Its ugly in a nondescript manner. And that's a no-no with a project car - only ok if you want stealth. But if you want that, why have minter body...? An $1500 banger can carry your LS heart transplanted. This is CP.

I would love to see the Volkswagen Golf recreated. I have to *yawn* every time i see one, be it any generation newer than II - and that only because as youngimer it's interesting, slightly.

I dunno, i have no idea about their problems. I drive this.

@tonyola: +1

There is a reason they stopped making these roadsters so fast, and that's that the gearbox takes all the fun you could have with it away. And if you take the fun part out of this, all that's left is a uselessly underpowered pretension for a hefty price. I wouldn't want a Smart roadster for any price, if they gave me…

This QOTD is far less relevant for yours truly hailing from shady areas of Yurp, where manual is the norm, so far so, that if you're not disabled or sorts, you got to take your driving lessons and exams in manuals.

@snapoversteer 'bout to get told: I never seen one NOT work over here in Yurp....? Wonder what's the difference in the stateside setup?

Like, yeah, i totally have no freakin' idea where that unlit tree came from, they should ban them all, cut them down, i mean come on, someone's gonna get hurt there some day, it was just my luck, and infinite driving skills, that i evaded a deathly collision with a last-ditch steering input, yeah, totally.

If it has to be a quick merc form the '80s, then much rather the 190e Evo II, than this. Plus it is broken now, and most likely has been broken before in the nose at least a little. Oh, and it is an oldschool V8 with 4speed auto - i imagine the mileage is biblical, in the wrong way. Yep, interesting car, but not…

@maximum_sarge: You do have a point there: as this can be seen as the successor of Urquattros and Coupé S2s of old. As opposed to the standalone R8, this is based on a 4-seater coupé, that can be had with basic engines and FWD too - just like the original Quattro was.

I have driven the A5, in 3.0tdi quattro form, with a 6speed manual too, for which latter part i was lost-for-words-grateful. I find the shape better, and more evoking of what a coupe should look like than the other two german offerings, maybe because it has traces of aston martin. Also even though a gasoline engine…

@Gradall: this isn't about straight line squirt, this is about corners - in other words, play, not fast-forward.

Include the Renault Avantime. Quirky, but well equipped with ok engines, and because Matra, the coaching firm went bust they couldn't even make as many as they could have sold of this less-than-a-success MPV-Coupe. It'll be rare in ten years, it already commands a premium over its sibling the Vel Satis. Oh, and it has…

So you guys don't know what Alitalia stands for, do you?

My 'favorite' failure, though without ever laying a glove to one live example is by far the NSU Ro-80. Absolutely high-tech car trying to pull off the same stunt Citroen did with the DS, doomed by less-than-reliable Wankel engines. Failed so badly, it took the company with it - only for VAG to mop up the remnants. If…

I live in budapest, i know the roads in question, plus another one less-know destination of pure jalop fun (rode that in a mini cooper s cabrio). I just wish i finally can put tgoether my tight little budget with a sticker on it reading: fun, that i can spend on a E30 and go join my brethren up the hils.

@Jake wants his Caddy back....: how about laetitia casta?

@Jake wants his Caddy back....: Isn't she Italian...?

@Comrade Clockwork: Audi DOES have a CVT at the moment for its smaller FWD drivetrains - if you want your A4 1.8t with an auto, it will be CVT. Only with bigger power / quattro drive does the oily-coggy auto come to play.

So how about the Audi single frame on it's nose...? "Look we can mimic ze Germans? This is not cheese, this is wurst!"