The golden age of diesel: slow, clattery, and smokey but dammit they could run forever on a tank of diesel.

have you ever actually driven a car that slow?

nope. The MS3 is MIA, and the WRX went back to sedan-only.

The Japanese manufacturers send all their most boring models to the US. Sometimes it seems like they’re still trying to compete against 70's-80's GM in the entrenched American Or Else market, when even GM has moved on to trying to compete with the Koreans and affordable Germans... Mazda still tries in the US, but they…

That exactly the car I had in mind if I were to buy German. Honestly, I'd probably end up buying an SRT Viper or a Ford GT. You just don't see those much, even in a place that is full of people who can afford them.

"Total Price" $143,44@#%&!!!!!

You could very easily buy a well-equipped Audi R8.

A 9 for the appearance? To most people this design looks pretty much the same as all the other Porsches from the last 10-15 years. Its the same general kidney bean shape. I realize as I type this people are automatically going to jump down my throat and tell me oh-how-wonderful it is to drive ( Which it better damned…

We drove one a while back. It was nice, but it didn't feel like that much more than a faster Cayman. For the price it was hard to justify the thing, seeing as how we then got an S6, which is faster, more comfortable, loaded to the gills with gadgets and tech, and also SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS less. I'm sure it doesn't…

Is the rev-matching on downshifts always active on down shifts in Sport+, or can it be switched off independently?