So I tried a Supra

[Player 1]

Thanks everyone! Good to see some love for the E89's too, a better looking thing than both the Supra and G29 for sure.
I do wish they'd done something about the sheer amount of metal between the top of the bonnet and the front wheel arch, the second picture really highlights this.

Personally, I really like the lines of the roof and rear arches, sort of reminds me of a smaller Ferrari F12.

I did forget to mention the power delivery, having only tried the 4 pot G29, I can't really compare it to that but it doesn't feel as fast as the remapped 35i, especially after the Z4 gets past 3000rpm and the torque really kicks in.
The E89 feels far more turbocharged and is more of an event in how the back squats down, bonnet rises and it takes off. The Supra is far more linear in delivery and the close gear ratios help keep it in the powerband.
Both cars will struggle for grip in the wet in the first few gears which keeps things entertaining!

[Paulwirral]

From the side, it reminds me of Penelope pitstops car

I've been racking my brain trying to think of where I'd seen it before

[scootr]

I gotta be honest - I like Space Metallic Gray because it hides the dirt so *** well

[buzyg]

Am I the only one who finds the sweeping rear fended line into the door unappealing? A carpenter might have done better.

A bit of Marcos in those lines.
https://images.app.goo.gl/DAq2GPoA4zhFZ37H9

[ronk]

I like the Grey - current car is grey but to be honest, I preferred the DSB of my previous car.
I bought the current car at the end of the production run so I only had Hobson’s choice - it was the spec I wanted or the colour!
I went for the spec.

[Angelus666]

It’s flavour of the month, but you’ve got to think that car will definitely get hit hard by depreciation when it kicks in. Dropping £50k into a Toyota feels very risky.

[ronk]

It’s flavour of the month, but you’ve got to think that car will definitely get hit hard by depreciation when it kicks in. Dropping £50k into a Toyota feels very risky.

It would have cost me £28k to change my car with a like for like spec ( 9.5k / 33months) so I don't think Toyota have a monopoly in the depletion dept - unless they are worse?
If they are, I would avoid.

[Angelus666]

It’s flavour of the month, but you’ve got to think that car will definitely get hit hard by depreciation when it kicks in. Dropping £50k into a Toyota feels very risky.

It would have cost me £28k to change my car with a like for like spec ( 9.5k / 33months) so I don't think Toyota have a monopoly in the depletion dept - unless they are worse?
If they are, I would avoid.

That's bonkers isn't it. New cars have become so expensive as they are almost always bought on a PCP scheme just to somehow make them affordable. It's the future gamble on depreciation % that people play with a new car purchase, and in this £40k-70k bracket, it's tricky to pick the car that will cost you the least over the 3 year term.

Unbelievably the safest place to put your new car money, is not german or japanese, it's french right now with the Alpine A110.

[ronk]

I agree, the trend does seem to be lease / pcp - the payments for a car are just another household bill so the depreciation just goes largely unseen.