I’ve had a v6 5mt on the road for 17 years since high school. Now it’s a second car we cart the dog in or otherwise treat as a work truck.

When did holding a monthly car payment become as casual as paying utilities?

A coupe EV Mustang will have its day so speed arguments will be out the door and we’ll look back and think even Windstar would’ve been a better name for this to avoid confusion.

I’ll hold out for the Shelby or Ford GT Crossover, but thanks anyway Ford.

It’s also uglier, loaded with worse tech and $45k will cover a lot of repairs on the Supra if you’re into parroting antiquated thoughts on Toyota reliability.

Never mind visibility. I love that they feel the initial nudge of the curb and instead of reversing to not mess up landscape, break sprinkler heads, or, IDK, run someone’s kid over, they carelessly gun it and then this rock steps in as the hero we need.

Same. How often have you heard this?

I’d presume it was anticipated to be a low-volume car and that Toyota knew this and knew to keep making appliances and bring in BMW for a car that will elicit some attention. 

The Corvette with z51 package and few other options will get you to $75k. Supras have few options and are listed at $50k, as seen above.

It’s a shame this article even needs to be written. I bought a CPO vehicle and at the one-year mark I had a flurry of calls/emails about “upgrading” to a new vehicle (lesser model), highlighting saving on my monthly payments... but, oh yea, paying for another 12 months with no drop in interest rate on the new-car…

Just re-badge a Z4.

I don’t think it’s bad to have a halo car to get the brand in people’s evoked set.

Not nearly the econobox monster the GTO revival was, but NP given the condition and price 

This is exactly it. BMW has a reputation of underrating their production cars so when people saw demo cars putting down stronger-than-reported numbers there wasn’t any concern this was isolated to the demo.

Given the drivetrain, I think Corolla will be eating more of their lunch than a CT4/5. If RWD isn’t a selling point to someone then I don’t think the HP/Torque numbers will be either. Tech and fit and finish might be, but at what cost? 

Oh well, Minis are also fun to drive.

I considered a red one of this same vintage near me for $21k. Only 22k miles a year ago when I was looking. That was not second-car money for me so I thought better of it due to practicality, but given that anecdote I think a little patience would award you with less miles for about the same price for a Z06 C5.

Without a rear-wheel drive offering all-wheel drive isn’t that huge of a selling point for me. We saw this with the 1 series recently. BMW should be synonymous with rear bias from my perspective. People have different expectations when hopping behind the wheel of a BMW and a Mini and now they’re twinkies, basically. 

Could you imagine cross shopping a GT 350 and an X4 M? I would think most X4 M buyers are almost certainly only cross shopping CUVs and I’d also venture a guess many couldn’t get the GT 350 going from a stop. 

What parts are Toyota then? I haven’t seen it spelled out anywhere and from several videos I’ve seen the BMW roundel on all core parts including suspension in addition to what you’ve mentioned.