), but man, when I was a kid seeing that thing drive by with it’s t-tops off and it’s low rumble was about as cool as it got.

This is a good thing! I’ve always thought this iteration of the corolla was an attractive hatch, but lacked in the speed and fun department.