I dunno, but what I do know is that I’m on my 3rd mid-engine sports car and this is the first time I’ve ever been seriously interested in a Vette. To me, on any sort of fun mountain road, 150-200 lbs. is where you really start to feel the difference.

If...IF...people complained enough to the point of the manufacturer potentially losing sales, then they will do something.

To each his/her own, but putting a plate on the sky-facing bodywork, even the smaller front Italian plates, is really jarring to my eyes. It almost makes me want to just fab a bracket (an owner of a LaFerrari surely wouldn’t mind the cost of that) to have it properly facing forward, right at the bottom right or left…

“Dude, you almost had me.”

It’s nice to be able to load up your Vette if you’re a near-retired empty nester, under 6' tall and want this as a daily driver.

Looks like the article’s wording was changed after my comment (or I misread), but thanks for the personal attack.

A late-model Porsche Boxster, Cayman or even 997 with a good PPI.

Why are you reading junk, and on top of that, spending your precious time commenting on junk too?

Zing!!!

I’m imagining my ideal build where removing these features would play some part in the overall weight reduction. Wild guesses:

The buyers want what they want--it would be nice at some point to offer a more bare-bones version at a lower price, or remove them from the more hardcore versions.

“White flight,” lmao.  Must be why people keep moving to CA from other states and driving up housing prices.

Things like power-adjustable steering wheels and power-folding mirrors are the sort of excess weight and complexity that I would not want on a sports car.

The Huracan is 4 years old.

But that’s the entire premise of the Gallardo and Huracan. For numbers, there’s the V12 line (Countach, Diablo, Murcielago, Aventador). For a smaller, more nimble, more fun package at a lower price, we have these. I think Ferrari still has the last word in premier Italian performance cars, but today’s Lambos have…

There are very decent arguments against the streetability of a Viper ACR.  As in “yes, technically it is street legal...”

It’s interesting how Lambo has retained its status as “the” brand to show off with, for more than 30 years.

Isn’t the W8 actually a Vee of two VR-style blocks, and an ancestor of the Bugatti engine?

Yeah, your alternative is probably more in line with my tastes. Buy a utilitarian truck and get a real luxury car. I’d wager that if you live out in the country where there’s plenty of room to park an F-250, then you have enough room for multiple cars. Let the workhorse do the work and let the luxury car give the luxur…

We just have to accept the fact that he and his family owe nothing to us, and whatever they choose to share is their own decision.  Our wants mean nothing to them at this point.