Here is a much better look at it. They certainly weren’t hiding it. If I had known this was news I would have definitely taken some snaps.

It’s the Honda Sports Concept.

Agreed on the turbos. If you drive the standard NA Sonata, the engine is a dog. Get in the 1.6T Eco version and suddenly it’s like, “Oh, hello there.”

“Analysts.” That’s a good one.

Get rid of the hot rodders. Seriously. The Hot August Nights crowd has destroyed car television in America. In fact, forget America entirely - let’s do a show about tuning and mods in other countries.

I am so conditioned to be drought-aware now, I saw this thing and went BUT NO THE WATER IT’S GOING EVERYWHERE SO MUCH WASTAGE and became slightly physically uncomfortable.

Gotta say, Andrew’s killing it so far in the Jalopnik Video department - another great watch. I have no interest in a truck or off-roading and yet I am really starting to love TruckYeah!. Keep doing what you’re doing.

I think we’ve discovered the honey badger of cars.

That car is clearly more beat on than the one in the ad.

Yes, Obama is literally doing the equivalent of handing Czechoslovakia over to Hitler. Your comment really added some valuable information to the discourse here.

That and cars are not goods generally purchased outright. Financing a vehicle has a disproportionate effect in terms of % of income going toward monthly payments, because most people do not budget a car payment in terms of their total wages or savings - they budget it in terms of the amount of disposable income they…

Totally right. But it is a hilarious observation nonetheless.

Dirt track modified. They’re still pretty popular at local tracks all around the US, I went to our local track for a couple years almost every weekend when I was a kid - my neighbor was the flagman. Modified was definitely the “cream of the crop” class at our track because it was the most notable championship that…

That said, turning it into a track machine is probably the most noble thing you can do to a 350Z. They are terrible street cars and that design has aged so poorly. Kudos for at least doing something useful with it instead of letting it die an agonizing stance nation death.

I, too, find the discussion around this ridiculously childish. So many people are keen to play the “find the liability” game because lawyers have been positing hypotheticals about this for years, and now that it’s finally here everybody’s going crazy. The “save one child or kill a family of five” robot car example is…

As always, the aftermarket is there for people who want it. I just don’t think your average Miata buyer (which, Jalopnik readers are far from average) cares about the power all that much.

Mmmm, this doesn’t exactly sit right with me. Here’s the thing: in the “old days,” yes, there was real journalism with real journalists(TM) happening left and right and I’m guessing if you didn’t focus and buckle down on the news and just did whatever-the-fuck, you were screwed in terms of long-term career options…

As someone who also reviews products professionally in a journalist-y context, the fact is that this sentiment is 90% people just not liking things which are unfamiliar to them. I’ve not driven nearly as many cars as the average auto journalist (maybe 25-30 in my whole - short - life), but I have used probably over…

Accurate, because after owning this thing for 12 months, you will probably be effectively deaf. This car is Harley-Davidson levels of exhaust-obnoxious. Stop it, Mercedes.

SO MUCH DOWNFORCE BRO