Okay, really? You think the average Mustang buyer "doesn't want to be noticed"? If you want an anonymous-looking vehicle, Ford will happily sell you a Taurus instead.

Hey, I completely agree as to "different strokes for different folks." As for "noisy," the Toyobaru has a four-cylinder engine and not much in the way of NVH suppression. By "noisy" I meant more like "buzzy."

Gee, how constructive. There are dozens of cars, including the majority of performance-oriented vehicles, with substantial power in lower RPM ranges. Some people like their power curves above 6000 rpm; some don't. AND NEITHER OF THESE VIEWS IS "WRONG."

"Some of us don't aspire to live life one quarter mile at a time."

Um, no...

"0-60 in 6.5s and 200hp is not 'underpowered' unless you drive some sort of exotic vehicle to work every day."

To each his own, I guess. I'm personally partial to engines with a broad power band across the RPM spectrum; I'd say BMW's 3.5-liter engine, available in most of its lineup save the 7-series (in the U.S., at least), is pretty much ideal in that respect.

...the fuck? Revving *is* a pain in the ass, at least in day-to-day driving versus on a track. I prefer my torque at a much lower RPM, thanks, where it's vastly more useful.

Have you driven one? I have. You have to gun the sucker like an S2000 up to the highest reaches of the RPM dial in order to achieve any real acceleration. In day-to-day driving, that's just a colossal pain in the ass.

The FR-S sedan would be slightly longer than the coupe but use the same 2.0 Boxer engine Toyota shares with Subaru in the BRZ. A hybrid version similar to the Yaris-R is also under consideration. And it'd sticker under $30,000 just like the coupe, and be in showrooms by 2015. This sounds like nothing but win.

I completely agree (well, okay: an EMG is a bit much), except I think they should be re-tested on an annual basis, not every two years.

I liked this car when it was new, and barring the need for replacement of several major components, this is definitely a NP. Still looks good today, even after 25 years. (On the downside, wankels can be a total bitch to maintain, and they guzzle oil and gas on par with a modern Ferrari, never mind the low engine…

"In a hot hatch based on an economy car, an inline-4 is appropriate"

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Unlike its European counterpart, the U.S.-spec M3 did not have the famous dogleg five-speed manual. Don't let that fact fool you into the thinking the American car's Getrag five-speed isn't awesome, because it is.

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No, I know the old XJ had a unibody, but — as you already pointed out — AMC had the advantage of Jeep's 25 years of 4x4-building knowledge, and Fiat has virtually none.

Points taken re: AMC. Btw I think we have different interpretations of the phrase "mild off-road needs." Mine doesn't include any kind of off-roading that would ever require low-range gear or a favorable crawl ratio. Also, every vehicle you mentioned as "real competition" has body-on-frame architecture, and I'm sorry,…

I Saabed once. That was more than enough. Granted, that was with a '99 9-3 Convertible, the single most problem-laden car I have EVER had the displeasure of owning (though at least everything was covered by warranty), but I test-drove a '90 SPG at one point (a then-new one). I still distinctly remember two things…

I still find the light arrangement confusing — the thin, raked upper lights are the running lights and turn indicators, and the almost ignorable lights below it are the headlights. I'm not exactly sure why this causes such cognitive trouble for me, but my brain wants to assign the lights I read as "eyes" as the actual…