Normally you are the sound of reason on NCOPC, but i have to disagree here. As far as i am aware, V8 W124s are pretty problematic, because the big Vs generate lost of heat which does not comply with that infamous bio-degradable wiring. I wouldn't go as far as label them wrong, but would point out, that a six like this…

I smell rat. You cannot, i repeat, cannot put four grown people into an IQ. Even the marketing blah-blah calls it 3.5 seat, if i recall correctly.

I am not american, i don't really like pick-up trucks, and though i have no problem with off-roading, i am much more of an on-road guy. But this? This is so cool, i can completely imagine myself in it. In green, or a light blue perchance.

I live in a country without its own auto industry, so i do have to suppress smelling rat, when a car is banged on about this much, but that's just me, i can completely understand you're so excited about the Viper. However, i do have to say, in any other car this would be tacky - the Viper got to be extremely good to…

in manual, i presume...?

So who does supply this 0.364 Cd, if not the manufacturer? Also, my point was that Cd does not matter, exactly as you said.

I don't get these trucks, but that's ok, cause I'm only a feeble Yurpian. However, seeing a dial-a-speed in something this conservative, makes me smile.

I wouldn't classify the Ro80 as forgotten, but that's because i'm European and a petrolhead, so i should know it as part of my legacy.

The ass i like, the front.... not so much

I spy, with my little eye... fourteen spokes.

I get that, and have no problem at all with a diesel daily drivers. None at all.

Being frugal with gas is only part of the economics of a car. We calculated, that on average one has to drive at least 25k km a year, to make the diesel better value - turbo diesels tend to be more expensive to buy and more expensive to service, than a NA petrol. Of course a TFSI is just as complicated a machine as a…

Which is basically the same thing.

Point me in the direction of the Jalop that would chose the TDI over the sweet 2.0 TFSI - which is, incidentally, the engine the Golf GTI, Octavia vRS and SEAT Ibiza/Leon Cupra get. The fact that there is a performance diesel choice does not mean that it's better for the enthusiast.

I know all that, but just as enthusiasts got used to the Cayenne as a concept, we got a second stab in the form of the diesel. Of course, an SUV only makes sense with a powerful diesel, but a diesel SUV with a Porsche badge rubs me in all the wrong ways - even after all these years, and even knowing that it keeps…

And wouldn't that strike a chord with the target audience, aye?

In yurrup, where diesels are hated by enthusiasts, the Cayenne Diesel got a resounding boooo from us. I mean a diesel porsche? Did hell freeze over? Also, a power band of 1500 revs in something sporty?

You know what? No homo, but i can get down with that. I mean sports cars are there when you want to have a good time, while utility vehicles are there when you need a helping hand. Just like your missus and best buddy, respectively.

It's really not my kind of car, but that sure is a NP, if i ever saw one. If it's as good under the skin, as it says on the tin, it should command double that around these parts of Yurrup.

I thought lacrosse and basketball players don't mix.