Interesting info on the RC. The weight issue is slightly overstated... a Q60 Red Sport is only about 50 pounds lighter, and a U.S.-spec M4 with DCT is absolutely not 3,680 pounds. It’s more like 3,900-plus.

Agreed, but it’s good to not compare performance between eras. Modern sedans and crossovers are often faster than racing cars from certain eras and that hasn’t their resale values.

Yes, those trim levels for the TBSS were called 1SS and 3SS I believe. You could also order it without the Torsen center diff that’s standard in the 9-7x. The full-time AWD setup also included a rear LSD but I think the front diff was open.

Yeah, I miss that era of BAT. Now it’s almost entirely concours-level machinery including many vehicles that probably don’t warrant concours-level treatment.

Buick Skyhawk sedan. The worst I am aware of.

Ooh, that’s a good one. Nothing like pop-ups on an otherwise cheap and nasty compact GM. 

There’s always been differences between the two cars’ drivetrains. At least in the U.S. The ILX started out with the R20 with manual/auto option, then moved to the K24/DCT only. No LSD. The 9th-gen Si got the K24 with manual/LSD only, and the 10th and 11th-gen Civic Si have been 1.5T with manual/LSD.

This is true. Possibly peak cheapo convertible era... sunbird/cavalier, vw rabbit, toyota paseo, yugo, etc.

Well, somebody paid for it so...

RUF did build a few slantnose 911s, I believe all were BTRs. By the time the CTR, or Yellowbird, appeared I believe that Porsche had stopped building the flachbau bodywork. I’m not totally sure, but I think all the factory slantnose cars were 930s, which might go fast enough to get some aero benefit. Certainly not as…

The blunder from down under... I think those ugly white things on the front were a combo light. The inside portion was the DRL and the rest of it (except the yellow marker light) was the directional. The car looks especially derpy with the headlights up.

Well, the drivetrain’s probably dead, unless there’s something else that uses the K24 with DCT. The ILX was sort of an oddity in that it used an old-fashioned engine with a more sporting transmission. What autobox will the new Integra use?

Yeah, the power wasn’t bad but the fuel consumption was often much worse than the competition. That plus the fact it was often tough to work on (wide bank angle) and it was a lumpy odd-fire powerplant until they started using split-journal cranks in the 1980s.

The whole point of the Countach’s aero design was to avoid the high-speed front-end lift that plagued almost every other powerful sports car of the time. The Countach was tested at high speeds—more often than not on public roads—to arrive at a stable design. And it was effective. The aerodynamics were bad by today’s…

Compare it with, say, a 1997 Aston Martin interior and get back to me.

In the case of MVS, it was absolutely the engine of convenience. And I’m sure getting the Venturi to market in France was made a lot easier by using all French components. The PRV was also plenty of engine to go up against the real competition, which would be low-displacement sports cars from Lotus that would also…

Spot on. Also, the Stelvio and Q5 are at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of “small luxury SUVs that handle like sports cars”. The Q5 is nominally a front-driver (ultra tech).

Any good-condition Diablo with a fresh clutch and smoke-free engine is a good Diablo. Have you driven the early Diablos? The clutch is incredibly heavy and the shifter balky and slow. Most of these cars have been updated with aftermarket efforts to solve the issues. The clutch is by far the most cantankerous aspect of…

Probably true, but this guy “absolutely hates” his car which seems enough to justify a haircut on the deal. Also, it’s a sign of these crazy times that buying out the lease on a 4th-gen Pathfinder has become advice that has been given.

This is entirely based on a class-action suit that compelled Toyota to repair rusting frames on 2004-2010 Tacomas/Tundras/Sequioas. And it was somewhat of an issue for years before on the Tacoma (1995-2004).