@Ghastly: ...I hate you....

Nice pic, sweet bike and cute girl.

It's not hideous, and yet it's not attractive.

@Tedders: Yup, I saw it too...that trunk screams X5

@stephdumas: It'll be big in Japan... and with socially inept male anime fans.

@Novaload: remember, you heard it here first.

If it'll be marketed towards women call it the Mercury "Venus". Sports versions should be marked as "Mars" models.

@pauljones: Hey man, no Vega jokes! That's like picking on the Special Olympics, it's just not fair. It's not the Car's fault it came off the assembly line with severe defects, you should blame it on the incestuous meth-head parents.

Cadillac is right now ahead of the game, and here's why: they've already established themselves self from a old retiree's luxocar trophy, to a luxury muscle car maker (for older people, y'know like Bob Lutz). While I do feel that some aspects of the car's styling are overdone the overall look separates itself greatly…

@theeastbaykid: I heard that bug is 100% fatal. AND it's an STD.

The vultures are hungry for flesh.

@Nurburgring: STDs don't infect Paris Hilton, Paris Hilton infects STDs.

@7shades: ...um, you do realize that some of those countries are terrorist sponsoring nations...per TSA of course.

After popping a few, oh how should I put it... Pharmaceuticals, I had a flash of enlightenment.

@SantaRita: Looks like for now Ford is really leading that charge, GM and Chrysler really need to clean up their messy rooms or it'll be a spanking and no supper for them.

@stevecmh: I guessing he does, and his comment sounds rather jaded no?

@maximum-sienna: Toyota must be pooping rocks now, since the Corolla and Camry are their iconic bread and butter cars.

@Tomsk supports the Awesomeness: And as a total twist of irony. An MR-2 based on the GM Kappa platform (Pontiac Solstice, but think of it as a modern Fiero).

@Thrashy, perpetual Minardi: I always figured GM was more or less stuck in the 70's. Y'know, still recovering from the ill effects of the oil embargo. Since then they've struggled to make efficient and reliable cars. Oh, and the EPA at that time didn't really help too with those power sapping emissions regulations.…

So I'm guessing that those Toyota cars are, like most current manufacturers, using a drive by wire electronic gas pedal. I remember a technical article I read a while back that highlighted the the fact that these pedals use potentiometers with redundant grounds to ensure a stable signal and I think that was required…