Challenge accepted.

Seriously, nobody suggested an AW11? Well preserved cherry examples go right around her price range, they’re a riot to drive, and they’ve got that ‘80s wedge shape in spades. Here’s one doing a hillclimb.

Miata fanboi-ism makes me sad. There are other cars! A wide world of cars ready to be hooned and enjoyed.

80's wedge you say?

The answer is, as always, volvo.

Seriously Tom you guys at Jalop should put together forgotten cars of the 70's and 80's respectively. Between the odd balls Datson, Saab, Volvo, Fiat, and Alfa made in the 70's along with the odd ball Shelby Dodge creations in the 80's would make for a good couple piece article.

Cheap? Wedge? Track Car? Unusual?

Zowie! MR2.

Trademark infringement?

Needs more headlights.

Barry Melrose is an odd hill to die on.

Where did this happen? Baseball bats seem unlikely to be especially common in France/Belgium.

Yeah, a close relative of mine considers himself average, blue collar, even though he is an incredibly successful businessman. But he was born to children of poor immigrants, who worked manual labor and went hungry a lot so their kids could eat, etc. Ultimately, his whole family WAS able to American-dream bootstraps…

Never understood why Redbull doesn’t start its own racing series based on future innovation. Screw F1 if it cannot keep up. Call it Formula Ultimate... or FU! for short.

I had the same thought when adding the pictures.

Dude.

And an Intense M1 in the “bed”. Nice.

The number of people just walking past this buried in their smartphones completely perplexes me. I’d be all over this damn thing, taking pictures, calling my friends...

It’s Monday! Back to work in your large turbodiesel luxury coupe.

It was entertaining and am firmly in the “anyone but Mercedes” camp, but I always prefer a race where drivers are competing head-to-head instead of a race won by 6+ seconds based on pit/tire strategy