This reminds me of the Best Motoring episode where they're racing the Evo and the Impreza. While the Evo's computer-controlled diffs were good, they were not preferred to the traditional mechanical diffs of the Subaru.

We shall see. While this is all very interesting, I think it's dumbing-down motoring (I'm saying this is the case/tren in general, not referring to the RL here) . Computer-controlled steering and brakes and throttle and everything else may work fine for mega-bucks race cars, but having 9-speed auto transmissions and voice command sunroofs and drink coolers in the rear seat, etc. don't add much to the experience, in my opinion. Those are features for people who don't care for driving. Pretty soon, all we'll have to do is get in a box, no wheel, no pedals, say where we want to go and it will take us there. Is that driving? Motoring? No.

It suck for people like us, or for me at least. Most of the public is happy with huge SUVs and FWD autos. Why not some affordable midesize RWD cars? Why can't someone step up to the plate? The IS300 is a perfect example of a lost opportunity, but since I'm already way off topic, I'm not going to go there.