I feel like there was a scene in that show where a stunt car with oversized tires was used for a jump that resulted in its likely destruction. I realize it is a crazy and obsessive assertion, but if it is any consolation there are numerous conversations that I participated in this week that I have no recollection of…

I really thought this was body damage until I saw the photo of the other side.

It makes me think of a donked Gallardo, or maybe the Coyote stunt car used in some scenes of Hardastle and McCormick.

"We want to be treated the same as others." Oh the injustice of being born with facial jewelry and neck ink.

I think that has passed being a fad and become a subculture. I remember being similarly repulsed when I saw that treatment applied to then-new 1993 Cadillac Sevilles, cars which came from the factory far better styled than today's Cadillacs.

Besides, without the Cignet, how would Ford have styled all their new cars?

It probably isn't a coincidence that both the Jaguar X-type and Mercury Cougar from this list are really Ford Mondeos.

Agree to disagree. We'll all be on the hook when this piece of shit goes pear shaped anyway. Feel free to be filled with guilt.

I sure do. Heck, it might be even greater if it weren't for his mishandling of the NYT piece and personality issues with capable people.

That's the best thing about it.

Is it worth a $13K piece of each car they sold this year?

Stay classy, GM. I'd say the real reason Toyota is the biggest car company is that most people that have bought their cars would buy another. The remarkable thing is that the gap back the GM and VW is so small.

I suppose technical accuracy isn't really the point, but the gear shift and console are far enough left of center in the Bagheera that the middle passenger's legs both go to the right of it. Otherwise, she would have to work the gas pedal for you with her left foot.

Downhill is the great equalizer. Erik Carlsson used to be fastest on some Monte Carlo mountain descent stages with his little Saab pop-corn popper, often against cars with many times the power. I had a guy in a 300Z TT follow me into a parking lot after trying to keep up with me down Monticello Mountain. He wanted to…

The probability of Mark Webber having his pit crew fail to fasten a wheel to his car in any race where he is pressuring Vettel is one.

In the US, we had 817 cc engines. They had to shrink in order to displace less than 50 cubic inches, so they could be exempt from emissions controls which the government inflicted in 1968. Fiat convertible tops were well designed. My 124 Sports Spider's top went up and down with one hand from the driver's seat.

I'm confused. Why is the Sterling/Rover 800 on this list? It was only made for an average time period and the badge engineering wasn't that unusual.

Thanks for the advice, but we sold the car in 2004. We had it almost 18 years, but lots of plastic parts were starting to die of old age even though the car only had 42K miles.

I remember them as having a small back seat and not driving well enough to make them good q-ships with their anonymous but crisp looks. I found one with 71K miles on ebay for $9K. The leather seats are toast and there is rust bubbling on the leading edge of the hood.