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2 weeks ago
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I'll never forget being at Tompkins Airport in Ithaca, NY and watching some guy utterly frustrated at not being able to get a rental car (they had run out) and desperately explaining he had to get to Watkins Glenn. I don't think the clerk had ever heard of Derek Bell.
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3 weeks ago
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I suspect they really want real world range data and driving cycle info. The NDA is for when people find out that "your actual range may vary".
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3 weeks ago
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That would be awesome. I always had the same thought when sites ask about dream cars. I wonder what Leno or Fred Simeone (before his recent death) would have answered.
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3 weeks ago
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To go beyond just click bait that gets ton of responses but really serves no one, how cool would it be to also get lists from people like Jay Leno, Wayne Carini, Phillip Sarofim, or someone like Mate Rimac or Christian von Koenigsegg. Now that would be interesting.
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3 weeks ago
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Besides clichés like LeMans, there are cult classics to consider like: Corvette Summer The Last Car in America Repo Man I Robot Etc.
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4 weeks ago
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This kind of article is why your website has become the best place for evocative, insightful, and entertaining content. Thanks for not succumbing to the trend towards superficial, sophomoric, and banal. I read your content to hear from people who know more than me introduce me to fascinating cars, people and their stories. Thanks, and keep up the good work.
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01-07-2022
09:05 AM
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I wonder if there are any young Brocks running around today, or have they all had their spirit trampled by "corporate inertia" Brock alludes to.
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30-06-2022
05:00 PM
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The Lotus Esprit always looked the part but never delivered. It is a great candidate for electrification (as long as it's not by Lucas!)
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30-06-2022
04:54 PM
And definitely better skip the fries with that!
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27-06-2022
04:16 PM
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Growing up on the Jersey Shore, IROC had another meaning. Just check the urban dictionary. Just glad these cars are getting their due.
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15-06-2022
11:08 AM
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The parallels to Briggs Cunningham are particularly striking. Glickenhouse just needs to take up sailing.
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14-06-2022
06:43 PM
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It's a shame a really good article has to degrade in the middle to preach that ICE cars are the only fun car. My answer would be the Tesla Roadster over the Boxster. But the real 2 points are 1) climate change will affect the quality of life of hundreds of millions of people if we don't get off our ass and do something about it, and 2) ICE collector/hobby cars, with their paucity and relatively few miles driven are an insignificant part of the problem. So we need some real solutions, not like adding ethanol to our fuel that was strictly an industry subsidy or taking my Miata or the author's Boxster second cars off the road.
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14-06-2022
01:19 PM
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There is an old joke that Lamborghinis are cars for Italian gigolos. The only problem is that by the time they make enough money to buy one, they don't fit in it. I wonder if it's the same with MG. Those of us who remember the MGB are too old to be the demographic for the new one.
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13-06-2022
07:20 PM
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Too late to call it the MGE?
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28-05-2022
11:01 AM
Great story, especially the design part, because I seem to remember part of the sales pitch when the 929 came out was that it was "designed by a Japanese sculpture". Anyone else remember that?
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17-05-2022
01:17 PM
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I know it's made in England, but still not sure about BRG for a Ferrari.
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04-05-2022
10:58 PM
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Saving the Earth is not such a non-sensical reason. Although I agree that the few sports cars being sold today will not make a difference. Now the gas guzzling SUVs that can't be autonomized fast enough for most drivers, that's another story.
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29-04-2022
04:59 PM
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It's easy to underestimate Mitsubishi in the US. But at one point, the parent company represented a staggering 10% of Japan's GDP! Needless to say, they have the resources to make a comeback if it was really what they wanted.
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29-04-2022
12:57 PM
My 74 TR7 was not a steller car, but neither was a friend's X1/9. Still, for looks and bang for the buck, as we say stateside... I would really love to drive them back to back to back with my NA Miata, then an EV version of both. I'm sure a little extra power will cure a lot of ills.
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27-04-2022
03:56 PM
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I generally dislike white cars, but S1 Esprits really do look great in white, even ignoring the "Wet Nellie" effect.
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20-04-2022
02:03 PM
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A rare sighting in the wild, (named after the panther in the Kipling's the Jungle Book. Get it?) it's one of the many oddball cars you can see at the Lane Museum in Nashville.
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19-04-2022
03:52 PM
The shape of the air intake behind the door still seems undeveloped to me, just like in the GTB.
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19-04-2022
03:45 PM
What I want to know was which prewar Fiat is worth more than $1M?
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19-04-2022
03:41 PM
This is a beautiful car. If the price wasn't so crazy, it would have made a great electric restomod project. But not for Alfa Montreal money, for example.
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13-04-2022
07:55 AM
I get the restomod electrified versions of 50s Jags, etc. But half a million dollars for a 191 hp AH100? Good luck finding 25 customers.
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10-04-2022
09:40 AM
Thanks for the clarification, Greg. It's great to have the information from someone on the inside.
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09-04-2022
07:56 AM
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Mostly thought of as an "80s" car. I think that's why it was left off the list.
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07-04-2022
08:52 PM
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At least this time Liberty Walk didn't screw up an actual classic. There is a special circle of hell for their crimes.
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03-04-2022
09:11 PM
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I find this sophomoric writing strange for Hagerty. I had to check this wasn't an old Motor Trend article. Hope is was just an editor distracted by the apparently unlimited torque and guilt free motoring of a solar power charged EV.
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29-03-2022
05:03 PM
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Interesting to note the left hand drive. Guess we know where the key target markets are. Finally, we won't know if it's a true Lotus until we get to see the weight.
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25-03-2022
05:04 PM
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The Deus Vayanne story reminds me of the 2015 show when a company called Lyons Motor Car promised a 1700-hp hypercar and brought a styrofoam model instead. As New York icon Yogi Berra famously said "it's deja vu all over again!"
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22-03-2022
03:13 PM
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Pat Goss was the cool uncle you went to when you had a question. He will definitely be missed.
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16-03-2022
07:51 PM
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On the other hand, if it's a De Tomaso Mangusta like in the first pic, raid your 401K, your kids' college funds, whatever you need to do and buy it immediately. If you don't, you'll regret it the rest of your life!
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08-03-2022
07:51 PM
In the category of demise greatly exaggerated, Venturi continued making sports cars (albeit electric) well into the 00's. I remember seeing them at the 2014 Paris Auto Show. They are still a major force in Formula E, although indeed out of the production car business.
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20-01-2022
01:20 PM
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The Hellenic Motor Museum is a really good collection to visit, with some unexpected interesting and classic cars. Right in the center of Athens, it's a stop any car aficionado should add to a visit to Greece.
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