Great list, Matt. While I agree wholeheartedly with your list, potential candidates for inclusion would be:

@solracer: I noticed that too; it looks to be almost touching the turbocharger. Perhaps it's a safety enhancement? The car will immolate itself before spinning and rolling over.

This re-re-reaffirms my belief that Lutz is the coolest auto exec on the planet. I think the CTS-V will beat the C63 at Laguna Seca, shoulda gone for an M5.

He's got a purdy mouf.

This is a really classy execution of the electrification of a formerly IC engined car. No big "EV" stickers or banners proclaiming its greenness. Aside from the compromised approach and departure angles, this looks like a normal (read: totally ninja awesome) elco.

@Bret: [crickets]

@Pinto: Great film!

@CPO Alfisted: Yes, it's a cute little P'up.

This is a great looking car. As a current Saab owner, I look forward to the new direction things are taking with Koenigborkborkborksegg's control.

Toyota and Honda seem to weather these sorts of thing just fine. How many class action suits are we up to now for things like engine sludge failures and transmission "issues"?

Can haz?

@Qutaiba_ELLEEL: Jeez, who pissed in your Cheerios this morning? Give the kid a break. He's 23 and likes to drive fast (did you pay attention to how he did in the reasonably priced car? Not bad for the huge dude that he is). Never mind the fact that he probably doesn't drive much, being the he's the fastest human…

@John Krewson: Indeed! I find the current crop of willful deceivers as tiring as the vapidity their verbal jazzhands.

The end of his tragic life is punctuated by the fact that he won't get a chance to vote and argue on the floor of the Senate about his chosen cause of affordable health care.

@Jim-Bob: Ditch that dizzy!

So very, very right.

It has a cloth convertible top!?!?

I'm far more concerned with what I consider "Active Safety" metrics. Such important wreck avoidance traits as:

@engineerd: The car (Pujo! the Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys' Peugeot 505) broke free of his tie down straps and bounced around in the trailer like a drumstick in a bag of Shake-n-Bake.

@Maymar may have abused the approve comment button: Indeed. I often refer to big SUVs as "deathtraps". When asked why, I open the open the driver's door and point to the GVWR plaque. This, of course elicits a confused response.