-“You want to do what? Have you driven a Lotus Elise? Trust me, doing an interstate drive from Los Angeles to Texas won’t be fun.” So began the warnings to the buyer of my Lotus Elise. READ MORE ›› –
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—
– Forty years ago, BMW, eager to establish a larger presence in the United States, took the Batmobile IMSA racing. The E9 3.0 CSL, festooned with a honkin’ wing and fender flares large enough to qualify as affordable housing in some parts of San Mateo County, acquitted itself quite admirably in competition, and has gone on to become of the best-loved racing cars of the 20th century. So when BMW’s 3.0
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—
– Mazda’s ultra-sweet MX-5 Cup race car, based on the new fourth-generation Miata, is finally complete. We first saw the zoomy take on the latest Miata at last year’s L.A. auto show, where the car debuted in prototype form; now, however, Mazda has completed its happy little race car and is tossing it into service immediately as a pace car for the Rolex Monterey Reunion historic races. – Of course,
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—
––––––––––––––––––––—
-With only one refresh since its last major makeover for 2008, Lexus’s LX570 SUV was ripe for updates. The problem, if you can call it one, is that people genuinely liked it the way it was. Sharing its sturdy and capable underpinnings with the Toyota Land Cruiser and offering opulent interior furnishings with a comparatively demure exterior, it’s truly a luxury SUV. But while the LX was busy holding its
– With no hint of eastern inscrutability, Toyota boss Akio Toyoda defined the Lexus GS mid-luxe rear-drive model’s mission ages ago: Attack the European sports sedan squadron—Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, and soon Alfa Romeo—with determination. Given that task, Lexus has broadened the GS roster by adding a value edition powered by a smaller, more fuel-efficient engine. The new-for-2016 GS200t follows Continental protocol to the letter with a turbocharged and intercooled
