I’m saying there are cars that are similar enough. We have cheap sports cars, powerful sports cars, roadsters, driver focused cars. Maybe we don’t quite have the S2000’s specific mix anymore, but every car from the past is a slightly unique mix that we’ll never see again.

There’s the 370Z. Surely you can still get an SL/SLK/Z4 in NA guise. There are a bunch of more expensive cars as well.

If memory serves, in the TG review of this car they said the 3rd brake light reflects through the whole concave rear windscreen. I always felt this was a great metaphor for French cars in general: different for the sake of different, and not always in a good way.

I don’t think it’s very clear what era this is ending. We still have NA roadsters, drivers focused cars, etc. Maybe the Miata does it a little differently, but it’s still doing it. The car itself was a continuation of the old Honda S cars, I don’t think it really fits an era.

It also spells the end of the Zs for some reason. Since the very first 240Z, they’d been growing in size, luxury and power. They were a steadily evolving mix of t-tops, 2 and 4 seaters, turbos, etc. The Z32 was the last Z for a few years, and the 350Z was a very different car.

Hah! I’ve had a 300ZX for a few years. My next car will be lighter and more direct - I’m actually shopping for an SW20 MR2 right now!

I disagree. I don’t think an era of predominantly electric cars can start without the end of the internal combustion engine era. I think the start of one often does spell the end for another.

Yes, oh god yes

Dude. Last RX-7, obv. The 7 had been buzzing around since the late 70s.

Unspoiled wedge shape? What about those ridiculous bumpers? I’d say they spoil it quite a lot.

I think it is safe to say that most Americans would not be interested in a BMW sport sedan that hits 60 in about 9 seconds

How and why does this make me so angry? There’s something about American cars that just rubs me the wrong way. If the Japanese did this I’m sure I’d be all for it.

Agreed! And that’s what I’m saying, go kart handling isn’t actually what you want in a road car.

Don’t call them maniacs, these are luxury sports cars we’re talking about. The vast majority of cars sold aren’t stripped out racers.

Maybe in a perfect world, where every drive is on a nice Sunday and a coastal road. In the real world not every corner is taken for enjoyment. Sometime (most of the time really) you just have to get somewhere, and at those times it may make sense to let the car do it more efficiently.

I’m the opposite. I adore it, I use it every single time I drive. Where I live there are a lot of speed cameras trying to catch you doing 5 over the limit, and that costs money.

Paying somebody with a slab of beer is a pretty common occurrence in Australia, usually for things being done as a favor. America has their gun culture, Australia has its drinking culture.

The ones I’m thinking of are very stiff. There’s another place nearby that can afford newer karts, but of course they can also afford a nice smooth track.

To an extent. But my capability is largely representative of most people on the road. If a Mini was that hard on your arms after half an hour of driving, no one would buy one ever.

Slightly? The fact that it was bested by a 40-tonne Bentley land yacht says it all. There are probably a dozen cars for sale right now that could do this straight off the showroom floor.