@airsix73: There are reasons why these cars change hands for nothing. Expensive reasons. You're better off with an E30 or E28 if you're on any sort of budget.

Now it has French looks to go with the French engineering. Perfection of fail.

@bdon: What year was the diesel engine in the Ford F350 a straight six? I can't find a record of it.

@Maymar: I'm not sure why you think this would be the Audi that has good driving dynamics. It is crap because it was compiled with a bunch of dimensions based on more original ideas of competitors yet is overstyled to the point that it will have the space efficiency of a '75 Pontiac LeMans. It is crap because it has a…

@duurtlang: Their heritage involves a lot of complete crap like the 100LS and the first 80/Fox. The A2 seemed more like a unique solution to small car design decisions. This just looks like Audi styling cues on a shopping trolley. BMW builds a 'Mini Cooper' in this segment. They don't build a car with Riley Elf…

@duurtlang: This is exactly what Cadillac did to their brand equity with the Cimarron. Some people can learn from history. Others have to repeat it.

I think it says everything you need to know about Audi that they slap their signature features on this coal cart and sell it to their customers. Says all you need to know about new Audi customers too.

If that is a TDi Toureg, this is the perfect smug storm warned of on South Park.

Looks remarkably like a lash-up based on a Dallara indy car.

I think there must be a biological agent out there that can harness the poor hygiene of hippies to solve this crisis.

@wkiernan: It was 22 years ago. I don't think any of us owned hair dryers as the '80s were a very dangerous time for metrosexuals in Virginia. A night in a heated garage would have been enough to get the window down too, I imagine. I suppose it is a chicken and the egg thing, but perhaps due to the top configuration…

If they'd left the interior alone and gone with wheels that weren't chromed it would be the least bad Aztek, not that it matters. One of my neighbors has a Ferrari 456 GTA and an Aztek. The Aztek, which is missing a couple hubcaps, gets parked in the driveway while the Ferrari sits in the street. Maybe they're afraid…

@BburgMW: If it is an early one with a plastic back window, this may be the only way to have any visibility. Sometimes top material ages too. I had a friend who had to drive all winter with the back window of his CJ5 rolled up because it would have cracked apart if he tried to roll it down. I may be biased, because I…

@Jbar430: I replaced a Mercedes with my Jetta and couldn't have been happier. It drove nicely, had good interior materials, achieved more than 30 mpg while running at elevated speeds during the road trips of my youth, and girls even liked to ride in it. It was an '85 model, and everyone who owned a later one said mine…

Anything with a turbo is for crackheads, but this car would be a good basis for a 347 powered track rat. Not for close to 7 grand though.

If it still weighs a thousand pounds less than the current Jetta, has neutral handling, room for 4 adults to sit comfortably, and a trunk that fits two Ininity Studio Monitor speakers in the boxes then I would take one over anything in VW's NA or European model lineups. So it looks goofy. We all thought the Jetta and…

I was wondering how long it would take for Mercedes content to show up.

I think the reason the driver wasn't flustered was because he heard practically nothing this dweeb was saying until he played the tape. That was pretty nice amateur driving any way you measure it. I'm glad he had other opportunities to drive with sane instructors.

While an improvement over a Gallardo aesthetically, it still has traits of Remington electric razor.

How did this thing not win the IOE? I worked at a Saab dealer in 1989, and nobody familiar with them would have bet they could have run for 24 consecutive hours right off the showroom floor, let alone race.