@eggwich del fiero: Every single supercar I've ever seen has been compared to a Cobra in my mind. The Veyron is my other True Love because it's the first car, in my mind, that's been bat-shit insane enough to give a Cobra a run for its money.

@Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: I was standing beside a genuine 427 Cobra when it fired up. It sounded like Satan gargling land mines. I told my girlfriend at the time that I would leave her in a heartbeat for one night alone with that car. She said that she'd expect me to.

@Jake the Mascot: GUARDS! Have this man taken out and shot... or at least exile him to Jezeberia.

@Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: With the obligatory Murilee/Sketchler one-arm-out-the-window drag-racing technique.

@SCROGGS!!: Ooh! Retsin!

Oh Ben, you had to test drive a Lexus Hybrid? I can just see how this one went down. Roy Wort sitting in his office in his newest big-boy suit, pretending to puff on a cigar, gets handed a set of keys by the obligatory white-jacketed lab assistant (who then vanishes off-screen right).

@Pixel: The bumper cover used to be just decoration, back in the 80s and 90s. Now, particularly in small cars, they're all designed to transfer damage.

@pauljones: It's all about the priorities, Mr. Jones. If my car's broken, I can track down the problem and repair it, then continue driving it as I please.

Well... I like it, but I like the TT, and this just looks like a TT clone. It's like the cheap Chinese Hot Wheels knockoffs your cheap relatives would buy for you when you were a kid. I expect to pick it up, look at the bottom of it, and see that, because it wasn't licensed by Audi, they call it a Twin-T Coupe.

@TampaRon: Twice!

@Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!: That was interesting... it submitted all by itself! Closing statement — and consequent relevance — was supposed to be, "As a historical fan of Saab, expect a similar reaction if this wagon is as pretty as it could be. Expect an opposite reaction if it ends up looking like a…

I saw a commercial the other day for the new CTS wagon, and in the middle of telling a story (Me? Storytelling? NEVER!) I audibly gasped and let out an "Ohhhh."

Isn't that the idea with these cars? In order for them to be safer, they're supposed to disburse the energy of the impact around the body panels. They sacrifice sturdiness for safety. Yes, it costs more, but that's because they are designed to take as much of the damage in their body panels as possible so that it's…

@Mike the Dog: A MUCH bigger dirt-bag, because I've seen quite a few of these cars around, they're fairly readily available, and sell all the time for between $5k and $7k CAD. While a nice example, it hardly looks nice enough to justify over twice the going price.

Wasn't there a site about this? Stuck Babes or something like that? Amazingly hot girls getting their vehicles hopelessly stuck while wearing minimalistic attires? Sounds like we need a Mars version.

turning such little talent into so much money.

Pfft, bring in someone from any heavy-snow area. I recommend the neatly-bearded elderly gentleman in the lowered VW Bus I saw this winter getting himself un-stuck in south Edmonton. He high-centered himself on a hidden speed-bump covered in snow, and the rear drive wheels were spinning off the ground. Without batting…

Paging SuzanneD and FappySquishboom, your new automotive porn has arrived. We'll understand if you can't be bothered to comment for a little while.

@BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ: Nobody would ever think to criticise your contributions for language or grammar, when we know you're writing in a second language. I have enough trouble with one language, never mind trying to communicate in a second.

@tonyola: It is only a losing battle if we let it be a losing battle.