Same thing happened to BMW. After about 2006 their cars started feeling like they were made out of carboard. Horrible styling and horrible fit and finish.
Sounds like things may have changed recently? IDK. Companies need to stay focused on making good products and serving customers instead of exploiting customers.
No one in here is getting it right.
Depends on the 911. Porsche has been working out the rear engine quirks for decades. I would say the 991 is when they first got engough of this worked out to not have abnormal liftoff over-steer anymore. Rear axel steering totally removes all traces of RR weirdness.
You go back to the air-cooled 911s and the answer is yes. Absolutely. No trail braking. Do not lift off in the corner. If you happen to be coming into a corner too fast or are going through it too fast, the best strategy is to just stick with it or give it more gas and slide it out. If you lift or brake, youre done. At least by keeping your foot in, you have a chance.
And I would argue this isnt a mid vs rear engine thing. Lots of mid engine cars have the same characteristic.
Even Porsche wouldn’t give him more than $90k for it.
They are going to offer the lowest price out of everyone.
Its a 997. These are not your cars, are they…
Honestly, none. Cas today are so fucking boring. Everything is the same. I’m over it.
Who cares
Dumbest decision ever. Ask people what they want in a car. Carplay is on the list 9/10 times. people dont understand cars and dont understand technology. They understand their phones. They want to plug their phones into their cars.
Before CarPlay “An aux port” for listening to music was on the list of needs 10/10 times.
This is going to be a huge issue for GM.
There is no rationality to this. Supercar purchases are 100% emotional. Hypercar purchases are even more removed from reality. The people that buy these cars hardly ever drive them. When they do, its following the speed limits to a cars and coffee or something. These are wealth trophies for flexing and nothing else.
Everyone in here is saying something about performance figures, which is nonsense.
its more along the lines of the car being an outlier branding wise. All these rich cunts want trophies to show off their wealth. Ferrari, Porsche, and Lambo have established themselves as the three certified rich trophies. A few others have crept in, like Pagani.
The LFA required a ton of explanation to justify. You cant roll up in one and have the same instant reaction you get in a Ferrari. Your rich friends are going to rip on you for buying a Lexus over a Ferrari. No one in this level of wealth has the driving skills or the motivation to actually extract performance out of these cars.
The LFA is a cool car now because its in the second hand market. Actual enthusiasts bought them used. Top Gear and a bunch of other enthusiast shows raved about them. Prices are up because rich people are hoarding them again because and the need for explanation is dissipating. There is also this trend for nostalgia and “something different” among the rich folks. The LFA checks those boxes as well. There is a tone of “oh its just another Ferrari” type of thing going on.
Source: Ive been in super/hyper car enthusiast circles and had to leave because the people there are worse than anyone even realizes.