It's also quite rare. I live 40 kms outside Munich, and work in Munich, but it's not that often that I get to have one. Only a few places have it.

Caswell has good taste, Ayinger Kellerbier is indeed among the best!

I have to give the camera guy credit for his work. In these "hooning gone wrong" style videos, from the time on when it's pretty clear that something is going to happen, you usually only see dashboard - passenger footwell - dashboard - headliner- dashboard - airbag. He held it amazingly steady for a 360.

So who paid for this article? Monsanto, Nestle...?

Carmakers should really stop with this sneak preview, partial shots stuff. Doesn't get people excited, and by now is just a nuisance. And it sure as hell won't give me the hots for Toyota's new mixer/blender.

I don't know. the first version was the "face" the car was intended to have in the first place, so it looks more natural. The face-lifted version looks just that, botoxed, and nipped and tucked, yet I still think it's a good looking car. Which brings me to why I chose it.

The French ARE STILL making gorgeous cars. This headline sounded a bit like the French making a good looking car was something special.

What if we go even further back?

You have got a point there. But if we take it a little further. May it be a spiritual successor to the 2002 touring?

I always thought of the E87 3-door hatch as being the clownshoe's little brother. Given the 1-series will soon be FWD, these might soon be as desirable as the E30 is now.

Travis, since this was on all day and you didn't bother to correct it.

It somehow still is cheaper in Merkel-land. Dunno why really. Maybe it's VW pressuring them.

As a European, I didn't even know that this thing existed. Did it sell?

Hey! I would never have let fat Homer down! He was soo... in his flowery dress.

D'uh and or Hello!

It puts the cheese on it's body or it gets the hose!

You are anti-pizza, but that's O.K. because you are a calzone?

I am anti-twitter! But that's O.K. because I'm actually a bird.

Someone call the 5-0! This car got attacked with a blade! Some perv slashed it's face!

O yeah! This is a masterpiece. Good pick!