Seriously, consider the Mazda6. You can get a new one easily in that price, or almost-new and loaded. It shows up Audi in looks and interior, and shows up the Beemers in driving feel.

I have one.

One time I was at a vintage race and I got the opportunity to strap into a Chaparral and go for a quick drive.

So Miata, is what you’re saying?

I’ll have everyone know that I drive to work an hour each way in an NB with the top down, come shine, rain or any other inclement weather.

First-generation Acura MDX.

The Top Gear Pronunciation Guide is a classic, of course, which I subscribe to.

I think carpet in cars makes wonderful sense...in a world where a car is more of a home place, where you take your shoes off and just enjoy being in it. That involves a reality that is not here and now, though. More something with concept-car packaging.

...and now I realize how much all I really want in life is an XK140 from the future.

1st:

You also turn ‘n burn your cars like the style they are currently going out of. You don't live with them for more than a year or CarMax warranty, whichever comes first.

I...suddenly need a wagon.

I don’t care what other people might think, the 456 ~is~ the Ferrari I want. Normally I throw that out there and people try to correct me with, “You mean 458?”

Yes, it would be priced as stratospherically as a one-off Zonda, but I have always been fascinated by the intricate, organic lines, the thought behind the design philosophy...and the fact that it actually worked as advertised. Briefly.

I can’t say I really like Toyotas, for all the classic and cliché reasons derived from growing up when the company made zero sports coupés and a profile of boring appliances...but ~damn~ do I love some of their colours!

And it lost a vintage comparison test with the M3 and I think the Audi S3? (Which the Audi won. History has not hindsight.)

I’m pretty sure “you can’t have everything” applies here in great force.

Or a simple one

Mine would have a convertible top, three pedals, and six cylinders.

It’s easy to see how it could happen