Ukko Viljanen meaning The Grainy God of Weather and Thunder.

I will gracefully and humbly accept my "uppercut" on the basis that nothing in the written portions of the article cited Caryn as anything other than a photo/videographer and holder of wires, incidentally. I have nothing against women who work on cars and I find it quite fascinating when women show such an interest in…

This is the face of the world's most tolerant woman.

Yup, pretty much. Can't say it wouldn't be fun though.

Beetle swap. I reckon the snap oversteer would get you before the fire ever has a chance to manifest itself.

Yeahhhh........this time of year we don't see much higher than 26 or 27 mpg.

I wanted to see how it did at highway speeds, since this is where little engines tend to get worked hard for long periods. The Fiesta just had a 5-speed manual, which today is almost starting to seem retro. Even without a sixth gear, the gear ratios seem well-considered. Fifth is a really tall gear, an overdrive (of…

The engine sounds pretty good — it's clearly not your usual four, but it's not an unpleasant sound at all. At high revs it gets a sort of reverse-gear high-pitched whine, but that gives it a sort of Jetsons-world high-tech character. Vibration is actually quite minimal, and at idle it feels totally smooth inside the…

I get the sense that he's going to have problems with uneven tire wear.

Is this supposed to look like an F1 splitter?

In the immortal words of Tom and Ray.... "Boooooo-gus".

Though I do think one of the Big Three should start pumping out some high-lux model badged as a Duesenberg.

Or us Michigan State folks. Muck Fichigan.

$500 sounds like a decent amount of money, especially seen from the perspective of somebody in my tax bracket, but weighed against the price of a new car, that's pocket change. And I know this sounds kind of cynical, and that there are still cars to be sold and money to be made, but that's basically like GM saying…

Now THAT is a full Orlove...rolled over IN MOTION.

Well, they certainly seem well-qualified to purchase a race track. $157k for a motor...sheesh.

However, "After consideration of the lead time required, cost, and effectiveness of each of these solutions, the (inquiry) was closed with no action," automaker says.

I've posted on here before about being a Michigan State student, but Texas is my other love. Both my parents are alums and I was born in Austin.

Hook 'em indeed, boys :)

I'm....sort of disappointed that it's not radically different. Not that I have anything against the current/new styling, but I was kind of hoping for a new weird.

Nah, dude, I'm with ya. I just barely watched Clarkson's piece on it and he couldn't convince me. I just think it looks all wrong. The body is not nearly as elegantly shaped as an 8C's and I think it has the headlights from a 599 too? That being said, the color scheme on this car is quite good. But still. Color don't…

What is this man doing?