The other part about that is a lot of their homerun products are built domestically. The outback, legacy, impreza (some of them) and Ascent are all built at the Lafayette plant.

I want one of these in the worst way, but I fear I would be afraid to drive it by the very nature of it being a limited run vehicle. I looked into ordering one, but finding a dealer in the area to sell one at list was darn near impossible.

As a NA miata owner, I support the preservation of pop up headlights. The world is better with pop ups.

GTD continues to be my favorite class in sportscar racing right now. It consistently produces close battles. Patrick Long and Christina Nielsen have been dialed in pretty well the last few races as well. They have been exceedingly quick.

Finding a clean one these days is tough, and even then you are usually bidding against a wannabe drifter.

Oh there’s totally a better line up of some guys out there. Doug Mientkiewicz, Shane Spencer, Ian Snell... Those are some guys! 

Completely. I’m a Miata homer, and I’m 100% with you. I wonder why there is such a disproportional price delta between the US and Canada. RF’s max out around 35k here, and GT premiums start at 39, the performance pack bumps it up to 44. That’s a bigger gap between prices than what you are seeing up north. It seems…

In what universe are you getting this pricing? Mazda Canada’s site has a GS with a sport pack at 38k + 4400 for the sport pack, or you can get a GT for 41. The RF GT is 44.

Is he trying to push us quickly to peak oil? This is how you get to peak oil.

I’d feel better if Les Claypool were posting tons of giant station wagons. Les is already one of my favorite musicians. 

I have to like Fred Durst now. The darkest timeline has been realized.

That’s probably the best description of TVR I have ever heard.

Their build quality is dubious at best, their styling is completely crazy, and they are horrifically unreliable.

It is a steep price, but it is a legitimate track monster, and the SL-C did extremely well in the NASA ranks. If you are looking for a crazy track toy, it is hard to beat this thing.

Purple Necco wafers might be the grossest substance on the planet.

I’d be in a Rush to get over there and drive it.

I saw the 1:1 (at the time) HP Barchetta at the Dream Cruise in Farmington CT last summer. In person it looks absolutely bonkers. It doesn’t look real. It looks like someone gave a 6 year old free reign to design a car....... and it strangely works.

Member of the legion of defiant masochists who have stuck by the team, here.

Likely the first time this was said in the history of mankind....

My folks had a 78. I have a fondness forthe Delta 88 as well