Introduction

Lotus Elise

Infinity G35 Sedan

Honda Dualnote

Alexis: A lot of cool stuff never makes it to the United States. Consider the Lotus Elise 111S. It’s as exotic of a car as you can imagine with a curb weight of only 806 kg, and 0-62mph in 5.1 sec with a 160 hp engine. Not only that, it has a surprisingly affordable price of $30 to $35k’s. Too bad the Lotus engine doesn’t meet US emissions spec, and so the only way to bring an Elise into the States is if you replace the engine with a Honda B18C VTEC. While this brings your 0-60mph down to 4.3 seconds, and gives you close to 30mpg in the city, the conversion and import costs bring the price up to the now, unreachable, $55,000.

The Z

Can you imagine me in your garage?

Evolution: Ford GT

Alan: In this article, we’ll be looking at two racing games for the PS2 that have, apparently been deemed too fast and too furious for the United States: Gran Turismo Concept and WRC 2 Extreme. Why should we care about these games which aren’t immediately available in the US? Two easy answers: Gran Turismo Concept is the intermediate between GT3 and GT4. WRC 2 Extreme was developed by Sony Europe, and although it isn’t currently available in the US, chances are good that it’ll be brought over shortly. Both of these games support Logitech force feedback wheels, and of course, we use the MOMO Force for all our testing (which at current prices of $100, would have made it Editor’s Choice material).

Skyline drifting – 1.52MB (24 sec)

RS6 at the track

Cien vs. GT

Zoom, zoom!