I admit, I’ve never liked how upright the CT5's side profile is, nor how abbreviated the trunk is. It makes it look...diminutive. And that cheater panel on the trailing end of the greenhouse is reminiscent of a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze.

It’s too bad the refresh didn’t include new side stampings that fixed that.

More like the Texas of Europe, but...yes.

You could always sell the car to pay the tax bill (which I don’t quite think would be $30K for most people) and pocket the difference. It’s still a net upper-five-figure win.

Hopefully the replacement 4.0T is better. At least, my ‘13 A8 L with 130K miles and that engine doesn’t seem to be having any engine-related issues (knock on wood).

Suzuki, with the Verona, may have been the only other brand beside Volvo to mount an inline-6 engine transversely. (And of course there was the Land Rover LR2, but that was essentially a Volvo.)

They do, but that’s just it. The “utility user” of a hatchback, wagon or minivan is a niche segment. Most people aren’t using them that way for any significant length of time, and that’s why they’re fine with cars that are compromised in that regard.

What I fail to understand—and what they didn’t explain—is how shot blasting makes the wheels stronger.

Yes, that is sort of a jacked up minivan, but if you go back to old school SUVs like the 70s Suburbans, you could remove the seats (if you didn’t mind having back surgery) and have a flat floor.

Tesla isn’t even first to do it. Ferrari’s been doing it for at least the last decade. (Pictured: 2012 Ferrari FF)

Ah, the Ford/Mercury Capri. My college dorm-mate had one of those (this was in the early 2010s). It was a 5-speed manual. Black. The top leaked like a sieve, which was great in the rain, but it was an interesting car.

I mean, was it trying to be?

SC just stood for S-Series Coupe, its companions being the S-Series Wagon (SW) and S-Series Sedan (SL). And the SC was one of a number of affordable FWD coupes of the era with modest, if any, sporting pretensions.

I mean, the Tiburon existed in an era of sporty FWD-based compact coupes (Celica, Eclipse, tC, Cobalt SS, Civic Si, etc).

Yep. You can definitely see how the MN12-platform (‘88-’97) T-Bird was influenced by the E24 6 Series.

That is because GM’s upper management didn’t want to make the Fiero in the first place. They feared it would lose money. And so the only way Pontiac got it greenlit by the board was to bill it as an ultra-efficient 2-seat commuter (not unlike the Honda Insight a decade later). This made it an attractive proposition in…

I mean, it really came down to the circumstances. At the time, the modern HEMI engine hadn’t yet been born, and Chrysler’s iron LA V8s were far too heavy and large to fit in that conical engine bay with respect to petty things like crash safety, weight balance or space for accessories. The 3.5-liter honestly was the…

I love VW do Brasil, and have always wanted an SP2. No, it’s not fast, but it sure looks cool, and I could take apart the engine blindfolded, I’m sure.

I’ve never really had an affinity for any W-body, and this is no exception.

My experience with the Supra is that ingress/egress is tight (especially with that plunging upper window line), and taller people might hit their heads...but once you’re in, it’s quite comfy. It’s not cramped at all.

I actually sat in the back of a CT4-V Blackwing today, on the showroom floor at the Cadillac dealer. I’m under 6 feet, and my head was touching the ceiling. Legroom was also a precious commodity. It seems Cadillac benchmarked the E46 3 Series/M3's dimensions when it created the original ATS, which morphed into the CT4.

I wonder if the Batur signifies Bentley’s future design direction. It’s got some major differences from the Continental GT on which it is based. Notably missing here are Bentley’s trademark quad-circle headlight assemblies and the kinked trailing edge of the side DLO.