Made a slight photo-chop. I still consider the grill too big but not as ugly as the original.

Looks like a Bricklin SV-1.

I always thought this custom was cool:

Wow, that is ugly. The proportions seem all wrong. The large cabin to body ratio makes it look low-rent. The rear spoiler somehow manages to look underwhelming due to width yet gaudy due to the height. The side profile says Z4 M coupe instead of supra, it even has the Hofmeister kink. The only interesting angle seems…

I expect this on page 1 of the HD catalog:

Can’t hold the excitement:

That doesn’t sound impressive.

Wow - BMW 1-series must be a prolific muscle car baby daddy down under.

That looks like more form than function. I know its light weight and probably dissipates heat like crazy, but it looks like Swiss cheese. Bugatti will probably charge a ton for the added “clean out your holes” brake service.

Thea answer is yes!

I started driving in a ‘84 Escort wagon in high school. You could still make out where the “Southwestern Bell” decals had been on the doors. The AC didn’t work and it had vinyl seats - this made the daily commute from Houston to Baytown a painful situation. This commute was also how I got the car. When I asked my dad…

I remember the first time I saw this at the Auto show, I thought : “Wow, is that the new Supra?” This was quickly followed by a “Darn they wussified the Viper.”

I thought all the original Vipers committed torque induced murder-suicide with their owners.

Yes! Doesn’t matter if this thing originally had coil springs - you can shoe-horn that body onto another frame. Just look at the Roadkill Nascarlo to get some ideas.

7hp short, but you can: https://jalopnik.com/why-fords-tiny-1-liter-3-cylinder-is-the-future-of-ga-1543662936 . I drove around the UK in a Focus with a 1L 6 speed (technically .999l) and it was more than adequate.

Jalapeno!

Story 1:

“weird dogbone styling cue”

Interesting things with electric motors - you can also modify the motor timing to dynamically tune. You can run higher timing in exchange for more rpm, but it ends up with higher current draw and less efficiency, consequently also generating more heat.