A YouTuber and podcast host, Matt Farah is a powerful voice among automobile enthusiasts — and an unusual ally for advocates of other forms of mobility.
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Matt Farah wanted to tell me about his ride.
“This is a final-year car,” he said of his 2005 Acura NSX, a mid-engined supercar he was steering through Los Angeles traffic. “By the time they got to the very end, Acura wasn’t selling very many. There were only 248 NSXs built in 2005, and this is one of 30 they built in silver.”