*insert gratuitous comment about chinese/women/really bad drivers here*

They look like the underside of a bottle cap.

Think that's bad? Fucking guy buys the car then moves to DOWNTOWN Philadelphia and bitches that it's hard to drive the car around.. yeah, no shit.

Doug is a moron.

There was actually a third computer. It would calculate your repair bill ahead of time as shit broke on your 850i.

Chinese tourists, figures.

Oooh. An early Cayenne coupe!

I would like to take this opportunity to point out that the Tesla's "89 MPGe" - and for that matter any other car rated in "MPGe" - is some jive-ass bullshit. I quote the infallible Wikkypaedia:

I didn't say it's impossible to buy RWD vehicles in other markets. I should have said I'm proud of my country for not abandoning it's roots. For example look at all the great british roadsters that no longer exist in the low cost field, or cars like the Volvo P1800 or VW Karmann Ghia. Those companies walked away from…

Actually they sort of are forced to drive tiny (old) cars with tiny engines because of huge taxation designed specifically to force people to choose them. England isn't the worst in this taxation either, some European countries are absolutely batshit insane.

Saying infinite MPG is disingenuous. Doing some rough math, I come up with 116 MPGe.

I agree, an old Volvo would have no problem with a long trip, they can run forever if maintained. Now on the other hand, an old MG, Peugeot, Fiat, Triumph, Jaguar, Alfa Romeo or Renault would need mechanical repairs at least a few times on a cross country trip across the USA.

What a load of rubbish. Take any American car from the 1960's and one European car from the 1960's and see which one can complete a cross- country trip from New York to California without blowing up in a cloud of steam and burning oil on the side of the highway. A European car would not make it 300 miles without a…

Mazda done delivered a smack down to VW on car and drivers list :)

What the Europeans refuse to realize is that most (if not all) of the big wallowing American cars were also available with very competent optional suspensions that turned them into virtual equals of the badge whore loving Europeans.

Yes! He's saying it more like the karate kid.

I think our good engineers were too busy building nuclear powered aircraft carriers to be bothered with cars, or something like that. Hey, maybe that's where we got the idea for all the huge boaty cars!

When the lead example on the article is a C7 Corvette Stingray getting 30 highway, no Miata is once again - not the answer.

That's a good question.

Nissan 240SX with an LS_ swap?