Hahahahha way to pown! Hat's off!! Plus you can tell him about aluminum panels being usually thicker than their steel counterparts for a given weight so yes Virginia, they are indeed more dent resistant. Cheers!

Audi is simplifying and squaring their design language but for some reason I just can't find it as attractive as their bauhaus, noughties, era. This doesn't cut it for me. These look like VWs (i know, they actually are!!) And VW of lately hasn't been very inspired, either. So no, please don't make this a TT.

Now that's more like it. I've always thought the C7 was to skinny-tired and flat of fenders. This widebody does it for me. Still no fan of the rear but that can be forgiven by looking at the front splitter and scrumptious wheelarch extensions. Good stuff. 625 Hp is a good jump, too. Good, good!

Good point!

My feelings exactly. Aubdi much Mr. Schreyer?

You've made me laugh after 10 hours of the most depressing job in these lands. Hat's off!

4. Nissan GT-R (1,236 sold)

Agreed one thousand percent!

Ah, My first thought was "Hmmmpghf. Good. But they're still too heavy and there's little they'll be able to do about that to really compete". Then I kept on reading. Supercharged 640hp v8 and though "Hey, that's next-gen Z06 material right there!"

Hi! Let me jump the bandwagon here with a different viewpoint: sightlines. Cars are required to have their lights at a certain height and visibility from certain angles. Styling and aero sometimes want them flat but complying with standards trump such considerations.

Mr. DClutch's right. The viper engine is rather, erm..."unstressed"..

Yep, 472CID, absolutely right. It was mind boggling back then. I guess the technology differential was more pronounced than nowadays (918 a hybrid like a...Prius??). Plus it was more in the hardware itself than the software. I'd gladly have an F1 over a P1 and an F40 over an Enzo.

America does many things well. Hamburgers. Freedom. Long-form dramatic television. But one area where we're lagging is in home-built, V8, rear-wheel drive sedans. Thank God for Australia.

Ford got this one absolutely right. Not a single bad angle. The new mustang is too anodyne. GM's C7 vette has a less-than-popular rear end and even Aston blew it with their new Pixar-Spec grille.

I won't tell you which one wins. Actually, I will. It's the Cooper S, the car I just bought, because I am the smartest human being alive. Eat shit, other cars.

I'd go as far as saying an internets-realistic 33 mpg can be attained if you drive this just after hypermiling your de-balled Prius. No need to play Farinelli in this bad boy.

Just to keep the fires stoked:

Could this lead to even better interiors from GM? It's made strides (particularly in Cadillac, relatively so in the Corvette) but it still playing catch up to some brands (Audi switchgear, for example?). I am also begging hardcore models such as the Z28, Z06 and ZR1 are also not lost in the translation.

Bravo. Agreed 100%. I just keep hearing these uninformed opinions on if and so and must.

But it isn't all perfect. Sitting to each side of the TFT rev counter are gauges that look terribly cheap. I'd like to wheel to be a little smaller and thicker, possibly Alcantara covered. Also, the paddles for the rev match feature feel plasticky.