Do you also pay the extra money for the Gucci belt buckle only to have people snicker at you when you walk past? Thought so.

Agreed. I believe MB charges $2,200 for the option of having a steering wheel. Wind shields are also an add-on.

A used RR? Do you plan on re-mortgaging your house to keep it on the road?

Three words for you: Car. Rental. Agency.

They've sold 24,000 or so in to the US market, or put another way, about as many as there are special edition Veyrons.

You pretty much nailed it. Drove past Richmond High School a few weeks back and there was an R8 V10 and an SLS AMG in the parking lot. I'm guessing it wasn't teachers driving those...

Or the ferrari fanbois need to calm themselves.

You read too much Ferrari marketing collateral. If the care are rapidly appreciating enthusiast are the least likely to own and investors/speculators are more likely.

Is it just me or does anyone else get the sense that even though these manufacturers all made these models to compete against each other they really don't want anyone (read: journalists) actually comparing them head to head?

I thought it was the other way around: they ignore the fact a car isn't new. Case in point the Ram 1500 won truck of the year for 2013 and 2014 without any sort of redesign.

Just a small correction, but that 37%figure was an estimate from 2011 and following the gas delivery distruptions of 2011, 2012 and 2013 Germany has significantly decreased its deliveries from Russia. I have not found any current day estimates but only descritions such as "dramatically" or "significantly" in…

Actually it would be legal that would be empowered to make these kinds of decisions. The buck stops with Mike Millikin. Ultimately he would be the one to determine the course of action once the issue was know. The CEO occasionally will deviate from general councils recommendations but usually the lawyers are the ones…

The concepts of "early adopters" and "low entry costs" are diametrically opposed. The most distinct feature of an early adopter is that they will purchase an unproven solution at high cost in order to be first.

"porsche would never make a cayman that is better than a 911" overall I think his point was this makes Porsche a bunch of asshats.

I think you missed the point that the Boxster/Cayman chassis is a superior design than the 911's and that Porsche ensures 911 supremacy by putting lesser kit in the Boxster/Cayman than they have on the shelf to placate marketing execs and ultimately irrational fanbois.

Since when does any Porsche engine last hundreds of thousands of miles?

If it was winter (and it look like people are wearing coats in the vid) there is nothing wrong with a dog in the car. So long as the car isn't getting hot there is no risk and no harm.

How was the G10T's reliability? Noise/vibration? What was the total engine weight and size? Turbo lag? Power band? What kind of mileage would you expect in a 2700lb Fiesta instead of a 1700lb Metro? Gross output has already been pointed out so I'll leave that one alone but in numerous ways this engine represents a…

When discussing power in trucks RPM for peak Hp and TQ must be included, or better yet an actual power curve chart. Making 300ftlb of torque at 5000rpm and peak HP at 6200rpm in a truck is kinda useless.

I'll just leave this here for you...