I think there’s a bit of a misunderstanding about Verstappen in your comment here. He is capable of driving quickly in a car that is difficult to drive quickly, not because it’s set up for his particular style, but because he’s adaptable and able to deal with the shortcomings of the car.

Notwithstanding the fact that Hamilton is still a force to be reckoned with, have you perhaps neglected a certain Dutchman?

I wish you the best of luck in your search - I’m sure they’ll drop in price some time reasonably soon, but the market speculation is certainly irritating.

Over-inflated price of cars that become popular because of their prominence in some “cool” media. Named for the AE86-driving main character in Initial-D, and the ridiculous asking prices for AE86 Corollas that have resulted.

I was going solely on Owen’s contention that as a five-door liftback based on a Civic platform, the Integra is paying homage to its past iterations. In the same way, an Altima coupe would technically be a suitable option for reviving the 510 nameplate, because that’s effectively what it was back in the day.

Sorry Owen, but people are going to dislike the new Integra because it doesn’t represent what they remember about the old Integra. Nobody cares that you used to be able to buy a 4 door Integra.

Takumi Tax?

Exactly. It’s pure speculation, and I am hoping for a collapse in the bubble so that 1) I might have a chance of buying a car that I want (anything really, the whole market has gone nuts) and 2) the schadenfreude will be oh so sweet.

And you can recover energy every time you brake.

I can imagine a Bond Villain submerging into shark-filled waters while his guests were on the deck just to prove a point.

“What happened to the first two Super Servants?”

This looks quite similar to a phi-power motor (they’re axial flux motors), which would also be well-suited to a bike. 20kg (44lb), 270mm (11") diameter, 95mm (4") depth, and peak power of 155kW/200hp for 60 seconds dropping to 90kW/120hp nominal.

Agreed on all points. Webber, like Ricciardo, also received his honour for his charity work as well as his motorsport achievements (“distinguished service to motor sport as a competitor and ambassador, and to the community through fundraising and patronage of a range of medical and youth support organisations”). I…

So it’s less an issue of whether Tesla wants to manufacture a cheap car, more an issue of what a cheap car is (specifically how much a cheap car costs) by the time that Tesla manufactures one.

No, I’m saying that they’re not going to release a car that’s cost-competitive with a mid-priced compact car any time soon. Their earliest launch dates for their announced models (Roadster, Cybertruck and Semi) have slipped by 3 years at least for the Roadster, 2 years for the Cybertruck and 3 years for the Semi. The…

A normal reaction, to be fair.

The two-eyed one-horned driving purple people fucker belongs to the world! Why won't you share!?

That’s exactly my point. Hence the reference to inflation. I don't think that Tesla will bring a "cheap" car to market until a "cheap" car is more expensive than $25K.

Because as much as their manufacturing costs will go down, inflation will continue, and a “$25K car” may well be a “$30K car” by the time they bring it to market.

And Jack Brabham pushed his car over the line to fourth place at Sebring in 1959, winning the World Championship in the process (though to be fair i think that he would have taken the championship whether he finished or not).