Petrol.

The Zonda R was really cool because it was the acme of these types of vehicles (hyper-limited, insanely expensive cost-no-object track-focussed cars with all of their craftsmanship on display and crazy performance).

It’s a classic recipe.

They are now your questions to ponder. Meanwhile...

Hey, if the Odyssey looked like this I would be pretty stoked.

I doubt Honda will sell them anywhere...

Touché

Ghostriding the whip...

They’re all perfectly reasonable points that still don’t address the central argument that hot hatches are dead as a concept, they’re either short-term issues or more specific to PSA (for example the 208 EV isn’t a dedicated EV platform, so there’s extra weight in there that doesn’t need to be there).

I guess it’s a French issue then. There’s no particular reason that an EV or hybrid hot hatch can’t be built. Assuming people will accept vehicles without 600km of range, a hot hatch EV could be acceptably light, cheap and dynamic.

Peugeot just aren’t trying.

Laguna engine in the Clio, I think.

About the closest we’ve come to that was Webber criticizing the Bahrain race back in 2012, and he still ended up racing:

As an aside, the LC looks even better in the metal - I've seen them in the metallic red and blue, and they look like friggin spaceships.

This was my first thought.

That’s just terribly sad.

508 yes, 3008... not so much.

I’ve heard that boomers aren’t good at interneting, but it’s right at the top of the damn page, dude:

This will be missed by the vast majority of commenters here, Doc...

If you want something that sticks strictly to cars you can buy, I can recommend the automotive section of Consumer Reports.