This car is running so deep that drivers frequently get the bends.

The 3.6 is the new engine. Good-bye OHV.

I'm with you on the interior quality (the Volvo is depressing; the WRX is almost junky), but if we're talking new car, a base GTI is less than $1K cheaper than a base C30. And the "Autobahn" GTI version is a whopping $29K! That's well within the territory of a C30 R-Design.

Oooh. That would be uncomfortable...every tall SUV would try to run you down.

It's hard to tell on these Edwardian cars. My only reference, really, are old tractors, which sometimes had both the throttle and the spark advance on the steering wheel in similar arrangement. One thing for sure is that the spark control was definitely manual.

Would the corollary of this be a VW Golf somewhere in Tennessee painted in the colors of the Irish flag?

Sigh. Too many people, even in this great big land.

I see a lot of criticism for these lists, which is probably why AOTD took an extended sabbatical.

Yep. In fact, before 1998, Mercedes had never built a V6.

Maybe this will make the Montreal race less crowded? (would much rather see first F1 race in Montreal)

Heh. Crater Road. Why worry?

That's a coy disclaimer for its braking performance. Limited Liability Rolls Royce.

The software for the Garmin astrolabe is terrible. They shouldn't have bothered.

You can retard in a Toyota, but you can't advance.

I would compare it also to the Volvo C30, which is, for slightly more money, a more interesting car. Perhaps not as nimble, but definitely faster and arguably more comfortable for long stretches. The GTI is a close second for me, though.

This seems to prove the E. coli did originate in Germany.

Great, he crashed the first Civic ever made.

He was clearly posting to Twitter.

Heheheh. Sorry, Lumina.

It's the kind of car that may have a buyer in Romania, or the Ukraine. All they know is that it's American, big, kinda powerful, supposedly valuable, and different.