The cams in have a tenancy to fail. Which is a toyota part, but Lotus is the one that thought, it’s good, but we can get another 1000 RPMs out of this thing.

Let’s look for something similar. Not the Miata or S2000 similar. They made way too many of those, there are only about 5200 Elises, and 1100 Exiges in the US, with a good number written off. How about something else British, also only sold in the US for a few years, but also available in Europe before and after, and…

Island or uninhabitable swamp land in the middle of the Halifax river?

I would think its more than a ton. Probably several hundred tons. Lets assume the average auto worker weighs 200 lbs, more than 10 people are nervous about losing their job.

Lighter weight and stiffer chassis make it better for someone who knows how to build and drag race a car. Not better for a mouth breathing idiot who doesn’t understand physics or car control and steers with his right foot.

I think that was actually the purpose. My grandparents had a 79 lincoln continental. Vent windows, 4 ash trays, 4 cigarette lighters and velour pillow seats.  It was a rolling smokers lounge.

The Leaf and the Bolt are artificially skewed by the tax rebate which is about 25% of the cars price to begin with. Take that off and it’s around 61%, not great but it falls off the top 10.

This is a big time Mustang crash.  You have to get a lot of cars and coffee wrecks under your belt before being invited up to the big leagues.

Chevy - better engine

A 22 year old car you can buy new today? Sounds like an internet-forum-keyboard-warrior-who-would-never-buy-it’s dream come true.

In this expensive game of hot potato, the loser is the one who is driving the car when it burst into flames.

Yes, but you wont be part of the exclusive list of people who are chosen to over pay to then wait several years only to watch your car burn down. These are things only a Ford GT or Ferrari owner can appreciate.

They cant fit side airbags in it without completely redoing the car.

The Elise hasn’t been discontinued, it’s just too Lotusy to pass things like US crash tests.

I dont know, the headline leaves some confusion as to which “car” burned in Germany, would have been helpful if they specified.

Well the original Ford GT40 was designed to beat Ferrari at what they did best. I’m happy to see that 50 years later, the successor is keeping that spirit alive.

Dealer don’t even stock manuals. Yeah you can order one, but you’ll be waiting for a while and you’re not paying under sticker.

Reading this Wednesday morning after celebrating Taco Tuesday for lunch and dinner, that analogy is about to hit close to home.

I wonder how much I skewed the data.  I bought a manual Abarth 500, from a CarMax, in Chicago.