@SweetZombieJesus: Well ain't you special. Ya know, folks like you told me to get something with some balls. They said I'd drop the Tempo like a hot patato as soon as I drove something with decent power and torque. Well, I took their advice and bought myself something with a decent sized V8. I promptly dropped it out…

@SweetZombieJesus: What the... 944s are gay.

A Tempo GLS. I love Tempos and all things Tempo related, but the GLS is rare. Even more rare is a good, solid, well maintained GLS. As such I probably won't buy one, because I stay away from beaters. Because every time I invest in a beater with the goal of restoration, I never get around to it.

@bacon117: This

@SweetZombieJesus: Go to hell Jesus.

@Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: I like to think of it in terms of... Its not that the Pontiac is slow, its that the Tempo is so damn fast.

There's a party in my Ford Fiesta.

If those figures are correct for that Trans Am, a V6 Tempo would stomp its ass in a 0-60 drag.

@Slizzo82: G8 is a Holden, GP is a poser car. Front drive fail.

All Scions, all Hummers, all Pontiacs, and most Nissans.

@CID_Vicious: You're gonna loose this one buddy. Your first sentence is full of uneducated flaws. The 2.3L 'Pinto' engine is TOTALLY UNRELATED TO THE 2.3 HSO/HSC I4 motors put into Tempo and Topaz. This is a fact. They share absolutely NOTHING but displacement figures and the fact they're naturally aspirated four…

Rooting against GM means rooting against yourself and your country. Huh. But what if you, you know, opposed the bail out from the get-go? Or what if your country isn't what you what you think it should be?

I would say... Stay away from those old European cars. As cool as they are, unreliable transport sucks hard core when you're a person who always must be reliable.

The Stringray name is meaningless after its "debut" in Transformers.

@Phil L.: Two things I'd like to add. Firstly, that the AWD Tempo rarity thing is purely demographic. I moved to Alaska a couple years ago, and for every front-driver Tempo there's at least two AWD models. In Canada too they were very popular, so popular that the Tempo was the best selling car there for several years.…

@Phil L.: No, no, no, no! You do realize this fact: a 1994 Ford Tempo LX, loaded to the hilt with every available option for that year, from power seats, to an automatic transaxle, to the 3.0L Vulcan V6. This car MSRP's LESS than an entry level, manual locks-n-windows, four banger, manual Ford Contour GL. The…

1994 Ford Tempo, tied with the 1995 Ford Contour.

The fact the Ford Taurus is up there with a BMW, a Viper, the McLaren F1, and a Jaguar makes me very, very happy.

@irishman72: Chevy Cavalier, unless its a wagon with the 3.1 V6.

There are, of course, many contenders. One of which is a personal favorite: Ford's 1992 Tempo GLS. A brief sum-up and history follow: