"Given the S60 bones, it might not be the sharpest around."

I definitely see a lot of Kia's new K9 in this. It's starting to become a chicken/egg situation with the Korean brands.

Torque, not horsepower, equals drivability. Accessible torque is what people need in everyday driving, not to rev the nuts off a car to make 200 horsepower. That's why diesel is brilliant. But years of negative stereotypes have painted a scarlet letter A all over diesel engines. It shouldn't.

What about the 2006-2007 Monte with the 5.3l 305hp LS?

I have to say, the CVT in the Juke isn't terrible. But there's no excuse for not offering a manual with AWD for what's supposed to be the "sportiest" option.

I know it doesn't fix the lack of manual transmission, but the SE-R CVT, with 100+ lbs to haul around with 20+ less hp does 0-60 in 7.5 seconds. Therefore, if tuned for performance, I could imagine a CVT-ized version do 0-60 in 7.1-7.2, which isn't bad and actually better than the normal 6AT offered.

I think they should just ban all non-enthusiast cars. Then the losers who clog the roads would be forced to take public transportation and we would be free to roam as we needed to.

The TownCar is the perfect name. You guys are thinkin of a City Car.

You do know that the first gen S40 was a rebadged Mitsu marked up 10k right?

Low Weight.

Spiegs... I am disappoint...

I found it to be more Golf/Civic sized. So for the "warm" version with ~200hp, 23k isn't bad.

http://heresthethingauto.blogspot.com/2013/03/at-ris…

How would one go about getting on that list?

http://heresthethingauto.blogspot.com/2013/04/lincol…

I'm surprised that Jr never took it...

We have the most presidents too. But who cares about that kind of crap...

I love capitalism, but it does have the unfortunate ability to catch innocent bystanders in the crossfire.

One of the best things about living in VA is that most places use 93 as their premium grade.

That's just short term S/D