The catch here is that it looks so good from all other angles, it's hard to believe it can look even better from behind.

*pant pant pant*

It's pulsed. Peak torque for a fraction of a cycle is enough to tighten/loosen high-friction bolts. The average torque over a revolution is enough to handle.

Come on haters, if you already have GT5 and have the free patches and DLC, this is not for you. If I did not have GT5 already, I would be happy to buy an updated all-in-one disc like this instead of having to download 5GB worth of updates and patches.

"Going around a corner quickly is one thing, but having fun whilst doing it is quite another."

Daihatsu mini-truck. When I'm done hooning it for the day, I just pick it up and load it in the back of my Odyssey to go home.

I was thinking the same thing. I used to drive Malibu Canyon to work every day; recognized the stone wall construction and the So Cal mountain canyon texture immediately.

The thing I love about the timelessness of the NA Miata's sheet metal is that it also could have been designed in Italy in 1963.

Ugh, what is that? The HHR Daytona Prototype?

Re: Today in Automotive history....

Fixed it for you.

Special paint colors? For $2million, they should have a digital optical paint match, like at Home Depot.

Kyle Busch sponsor pulls out: And I just got the 2011 "M&M" Camry on GT5.

A simple revs-based calculation like you proposed wouldn't work. Dynamometer results are for the max load at that rev value. In real life, you can have any value of torque equal or less than the dyno peak value at a particular RPM. (For example, under engine braking, torque is negative even at high revs.)

Simple! MORE paint and stickers...

And the roof line is like a CLS Benz, which is like an E Class.

Before seeing those pictures, I would have guessed that smaller fractions of Sunbird would always be more appealing than entire Sunbirds.

AFAIK, Miata racing is always with hard tops on or open tops, never the soft top. I'm sure it's for safety, but the hardtop also adds chassis rigidity and improves aerodynamics.

Here's a candidate for number 10 on the list: Broom handle hitting the starter.