...is that real?

"Also, for you skilled metalworkers looking for an amazing project: someone should create one of these in actual metal. Get a Beetle chassis, and then try and build a body according to the inaccurate but lovely swoops and curves of a Reuters illustration. That'd be incredible."

You think you're joking, but Mercedes actually did something very similar when they tested the SLS platform as a new Viper:

They were worldwide enough. Yes, it wasn't identical to the North American Civic Si, but the Si was an equally capable vehicle, and still had all the same tingly qualities of the Type R.

My question was more along the lines of what the laws are literally "catching" on the vehicles (it's quite clear that they are, in fact, being impounded), but I appreciate your clear answer nonetheless.

In dramatic cases, perhaps. But where do you place - for example - this Legacy GT?

It's an auto though, so I'm doubtful.

M635 was manual-only as well, IIRC. This is just an auto with a badge job.

They did not. Although people seem to enjoy gluing M badges to vintage Bimmers with reckless abandon.

Not much a of loss, considering the auto tragic and fact that there was no M-package car save for the M635 (sold only in manual) and M6 (likewise), and this car is therefor a normal 635 or 633 with an M badge glued on - and tasteless wheels, no less.

That F40 is actually stock, aside from the wheels and window sticker. It's another example of something I was pointing out earlier - we can all laugh at the stance people getting towed, but a lot of the cars we love (and drive) can easily get pulled for the same height/noise violations.

Okay, I know we're all laughing, and yes, it's an incredibly counterproductive thing to do to your car, but are these vehicles actually being stopped/towed/impounded for being too low? If so, what's the actual law for that? Because that's a grey area that I feel a lot of people are unaware they might fall into. I know…

Oh, that's nearby. I'm in Manchester.

Another Vermont review? Woo!

Some people swap them, although the latter option is probably more likely.

Doug did say it should be a reliable car in the first place, though...

That's true, and seems to be the benchmark for progress, but it's worth mentioning that a V6 Accord (particularly in coupe form with a manual) is a pretty impressive car by today's standards as well.

Including Regular Car Reviews seems kind of... strange, in this context. Also, what makes the "Official Selections" criteria different from these? Or is it a different set of judges?

Weird way to spell "6.3", what with the ".2" and all.

*6.2 #pedant