The day I can’t get a manual daily driver is the day I go electric. Automatics can fuck off. 

I’m just thinking about my own desires/needs. I plan to build a track car after I pay off the current daily driver. It has to be street legal because I don’t want to deal with tow vehicles, trailers etc. That will limit mods to some degree but you can still make a potent track car that doesn’t rattle your teeth out on…

That stopped being the reason to buy a manual long ago. A manual is about joy and satisfaction. It’s about control. It’s a middle finger to lazy-ass convenience whores and people addicted to numbers.

Yeah. I’m aware of all that. They USUALLY build them with a specific series in mind and they want the people buying them to actually run that series, thus the licensing restriction on potential buyers. My comment was more hypothetical because the article doesn’t specifically state that Honda would restrict who can buy…

Yes, but if all you want is a track car then starting from a street car means you spend a bunch of time and money stripping it down, building a cage, upgrading suspension, brakes, etc. Buying something likes this gives you a huge head start on all that since it was built that way from the factory. A Type-R motor…

That has traditionally been the case with these type of purpose built race cars from the factory, but it might be able to be registered anyway depending on the state laws and rules.

If they are offering this to the general public, not just people with racing license or teams, then some might want one as a track day car. If it’s just a toy, then the series rules no longer apply. The article does not specify if Honda will restrict who can buy it. Traditionally it has. But they’ve opened up the…

If you have the cash up front to get a car like this, it’s a great way to circumvent the messy process of getting a track car together . All the work is professionally done, which means it’s gone through some testing and development that you don’t have to deal with immediately, if you built your own ride.  Then, when…

Note that I said death AND injury. 

Most of the GM concept cars like that were fabricated completely from scratch. They may have pulled some suspension bits from the parts bin. They are (Or were) rarely drive-able vehicles. Some later “concepts” were based on the production version, but those tended to be pretty obviously so.

The Aztec was based on a…

It can happen either way. When they do it like the Aztec the concept design team already know what the production car will look like. Sometimes they take an early pilot build one and fancy it up a bit. Other times they go quite a bit further and create a show car that looks kind of like what the production car will…

Can I take out a life insurance policy on you?  :-)

Without some kind of circular covers to protect people from the spinning blades and a landing gear with a much wider stance this thing is a deathtrap and an injury waiting to happen. Never mind the lack of license or training needed...

The “concept” was created after the production model design was largely done. It’s like they deliberately set up consumers to be disappointed.

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“fits”

Anyone should fit in one of these things. And they race them so it must be sporty... 

I was looking for something for the track. This doesn’t seem like it would pass tech, if for no other reason than the likelihood of frying cars behind you.

Again. Their whole business model revolves around collection of data and advertising. If you have been brainwashed into thinking otherwise clearly nothing I have to say will convince you otherwise.

Slingshot is pretty much the ugliest vehicle on the planet. I would pay the extra money just to have something way better looking. The increase in performance is icing on the cake.  Although the video makes it look like it needs more grip at the rear...