Wish this was a bumper sticker for the ultimate automotive attitude. 

No, not really. 

“What’s a-behind me is not important.”

Tesla is already 100% electric. There is no need to cajole them, prod them, threaten them, reward them or anything, as they’ve already achieved the intended goal—getting a car manufacturer to stop making gas cars and go all EV.  GM, Ford and others need the constant poking. 

Older engineers call that ‘German’. 

Worked the medical laser field for several years.  The number of interlocks and safety circuits to watch over the operator and prevent them from doing something stupid was incredibly high.  Simple things like a low percentage of leaked light through the ocular or a mismatch of the fiber was enough to crash the system. 

Medical devices have to meet certain standards set by regulatory bodies, internal company requirements, and private standards bodies when appropriate. Then depending on what it is there may be service life and other requirements from the customers. Odds are there isn’t much that’s over designed relative to those…

Local engineer here.

That’s a pretty narrow definition. 

Aren’t GM and Ford also shipping vehicles with the assumption that the dealer will install parts when they are available? If the system that takes advantage of these components isn’t going to be ready for years*, I can see why they aren’t holding things up for customers who want vehicles today.

So you’re that bean counter the engineers always blame when someone dies because something was under-engineered?

You’re welcome.

Car shows today? Crap drama like any other crap (and cheap to produce) reality shows. Appealing to the lowest denominator of viewership. Compare to classy and historically and technically informative productions like Alan De Cadenet’s Victory By Design.  There’s no comparison.  

I see a lot of Lancia and some Alfa cues in there. Then I see Giugiaro designed it. Of course, it makes sense now. It’s half Italian.

My thoughts exactly.  A lot of Lancia in there. 

Triggered? You’re the one with FOUR posts already in on the subject. Triggered….

100% agree.  Why collect something common.  

If I am gonna have a collectors’ car it is most certainly going to be something unusual. Another ‘64 Mustang or MGB is just pointless.

I think it looks the most like a four door version of the Lancia Fulvia Rallye (I know Lancia made a four door Fulvia but the Coupe and Rallye had different styling). I think this would make a cool resto-mod (as long as everything stayed Mazda) or a neat restoration. That being said, $5999 is a lot of money for a…

The last Ferrari that doesn’t require any special factory interface to plug into for diagnostics or reprogramming.  Also not much needed in special tools to work on it at all.  A competent individual could work on this.