“Unlike the Focus RS or Subaru STI which use a center differential to distribute their available power to the rear wheels”

There’s the Ford Focus RS now kicking ass and taking names, yet it’s still a shit box

There’s no reason I can see why you would buy this over a Focus RS, unless you’re just a VW fan.

After years of driving my observations have been a manual transmission can make a mundane vehicle seem exciting to drive and I love that.

I think the stupidest rule I’ve ever heard comes from my own neighborhood:

“The plane is an eyesore!” -Some guy who probably owns a Nissan Juke

Went to a bachelor party at vegas race track, i thought the experience was great but in hindsight... yeah... probably not a great bachelor activity if the groom got in a crash.

I can’t see many good solutions. You could ban these sort of things out right (which doesn’t seem like a good solution), or require some sort of stepped thru experience with graduated licenses or similar. That will make the whole experience much more expensive (at least 10X probably more), and thus completely…

Yeah, some people that pay $699.99 for 10 laps aren’t interested in racecraft/driving dynamics or car control. They want to drive fast NOW. I can’t imagine a supercar experience would stay in business if they played it safe and spent 8 of those 10 laps at a follow-the-leader controlled pace.

You’re on crack if you think a 23,000 mile bone stock 6 speed Supra is overpriced at $50,000. I have no idea how this made your list at #2 when you have a $250,000 C3, a rusted Impala for $44k at #5 and an M3 for $150k at #9.

raptor starts at 49k... who would pay 42k for that other than a die hard bowtie fan?

Similar to how the Suburban is now weirdly luxurious as opposed to the more utilitarian family hauler that it used to be.

Is it just me, or is the Ford Expedition way more luxurious than it should be?

It must be broken, it’s only allowing you to build automatic Alfa Romeos.

Are modern Alfas still as horrendously unreliable as they were in the ‘80s? My guess would be that 30+ years of technological improvements and hours of praise from a certain crew of loud Englishmen would’ve done something for their reliability.

FYI I’m pretty sure they launched the online configurator last night as well.

Not a very good lawyer if $25k car is all you can afford. (sorry couldn’t resist)

I think a leather wrapped roll bar is a great idea. Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but I think if it was unwrapped, it would stick out and ruin the interior design of the car. The leather makes less of an eye sore. If it was just there, I feel like the car would have been skewered. It’s like a wood grain dashboard, but 4…

This is how you get shot.

Its the airbags. Most Lincolns of that era had air suspension. When the pump, bags, or any piping fails it collapses and rests on the bump stops. It’s also nauseatingly uncomfortable.