Agreed. Ford knows how to build stripper trucks that make accountants happy. Which means they aren’t necessarily good daily drivers.

It’s a hybrid NA 2.0 engine. Given the torque figure, it’s probably making peak torque from below 2000 RPMs until about 4500, with peak power at right around 6000.

The designer of this generation clearly misses their Ford Taurus.

I’m going to second the Type R. But I’m going to nominate the ITR.

I’m more interested in this WRC offering. Could this be the souped up Maverick I’ve been wishing for (w/ 2.3L Valencia)?

What about something like the Focus ST?

savagegeese. best car youtuber out there.

It no longer drives like a crap can off the track.

unless you are a contractor the plywood thing is going to come up maybe once a year.

They hate it because it is BMW.We all know how fun and cheap it is to keep an old performance BMW in good working order.

The Toyota Supra because it’s not built by Toyota.

Unless you’re in love with the styling of the fox body, you can pick up a decent Sn95 for a fifth of this.

Report them.

Minivans are fine, just be sure there are condoms in the glove compartment with a note that reads, “You don’t want to be driving this minivan for the next 18 years.”

This all makes sense. Technology has progressed to the point where increasing vehicle size doesn’t really impose any performance impacts, as it’s fairly easy to throw some more power and tire at a bigger vehicle and get great performance.

The caveat being, I think a modern RWD car with good traction control is fine. Granted, you have to be confident that they will leave traction control on all the time, but I think that level of trust comes down to you and your kid.

She’ll put the death in death wobble.

The photoshop doesn’t really work in 3 dimensions. The transition from the door to the wide-ass fenders is really dramatic. there’s a good 5 inches of space to fill between the natural door seam and the start of the rear fenders.

I had a Celica and the lift back was a major feature. While the FR-S could hold four tires, the same sized Celica could easily manage six. The car was my go-to for IKEA runs too. Since you could take out the front seat and get 110 inches (!!) of length for boxes and still completely close the hatch. Probably 10ft+ if…

Have you priced out used pinball machines for parts lately?