Way back in December, I flew out into LAX to meet up with fellow 24 Hours of LeMons Supreme Court Justice Jonny Lieberman, so that we could jump into a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and drive it to the Skankaway Anti-Toe-Fungal 500 race 450 miles to the north. I’d been hearing all about the magical basement full of crazy Japanese-market cars beneath Mazda USA headquarters in Irvine, so I talked Mazda engineer and superstar LeMons racer Dave Coleman into giving me the tour. But how to get from LAX to my destination many miles behind the Orange Curtain? “Coleman!” I barked, “Get me an RX-8 press car, pronto!” So, he did. Now, six months later, here comes your Better Late Than Never Review of a car that, regrettably, is no longer being built. (Read More…)
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bball40dtw - It is based on the Jaguar 5.0 V8.
Preludacris - Oh yes, drifting in the snow is a smooth, sweet feeling! If I had ever been stupid at any point in my past, I might be able to relate a story about riding in the bed of a...
indi500fan - In the old days, before 6 yr old karters and “driver development” programs, a lot of future racers from the Great Lakes area learned to drive in torquey V8 stick...
Freddie - My 99 Contour V6 MT was so much fun to drive – when it ran – that I put WAY too much time and money into keeping it...
philadlj - IIRC The Bible refers to them as “asses.” (the donkeys, not the people who mourned their loss)
ajla - Yea, but this isn’t the AJ30. It’s listed as a 90-degree V6.
juicy sushi - Ottawa, wishing I could be back in Toronto.
carguy - The Jaguar AJ30 engine is a modified Ford Duratec.
Jellodyne - I had the same experience with English in Texas.
carguy - That was in an era when cars weighed a lot less. The 4,000+ lbs cars of today need significantly more power to provide the effortless propulsion that is...