I see what you’re saying, but I also remember how wow’d I was by the design when this first came out.

Yes to the Miata, no to the GT. With a first gen miata, there’s really not too much trouble the kid will get into #becauseslowcar. The GT is a different story - every kid I knew in high school with a newish mustang or camaro either wrapped it around a tree or got caught driving so fast they got their license suspended…

Mustang GT first car sounds like douchebag starter kit.

Buy a Miata or a Mustang GT. I think we’re done here.

I think it’s kind of interesting. Do we really need copyright rules? What happens if we can all blatantly rip off / happily co-share each others ideas? Will quality prevail over cheap knock-offs? Look at China and see!

There is always a higher number on the speedometer or some idiot revving his engine at you or some jack ass in the passenger seat saying go faster. This is just another thing. It’s still up to the driver to obey the law and drive safely.

You’re right. All automakers who incentivize risky behavior should be sued. Like Ferrari is a great example. Have you heard the wail of a V12 go up through 3rd gear. Oh man. SO GOOD! I’d do pulls all day to 100+

Really. You think that this isn’t the fault of the girl who decided she was going to go over 100 miles per hour while on her phone, but is in fact, snapchat’s fault.

The frivolous lawsuit is a time honoured American tradition.

The law firm might as well sue Mercedes-Benz making a car that can reach over 100 mph and sue the government for letting Mercedes for making such cars. \ sarcasm.

shouldn’t they be suing the girl and her family?

Religion the best and worst thing human beings ever created.

Nah, to be a Monty Python sketch it would have to be a legally parked car and the traffic cop refusing to ticket it despite the owners protestations that it was illegally parked and deserved on. And would end in a ticket for littering or something non-motoring relating.

I don’t think he’s trying to unfairly downplay Tesla’s system. I think, as another commented mentioned, this guy is responding to the Cult of Tesla. We’re all really excited about autonomous driving, and Tesla’s currently got the closest consumer-available system. Sure, it’s cool to see a Tesla swerve to miss an…

No Volvo’s complaint is their marketing for it is unsafe. Calling level 2 just autopilot gives these idiots behind the wheel even more excuses to not pay attention. Just look at the youtube vidoes for it. Oh I can read the paper while I drive because its autopilot....

Tesla’s Autopilot is a Level 3 system with the optional tech package, which can read road signs, lane markings, and detect obstacles. It’s substantially more capable than just an adaptive cruise control setting, which is essentially what a Level 2 system is.

Volvo’s “issue” is that a Level 3 autonomous system is inherently dangerous and shouldn’t be used at all, due to the allowance of distraction for the driver but reliance on the driver to take over in emergency conditions.

I agree. I don’t think it’s practical to assume that someone using the Tesla-style autopilot is going to remain as attentive as someone driving normally - which is what it seems to require.

I’m more shocked at the fact it’s only worth $1.45 million. A V12 vintage Ferrari, with a racing history and the upgraded version of the 512 cars. There’s more 250 GTO’s then 512S/512M. This is a god damn steal!

[UPDATE] I’m being told now by Matt Hardigree that the whole color-blindness thing was a ruse, and the real prank was that the seats were covered in the skin of my dead mother.