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The ‘90s: the heyday of the Japanese Supercar. The Acura NSX was a reliable Ferrari, the Supra Twin-Turbo was a Nipponese muscle car, and then there was the undisputed driver’s choice: the twin-turbocharged, rotary-powered third-generation Mazda RX-7. A tendency to burn oil like a two-stroke lawn mower might cause the … Read More
Walked past a newsstand lately? Chances are the entire automotive section has been emblazoned with the same glossy, hi-res shots of one of the Toyobaru twins: the Scion FR-S or the Subaru BR-Z. Both the Firs and the Birz are being loudly lauded as a return to cheap, rear-wheel-drive, sports-car … Read More
MISSION, BC – Here’s something you won’t find in Forza: this racetrack is patched, heaved, soaking-wet and strewn with debris. Unforgiving concrete barriers loom at every corner, eager to make your acquaintance; it’s the kinda place you want to be piloting a rally-scarred Subaru – not, for instance, a 400hp, … Read More
PHOENIX, AZ. This past spring, when Acura rolled out its newest vehicle — in fact, the luxe Japanese marque’s first all-new vehicle since the RDX, in 2006 — the urban centre chosen for the event was the portentously named city of Phoenix. That’s well worth pointing out, because if the … Read More
In 1962, the British sportscar was an institution. Like most institutions, that meant it was stuffily traditional: body-on-frame, lots of chrome, headlamps bugging out like amphibians. Morris Garages (MG) was wallowing in the trenches with their outdated MGA. Sales were down and archrival Triumph was head-and-shoulders ahead. After fiddling about … Read More
