Porsche has never been the low cost leader.

Agreed, and Erik in particular has a regular problem.  A good portion of what he writes seems to be just his own shower thoughts that are never run by anyone before posting.

Erik, the interviewer asked two questions specifically about Tesla in the quotes you pasted. The Porsche dude did not offer up Tesla as a comparison on his own, he simply answered the questions.

What in the world is this article about?

it’s where all the cool exiles hang out: fact

You’re always welcome to come and shit post on the old Oppositelock. Until you’re not.

Tell that to the E36/E46/IS300. Arguably some of the best sport sedans ever made, and they are all RWD with an inline6.

As a design professor and an Industrial Designer w a background in automotive design, the Cybertruck offends me and irritates me on many levels. It would get you lambasted at any self respecting design school. It’s primitive, lazy, unresolved design that only works as a prop in a low budget sci fi B movie from the…

My standard reply for anyone who needs to schlepp stuff, needs something dead reliable, and affordable.

As I’m sure you know, they were popular with reporters well into the 1990s. 

“Who the hell does this anymore ? All you have to do is flick a paddle behind the wheel and the car will do everything for you. Just sit back and let the machine do the work, because manuals died with dinosaurs and heel-toe requires too much physical energy for a downshift that isn’t any faster. Also, computers can…

I have, and frequently do, ride in 40s and below. This weekend I did 500 miles on a Royal Enfield with temps as low as 30 and snow in the air. I would have loved heated grips on that, too. 

I think you and ManWhale are commenting on two different things, really. To your point, yes, the workmanship looks good* at a glance; but, to ManWhale’s point it’s still an ugly Tonka toy F250 with the rear of an Excursion reduced to a stub. I.e., it’s all a disproportionate mess without any of the Bronco’s styling…

I’ve ridden the Enfield Himalayan off-road here in the UK and was really quite impressed with it. Aside from a lack of power, it felt pretty well judged, and off-road the power wasn’t dangerously lacking, just soft, good for adventuring.

I’d be interested to see how this makes it’s power, as I am tempted to look at…

Get a photo of the full name and serial on those tires. I know FortNine was calling out motorcycle manufacturers for using cheap knock off versions of high end tires.

its the hip line not the roof line.  

Giving the car just the slightest hip where the wheel arch is what I am taking about. The 90s concept does it well.

Or the Hyundai Triangles. I mean, Elantra:

Hopefully it’s better than the squashed catfish that is the Sonata:

Literally EVERY single comment about IMS failures. The early model year Porsches had the DUAL-ROW bearing, which hardly fails. It’s the single-row bearings that tend to fail, and the problem as a whole is nowhere near as big as the internet will have you believe. Let the folks whine about “big dollar repairs” and…

“about 60 hp more and a good bit more tq than the Duc 900SS/SP” is what I meant.