Agreed. Every once in a while I look at buying one and I can't see why I should be paying so much for a short-wheelbase 4x4.

I'm an AW11 guy, too, and I say that anything with an Iron Duke is not worth $10K no matter the condition.

It has the narrow part of the equation down, but does it have enough grunt to tackle 9% grades?

It shouldn't be terribly surprising. A turbo typically trounces a naturally aspirated motor on torque. Porsche has posted similar differentials between its turbo and non-turbo 911 models for many years. And that's despite the boxer 6 being considered a relatively torquey motor.

FIA should simply throw a big wrench in the works. All engines must:

Let's hope Putin will Granta pardon.

Saab is like a child in the classroom that has gotten in trouble for faking having to go to the bathroom but now really needs to go and the teacher won't give out a hall pass. Instead, Saab is sent to the school principal who tries to figure out how discipline the student who is sitting there squirming the whole time.…

And then the 911 Carrera 4 GTS and the 911 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet walk into the room and... how very German.

Ah, the Dolomite. I recognized the Stag-like front end.

Eventually there will be no Libyans left and the fight will boil down to a couple of Hiluxes tossing each other off of buildings and into the ocean.

Dead on. Nicely done.

Sigh. I thought I knew my cars but I can't ID a lot of these.

We need more police officers with 10-gallon hats.

And the holdup with sawing off Florida.

To this 'murican, a hatchback Mercedes seems like an Alfa SUV. Just wrong.

Basic, fun, and under $8K out the door.

You're comparing Alfa to SEAT? SEAT made Fiat clones (badly at that) until VW came along and injected some cash. They had SEAT to profitability in two years and actually began building sporting models in far higher numbers than SEAT ever did previously. They did an amazing job with Lamborghini, Skoda, and SEAT at the…

"Even the least attractive, lowest end Alfa will drive and sound like magic."

The engine in the 8.32 Thema was even better ;)

I know this is apples and ascots, but Springfield Rolls Royces did well.