....how did this get a higher rating than the Mazda6?

no, seriously...what is with gawker and grief-porn?

Dear Ford: I would seriously purchase a Lincoln from you if you re-badged the Falcon. Sincerely

Heh, thank you. FWIW I do agree - they seriously need to boost their performance.

And my uncle is Ray Wert!

Hopefully Mr. LaHood's successor will continue to focus on augmenting our rail infrastructure. /Serious

+1

Amtrak may be rather expensive, but I remember skimming a report on them that boiled down to 85% of their operating costs is carried by passenger tickets and the remainder from taxpayer money...all things considered that's pretty impressive to pull that off in the current economic climate

Obligatory 'how's about Chrysler use some of their profits to bring Alfa Romeo stateside?'

Hey Jamie, if you think you can do such a better job hows about you fill Mr LaHood's now-empty shoes, eh?

Well he sure won't be the first to dragon the car, will he?!

Don't worry Ray, once the production model comes out you can dragon to you heart's content!

...I'm going to go for it. And then I will take this Delta home and make it whole again!

How about this: adjust the tax for inflation, AND issue the fee to the EV owners in an effort to recoup the gas tax revenue the state would have otherwise lost. That way, we can be equally fair (or depending on your viewpoint, unfair) to everyone!

I noticed in the background you have a couple Stone beers floating around. You sir, have good taste!

There's also the more controversial pronunciations:

Found in the weird part of YouTube

On the subject of things being worth the wait:

I can't help but ask, what happens when gas prices shoot back up again / we start seeing economic fluctuations? I realize that the rest of Ford's lineup has improved substantially and could [potentially] weather them through, but the last thing I want to see is Carpocalypse 2.0

Part of me wants to go into 'bean counters ruined everything' mode - but considering the rampant badge engineering GM subjected everyone to until recently, part of me feels as if these cars would have been axed sooner or later for the same reason...