This is false.

Because that’s big in China.

Hey, China may have concentration camps for Uighurs, but at least they’re not “chucklefucks”! 

Erik be shilling for the CCP.

I see. I’d compare the kind of innovation Honda was doing with the first NSX more with what Gordon Murray was thinking with the F1 and now the T.50. It’s taking a traditional layout and driving experience, but using technology to make it the best possible version of that experience.

It depends how you define supercar. How many cars had performance on the level of the GT-R at the time? We know it could handle despite the weight and it had a 0-60 time of ~5.6 seconds back then. Most tests of the Holden you mention show a 6+ second 0-60. A 1990 Ferrari 358ts did it in 6.0 seconds and a 1990 NSX was…

Was it though? What would the R32 have been at the same time then, with its AWD, turbo, and rear-wheel steering (along with the weight penalties for each) having become the recipe for many modern supercars today, 30 years later?

Two problems with it:

Except ironically the Subaru is more loyal to what made Porsches unique with its horizontally-opposed and optionally turbocharged engines...

Let me guess, the next SRT will be a 5000-lb all-electric CUV with half the range of a Tesla now...

It’s a weird world where Toyota doesn’t feel it has an engine for its own affordable sportscar and contracts out BMW’s current turbo I6 for the Supra, while they would still be supplying Lotus with a V6 engine for what could be a competitor to the Supra, depending on the eventual specs and price.

It would make more…

Thinking about it more, there would have been some precedent to use the supercharged and turbocharged Volvo inline-4 in the Esprit successor. It would have harkened back to the old Turbo Esprits using inline-4s. And the unit made up to 362 hp in some Volvo Polestars, so it could probably be pushed well into the 400s…

Thanks for the info. I’m surprised Geely would be okay continuing to use a Toyota engine and that Toyota is okay continuing to supply them to what could be a competitor with the Supra and other forthcoming sportscars.

What engine could power the new Lotus? Given that they’re clearly not in it to win it with ICE engines, would they really develop an all new one for one or two models and one generation? Volvo would normally have some options, but now they’re down to only inline-4 engines and smaller. Not sure that fits with the price…

Agreed. So hopefully they’re able to get that message out there well enough that the uptake of the vaccine is 80-90%. It would be an impressive feat if they’re able to do it voluntarily.

But does Australia keep these restrictions up forever? My point is that enough people in other nations have been infected naturally such that you only need to vaccinate a smaller number of people to achieve herd immunity, wherever that % ends up being. Given that the virus will continue to circulate even after that,…

The problem is that barring eradication, even the small amount of virus that will continue circulating around the world would ignite like a wildfire once it reaches a population much more susceptible due to so few infections. That’s why I’m saying to get to a similar level of herd immunity they need to vaccinate an…

Given that it seems we’re well past the opportunity for eradication, this seems like just one example of the difficulties Australia will have in reintegrating with the world.  They’ll need to have a very high uptake of the vaccine or risk outbreaks for years to come.

Now the two best drivers will be on the same team! #trollmode

If they had continued to develop them I doubt they’d be any slower now.