It doesn't have to be a solely "powerful" car but it should be rewarding to drive by some metric. Looks? Nope. Quality? Nope. Speed? Nope. Fun? Nope. Driving dynamics? Nope.

I hate low-flow toilets too... When you have to flush 3 times it isn't saving any water. But we're saving the planet, yippee!

"Attention Gearheads: Ben, Katie, and I think how most drivers think. "

BMW 335d: 40+ mpg highway

It appeals on no levels at all.

"Before the Prius brand entered my life, I didn't care about cars."

this, relying on the a-pillar alone

Watch an Adam Sandler movie, it's basically 90 minutes of product placement with an ill conceived premise stiching them together.

Yeah did you notice when they drove from Boston to NY in a Leaf and still, in the actual dialogue, said there's no need to fear running out of electricity/range?

Burn Notice and Fringe are two big offenders on TV.

Kadhaffi had a home here, Delorean had a mansion here when he became a hermit (it's now a Trump golf course), Nixon lived here — lots of uber-wealthy to be found in NJ... Especially Bergen and Morris counties.

Wait, so Audi dissed the fictional character's fictional ride?

The front and rear wheels are only connected if you have a vehicle with a transfer case or a locked center differential. Most soft roaders have all three differentials open and the Jeep in question requires the driver to explicitly lock the center diff at slow speed.

Official government vehicle of the "Fast and Furious" program?

Um, hasn't Mythbusters (and Top Gear) been doing this for 10 years?

Driving up into the mountains and getting lost, with no timetable on when I have to get home or a destination I have to be at, is freedom.

By the same token, almost every comedy is derived from The Honeymooners, including a whole tree of cartoon comedies starting with the Flintstones and continuing to now with Seth McFarlane's entire suite of shows.

I've been shopping for German cars recently.

It takes a while for the halo to lose its luster (think American cars in the early 80s, they still sold well despite the fact that they were crap and enthusiasts were abandoning ship). They still sell to people who haven't caught on and just rely on the familiar brand and model. Really Honda's got to suffer a few…

Cheap cars have torsien beams in the rear, probably what they meant.