I'm not opposed to getting horrizontal with the box-

YES!!! All is indeed right with the world.

That's really the best the design committee could come up with?

@Ryan Jividen: If German is a euphemism for "learned to drive in a land called PS3", sure.

Love the pre-launch gurgles from one of the passengers at about 6:00

The corners seemed to give him particular trouble, as though traction and inertia were completely foreign concepts to him.

Again with the madamism!

@Karnivore: Only if beer garden is a euphemism for viral marketing fail

I'd rather have the pudding for the money.

Klaus Meine approves.

The cool thing about a Volvo with a v8 is that it is a Volvo... with a v8. With all of the madamism that has been performed on this, it isn't a Volvo anymore; It is Janice Dickenson.

@GreenN_Gold: I thought you were riffing on Michael being pretentious about the fact that he drove a "really nice car".

@Se7en_speed: It seemed like "poke fun at the Brits" may have been a check box somewhere in the production notes.

I thought the 2 minutes Matt captured with his cell phone camera while crouched in the foot-well was more interesting than the full production Aston Martin segment. Especially the part where Rutledge was talking about all his favorite crap cans - whilst sitting in a $180k car. Why can't the producers capture some of…

@Alfisted:I noticed a bit of Smashing Pumpkins Cherub Rock during the start of the v12 Vantage segment which was a nice touch, but the mix was weak and compressed. Just like the show so far, no dynamics.

Holly double clutch

@jdoubleh: [jalopnik.com]

This is why people think gasbags are asshats. Camels are asshats too.

@Dustin Dunkin: Motor Trend goes after the industry reach-around. Rush goes after somewhat lower hanging fruit.