I hear you. Your point is well-taken and, at this point in history, most likely accurate. But I'm very stingy with my imaginary garage space and was just trying to infuse some optimism into the Internet today. I need to see the rest of the car first. And there's no MSRP here; when it comes to saving real cash for…

If someone told me in 2003 that Audi would release an A7 hatchback on the A6 platform, and in 2014 it would be a success in the U.S., I'd have laughed and laughed. But now I see them everywhere: beautiful, full-sized hatchbacks that Americans would supposedly never buy. Ditto Mini: premium small cars that Americans…

If you see an enthusiastic owner of a tuned WRX, it is invariably dropped and on bigger wheels and tires. What that means is that the car has been, how do you say, ruined. The harsh ride of these tuned cars is akin to the pain your ears go through when you listen to Rush for three hours straight.

Completely agree. Drove an i3 and was surprised by how much I liked it, and how it delivers on exactly what it says — being engineered to perform in urban/local environments. It scoots around the neighborhood, looks better in person than pics, the interior is gorgeous...for 90% of what I do (and I didn't want to admit…

Behold the Audi S3 hatchback! Mit ze stick shift!

Heh. "Stripper Canyon." Somewhere in greater Los Angeles, a young exec is writing the treatment for this hot, new, offbeat TV drama.

agree. i think the design is one of the best to come out of the 2000's. they became slowly more overwrought each year after '06—the '08 grille is terrifying, new ones are pretty much SUVs—but the '05 is pretty clean and simple despite the body cladding. the legacy GT wagon is gorgeous. however, the reviewer makes a…

i sympathize with this affliction and also am enamored of the new 2. so i'm here to offer you hope. don't give up on the 2! i have a 128i as a daily driver, and two kids whom i love and also intend to keep. although we do have a larger second car, the 1 is great. plus, (he said, with much love): the size of the…

The really interesting thing to me is the engineering challenge. When you're asked (told?) to make a Porsche SUV, what's learned from pushing into these territories, and how is that dynamically applied to the range? Having these additional vehicles in the house means more Porsche people are solving different kinds of…

having owned both a cooper s, and a 128i i can attest that both awesome in a different way.

Depends on whose wife and kids are in the car.

Finally! Someone stopped doing all that "other" medical research and answered a genuinely vexing societal (and personal) problem. I cannot wait to read the whole paper. Tomorrow, I'm ending my plight, and trading the Honda Pilot in for a BRZ. Some context:

we are leasing a 128i with the M-Sport option as a foray into the brand, and this piece cuts right at the issue: there's nothing else like it in the lineup, and nothing on the horizon. i am already looking @ the lease return in 2 years to plot my way into a like-model off-lease 128i with none of the nav and…