The confluence of I-78, U.S. 22 and State Highway 31 in New Jersey should get some kind of honorable mention. Thanks to all the practice they get, the first responders from Clinton, N.J., population 2,600, have been able to win international competitions in motor vehicle extrication.

@boosted-lego-wagon: CCOTD (Cerebral Commenter of the Day).

Striving to be the world's greenest automaker, Volvo unveils its new 850 Stacker Edition, which takes 50% less space for shipping.

@CompWizrd: Yeah.

They should train people to do this in the endless closed-but-still-intact lane leading up to the actual construction zone. It would give people sitting in traffic something to do besides watch their blood pressure rise and yammer on their phones.

My brother's friend use to call this "the Bic shaver of cars." Indeed, I managed to dispose of my '86 before it made me bleed too much. This is interesting, no doubt worth something to someone, but not at 9 grand.

I had to travel to Colorado to see one of these. There was an orange one living in the shadow of Pike's Peak last summer, though presumably its 52 horses have not conquered the mountain.

My first car was a Chevette, which was great for maneuvering and parking in Jersey City, Hoboken and vicinity. But it was probably a couple of inches shorter when I traded it in, as the locals there tend to park by sound:

"...like Ollie North in pink leg warmers..." Thanks so much for THAT mental picture.

@ROCKYLIFE: I do like them when they're done right. I just don't think this particular one was integrated very well into the decklid. It looks more molded than sculpted.

@Ray Wert: Never mind...

If you can find a better car czar, hire him!

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: "Runs good" sounds folksy in a manly sort of way. You can hear the guy grunting it at you as both stand, arms folded, and nod knowingly at the car. "Runs well" just sounds all prissy.

If they have this technology, why aren't they putting it into something with mass-market potential? This may create some buzz, but overall it seems a waste of time and resources they don't have.

@Maxichamp: I dunno, I'm not really a Lincoln buff. The hump just struck me as awkward on this car.

Not a good year for the spare tire hump, was it? Looks like a tumor in the trunk, and really clutters up an otherwise clean design.

@timtoolman: I agree. How a CEO handles adversity is the true measure. We may have seen way to much of his face for a while, but he certainly spun some straw into gold.

I was thinking not so bad until I saw the snout. Ewww.

It's like someone took the Clenet/Excalibur/etc concept and approached it as more than an exercise in pasting together cliches...they actually had a unified whole in mind. I like it.

Give it some AWD and I would so go for that wagon.