I swear to God, I am the only Jalop who has the love for the 'Stang II in Cobra trim.

LRA? Or are you factoring for a rear-end swap too?

How do you figure that?

Do you think that if they did it on a Pinto we could call it "Sex On Fire?"

The thing is, they made it to drool over... for the one guy who's gonna pay.

Annnnd... it's an optional extra at that!

Let's be perfectly honest - if you're shopping in that segment, you need the functionality of a hatch with usable rear seats, if you're looking at practicality over performance but you still want to let loose once in a while, then the Veloster is a great choice.

Yeah, and while I can't argue with your logic (well, I could but it'd be a pretty shitty debate, full of words like "because" and statements such as "I say so!" with lots of cursing involved) I think there are a lot of other vehicles which have been proposed which don't even qualify as a prototype, let alone one-off's.

That was it for me also. I was looking at the sticker, I was comparing it in terms of practicality, dollar for dollar, to other similarly priced cars. Let's just say that on the Pro V Con list, the BRZ was very, very low down.

Remember the old adage:

Thirded! 3rded!

I've only been behind the wheel of the base N/A with the 1.6.

Such a shame about how it actually drove.

This count?

Do you wait for the Turbo, though?

If you live in North America, and you want a small, hot hatch... you can spend your money on any one of a dozen hatches that are neither hot, nor small.

You sure it was a girl, $kay...

When are my eyes expected to cease bleeding?

This is staged. It's as common a trend as those little doll kids for Classics.