I think the biggest issue was lack of advertising in the US. I didn’t even know they existed until Doug Demuro made his video, and I’m a Kia fan.

It seemed silly to me to sacrifice performance in dry, cold weather (90% of my winter driving), for better performance in the snow (10% of my winter driving).

Unpopular opinion:

You mean... you are seeing if a BMW 7 Series from the 80s is as good as getting around as the similar sized 3 series built today?

I just don’t understand the Wrangler. Why such high resale value for a car that will shake itself apart?

This is the best answer.

Please can we stop using that fan-made bronco render without disclaimers? It’s just going to end in disappointment when people actually see the new bronco and it looks more like a jeep than an F-150.

My guess is so that EPA fuel economy will look good.

For a few years, I owned 2 cars: a 5 speed Acura and a 6 speed BMW. The Acura was my DD and the BMW sat in the garage 6 days a week.

“Kanye does not make music“

Only in a rotary Mazda can you be a fan boy and shit talk your own car at the same time and everyone gets the joke...

I think these would have a “Stronger” cult following if 1) More people knew about them and 2) You could actually keep that triple rotor Wankel engine running. (parts etc)

As a blog and business it’d be stupid to pass up an invite from Toyota to test drive a prototype - think of the ads, clicks and SEO they’re getting out of this.

This car can kind of suck it. I don’t blame Jalopnik for doing what they’re doing - they’re the media and they’re media-ing. I blame Toyota for being so fucking coy about this thing. 

Hey everyone! I’m the lucky driver being overtaken by the S2K! I got one of the first cars from McLaren and didn’t waste time putting some miles on it. Before I had to leave the US I put 1600 miles on the car road tripping it from Monterey to LA and back and to SF and back to Monterey. Then I did the double track day…

Can Jalopnik do real world tests with Stance vs Non-Stance with the same cars?
Distance it takes to stop with a Stanced car vs the same car not stanced out.
Same test but on water (rain)
Moose test
Acceleration
Bumps/potholes
etc.

PLEASE!!!!!

This is a better view.

Where did I say anyting about weight?

This is a good choice, I do love the S2000, I had one, I still sing the praises of it, but don’t think that it’s civic in terms of maintenance cost. Just so you know the 2 liter version (ap1) has some quirks that could cost a lot of money if your not careful.

For weekdays at the ol’ parking lot: