especially since Nissan finally gave up on the VLSD and switched to a clutch type LSD for the new Z.

It’s a luxury sports sedan - boring is somewhat expected.  These are for people that want “grown up” sports cars,  not WRXes.

It’s like the Chevy SS, sure it’s a great performance car but it looks like a Malibu

So in my mind I wonder how many of those things were close enough to fitting that they just hammered the bolts in and called it a day, because that’s how much they cared.

Easy: S197 5.0 6MT. Grabber Blue w/Performance pack & Recaros

Ford: Let’s market research with people who can’t afford the car and won’t be able to for another 10-15 years.  Double bonus points - let’s use people who have little experience driving any cars.  They’ll be wowed by anything cooler than an hand-me-down Camry.

Fuck these guys for ruining things for all of us. The broken rules that don’t cause anyone issues often remain unenforced.

Smart negotiation on their part. Especially pulling out the CEO pay argument.

The G70 represents one of the best value proposition for sports sedans out there

Goddamn car prices.

The Genesis G70 is probably the closest any automaker has come to recreating the excellent driving feel of the legendary BMW 3 Series.

You yourself see that Toyota is making a product that is clearly in demand, thus will sell like crazy. Yet you call this idea dumb?

Toyota - Please call it the Taquito.

The Taco is getting the i-force max drivetrain. The 28MPG highway it is estimated to be rated at is probably the upper limit anyone could expect out of a gigantic brick anyway.

Almost none.

Yeah, but it’s at least something.

The fact that the GR Yaris and Corolla sold out almost immediately kind of proves that there is, in fact, demand for a manual transmission, turbo, awd rally hatchback.

Back in those days, you could also pick up a Mustang 5.0 for $32k (or high 20s after discounts - I picked up mine for 28k). And people would opt to save money and go with a Miata, or spend about the same for a significantly more powerful Mustang (post 11)

My big wish is that the base model came with an LSD as that’s a deal breaker for me. 400hp with a RWD open diff seems like a bad idea.

Chassis dynos aren’t useful for comparison. The same car on different dynos with different operators will put out different numbers, nevermind different cars are different dynos . Dynojets in particular are essentially made up figures to inflate owner’s egos, especially at some shops.