Really? Two owners? That’s all it takes for a jalop-bait article?
Really? Two owners? That’s all it takes for a jalop-bait article?
If you go through my posts you’ll find me to be a big Harley critic. And yet, it appears they’re getting their house in order. It remains to be seen if their efforts will be enough to change the negative impression most people have of them, and they still don’t have any middleweight stuff that appeals to me, but…
But chasing ring times also means that a car needs to be capable on straights- in turns - at stopping and acceleration. Whereas chasing 0-60 is totally uni dimensional.
In 2010, if you would have told me that I’d be lusting after a 500+ horsepower Kia crossover that could do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds, I’d have sooner told you I was likely to fornicate with a blood relative.
It's gorgeous.
But between my second vaccine shot and that day will be the roaring twenties.
Understand what difference, between fraud and legit business? Well I sure hope so, but investors not falling for outright fraud doesn’t excuse said fraud.
$30,000 will get you a ~2010 E63 AMG and when the tow truck drive shows up you can tell them all about how your station wagon has over 500 horsepower.
The majority of americans may own SOME stock, but the richest 10% of households own 84% of publicly traded shares. For low income americans who own stock (less than $35k HHI), the median account is less than $10,000. So a 20% runup in the stock market does nothing to repair the damage of even a month or two out of a…
FWIW, I’m not totally sure an independent inspection would have caught this either. Unless there were other issues during the tech’s test drive, or some external evidence of severe damage, IDK who would be pulling interior trim apart (C-Pillar, Trunk) to check for abnormal weld marks. Granted, there might be other…
Unfortunately with modern reliability and safety standards, this car with forced induction would weigh 500 lbs more and cost $45k. At that price you’ve gotta compete with a load of capable options, where as the current positioning leaves the miata as basically the only competitor.
Careful, here on Jalopnik you get harassed and pounded on FOR buying new cars.
I don’t understand why Toyota is so scared to do what every other performance car brand does. The top end of [car a] costs basically what the low end of [car b] does. So you can get a bigger, nicer car that may be slower, or a smaller faster one that doesn’t have the options you want. Just do a GR 86 on top of the…
I like to believe there are some naturally aspiration fans out there besides myself, maybe even product planners at Toyota and Subaru.
You’re not wrong. I test drove a BRZ... and returned it to the dealer saying that it was “ok,” but seriously lacking in power (and fun, as a result).
Simple explanation: Toyota is scared of turbocharging. They don’t want to warranty cars with turbochargers, especially another manufacturer’s car with turbocharging. They don’t like the long-term reliability data.
I don’t buy that argument. They already “compromised” other parts of the ohhhh-so-awesome-light-sport-car-holy-grail-mold by making it a 2+2 instead of a strict two seater, offering it with an automatic, and a few other non-ohhhh-so-awesome-light-sports-car-holy-grail-mold things. Would the addition of turbos really…
What are these vErY rEaL tRaDeOfFs you speak of? It’s not 1980 anymore. Modern turbos have zero lag and zero tradeoffs.
Adding a turbo would put it too close to the 2.0 litre Supra in power and performance, which I suspect Toyota don’t want. Even though Subaru does not have the same issue maybe there is a clause in the JV agreement that means Subaru cannot do a more powerful version than Toyota offer.
Only for the first 96 months. Once it’s paid off, the owner will be a bit more willing to get it dirty.