I'd say that the Gearbox ratings should be a duo with the Engine. Speaking of one while being mum about the other doesn't make sense.

Just another horrible rear suspension, the Renault R4's (see [bit.ly]).

Indeed, the Sentra is the Renault Megane and the Versa, the Renault Clio. The former is considered to be a family car in Europe and the latter, a city car. Yet, since both a Renaults, they are utter unreliable POS.

1st: Really? Or would it be because a VW is just an overpriced underpowered meh car? And how could selling overpriced 3rd-world versions of the Jetta and of the Passat, with drum brakes and a torsion beam in the rear, unlike most of their respective competitors, help?

Acura would have the substance to back a high-tech theme, unlike Pontiac, but why does it have to be an ugly morass of straight lines? I actually hate how BMW's success led to other competitors to try to be like it. Mercedes used to be elegant and comfortable, now they seem to have taken an overdose of steroids and…

Filistine!

I agree that the TL is a very good car. I don't think that the rear is too bad either, but some details mar it, like the tailpipes and a somewhat massiveness that makes it look fat.

The TL is an awesome car. It's very well appointed and has superb engine and chassis and the FWD handles almost like an AWD, an available option. But indeed, as the owner of an 06 TL, I could not get past its bucktooth in the new one.

I wouldn't kick an RL out of my garage... at least not the one before it got the buckteeth.

6th: is that a highway that you're allowed to litter?

4th: if the sight of a B-class is not enough of a reason to understand why this contraption is not sold stateside, another reason is the same as why BMW doesn't sell cars with its lowly NA I4: a premium brand tries to remain premium. Or else why wasn't the cargo van Sprinter called a Mercedes as in everywhere else or…

Indeed, from Austin to Dallas, I35 has merely two lanes most of the way. When half of the vehicles on the road are big rigs, the left lane is bound to be blocked by slow trucks passing slower ones for miles on end.

A brand with such heritage like Lancia could never survive in the same country as the too-big-to-fail, twice bailed -out company which owns the Italian government, Fiat. And if it hadn't been enough for Fiat to have dragged Lancia through the mud with tacky dressed up Fiats, it had to finish destroying it by reducing…

Exactly! The DoT has finally raised the limit along stretches of I35 by 5 or 10MPH, including approaching Austin and through downtown. However, I'm flabbergasted that there seem to be people who don't believe the new posted speed limit and drive at the old limit! And, no, people still mess up the split at 12th and…

This would help me to pinch my nose and support Perry for president!

That we'll be soon driving at 100MPH everywhere! Yeepee!

Having fallen to the ground on one.

"Get Smart" was actually a flattering documentary about the intelligence agencies.

IMO, only a philistine would put a hitch on a Porsche. :-D

Yes, but the truck cabin is not rigidly attached to the chassis and while the chassis of a truck is designed and welded to tow a load under certain design limits (towing capacity), that of a 911 isn't. And a 911 has no chassis, so any stretching is on the unibody, whose welds were not designed for large horizontal…