Have you driven a car with DSG yet? I drove an A3 with it recently and found it to be worse than a regular auto. Would absolutely order a standard 6MT and row it myself.

Oh wow. He has some serious karma headed his way.

You sure about that math? I think it's about 1:1 on the douche factor. Just different sources of douche juice...

I'm not saying rear seats are useless...they are a great feature to have in many cars. I'm just saying that at the $75k level, comparing a Z51 Vette to a Z/28 Camaro, I think the Vette wins, purely on the fact that it is more of a "pure" sports car. I'm not suggesting that it will win the race around the track. …

If you can afford a $75k car, you can afford a $7500 daily beater with 4 doors and 5 seats... No one is buying a Z/28 to daily, hence no one is buying it to haul around kids or guests. And if you have kids (like me), they can take turns riding up front in the big boy/girl seat.

^^^ This. I say Corvette all day at this price. Z/28 is interesting, yes, but what would you actually rather go out driving in? Corvette wins every time. And don't say back seats because that is not an argument in a sports car. It's just not.

Yeah, I get that. But kicking the beltline UP further in the back is a designer's choice. And if they wanted thinner D pillars, the could spend some bucks on high-strength steel. It's just a gripe of mine. I think the designers are getting lazy because cameras are cheap...but cameras are NOT as good as actually…

Sure - but not to this extent. This is purely the result of the exterior design "feature". The high beltline of the last 10 years of cars is just a design language...it's not a requirement of safety regs. Sure, there are limitations, but windows can be bigger.

What is with cars and blind spots these days? Why not make the windows as big as structurally possible? It's not like glass is cheaper than steel/paint/interior finishes/etc.

Needs to eliminate the shifter - buttons or a small knob on the dash would be so much cleaner. This can open up the whole floor area and make the front end feel much more spacious. Ladies like that open area for purses too.

Looks very Audi, which isn't a bad thing.