I think there is probably plenty of room for everyone in this story to be the asshole. That being said...

In one sense, this is a shame, as the over-the-top pretentiousness of the F&F series has always been ripe for parody.

Ghosn knew the fix was in the moment the Japanese courts refused his lawyers’ request to see the financial documents the charges were based on. How are you supposed to refute the evidence when you cannot see the evidence?

Japan’s legal strategy is to ensure its conviction rates remain high by trying to torture people, pre trial, into taking a guilty plea just to make it stop. Then the “trial” is just them confessing and explaining how the police did such a wonderful job in investigating the crime. Their pre trial detention rates and…

I once dropped off an friend who's brother owned a private jet. This was at a major international Airport, although the terminal was in a completely other spot as the regular planes. He told me the flight was at 9:15, and we should be there at 9:10. I thought this was weird as normal check-in takes like an hour and a…

“ Turkish authorities have begun to piece together the flight details of Ghosn’s journey, which reportedly did involve the musical instrument cases previously rumored to have played a part.”

The Japanese judicial system is so tilted (99% conviction rates) that it’s hard to see how he’d get a fair trial, especially since the evidence points toward a contrived set of charges drummed up by MITI to protect Nissan from falling into French government control. This was a set-up, pure and simple.

While this is a fun story to keep running over & over, the whole “unsold LFA” thing is not based in reality and has been a recurring myth for years. A review of Lexus’ sales numbers alone does not mean anything without context.

I don’t give a damn if it is seven years old. If I won the $237 million Powerball jackpot tomorrow night, one of my first orders of business would be putting together my own Gone in 60 Seconds list of 50 cars (to be acquired legally, though), and a Lexus LFA would sure AF be on there. I think I’d name her... Rebecca.…

“kind of like how freight ‘Hot Shot’ expediters operate today carrying smaller loads long distances under short deadlines here in the States”

Like torn jeans!

Those already exist, they’re called Alfa Romeos.

“New cars should come pre-rusted and not working”

Not only are rotary allowed, but the most exciting part of all of this is this section:

13B Doritio Power MX-5 in Super GT... it was a thing once.

I’m not sure we can claim the rule change is ‘tiny’ when the rotary is mentioned by name several times and has its own section. 

I’ve only seen one Supra - which is crazy low in Vancouver. Usually when something new comes out I’ll see a half-dozen a week after the reviews are published.