Is Jalopnik turning into Yahoo!, where most of the comments are better researched than the articles? Either that or this article should have had “Sponsored Content” somewhere in the headline.

Pity on the poor, wealthy poseur who thinks his $50,000, 310 hp purchase is as fast around the ‘Ring as a 918 Spyder.

Ya, well, back when I was looking for my current car I cross-shopped a Hyundai Elantra, a Honda Accord, and a Ferrari Enzo. Needless to say, I ended up with the Elantra because it had the most cupholders and the best warranty.

You too good for the Model X’s Toyota Previa style?

Right. They’ll just have to add another 24 hours to Le Mans for charging.

That’s all BS. Most German cars are cheaper in the US than in Germany because of VAT and taxes on emissions, vehicle weight, engine size, etc.

My point is that the buyers aren’t coming from the large luxury car market. The Model S is probably poaching more buyers from the midsize luxury segment. In absolute terms, the Model S still can’t compete for legroom (particularly in the rear), headroom, leather and materials quality, etc. It’s a class (and price)…

In Europe, the prices of the M5, E63, and RS6 are astronomical, thanks to taxes on emissions and engine size (depending on country). On the other hand Teslas often come with tax rebates instead of bills.

For example, in the Netherlands the P100D starts at 122,000 Euros, whereas the M5 starts at 161,000 Euros. Something…

Not after tax rebates.

I bet the Model S also outsold the Porsche 911. The Tesla is more comparable to the 5-Series, A6, and E Class in price (after tax breaks), size, features, and quality of materials.

The real star of Bullitt: the Porsche 356

Oil isn’t going to be $5+/gallon for quite some time. The moment the price gets closer to $3-4/gallon, thousands of dormant shale producers come online because operating them is profitable at that price. They drive the price back down with the increased supply and then go dormant again. There’s plenty of shale oil…

Anyone who has walked by a highway would know that the loudest parts of modern cars are their tires. Teslas are particularly big offenders, with their relatively wide tire spec and the increased weight they must carry. ICE is not your enemy, friend.

Back when American performance cars were trash and JDM ruled affordable performance from sea to shining sea. Oh how the tables have turned.

“Taurus” is not Spanish for bull. That’s toro. Taurus is Latin for bull.

In 2018 354 hp in a car weighing ~3900 lbs. is a “monster” when the E39 M5 had 394 hp in.......1998? Something’s broken in Jalopnik’s frame of reference.

They should visit Long Beach to learn how to set up a proper street circuit.

Baseball taught the non-white foreigners how to imitate the United States and their citizens.

It should be called by the civilization that created the artifact. The Turks were a nomadic tribe in central Asia at the time if they had even broken off yet at all. They only enter Anatolia about 1000 years ago. For the same reason you wouldn’t call a Roman artifact Belgian or French just because it was found in…

I’ll take a VW over a Tata...

Personally, I think the XK-R looked better with its longer hood and it was more of a proper GT.