Apparently, I deleted the text of my comment when I posted in the picture.

I wholeheartedly agree with the Model T, but the people that I think ought to be forced to drive aren't non-car people per se, but rather enthusiasts who bitch about the loss of manuals because it "takes away their connection with the car and their ability to be in control of its operation."

I love that taillight detail shot. Ford, are you seeing this? This is how you go for a 3-D taillight effect, not those retarded things you slapped on the back of 2013 Mustang.

More importantly, do we care? Both the Venom GT and the Veyron SS are two different ways of approaching the same problem of going as fast as possible without exploding into a fireball and I don't know that the Veyron SS customer is the same as the Venom GT customer.

Interesting; with the exception of its terrible, oddball C-pillar wings, I thought that the Phoenix concept was a very handsome car, and I noted that all of the things I like about it were more or less transferred what was to be this new 9-3, while all of the extraneous crap was left off. I agree that the proportions…

Oh, now don't start this whole thing again! Lol

Yeah, I'm not going to lie, there is a lot in the way of double standards around here. I can't criticize, though, as some of the most notable examples of double standards are the ones have and rant about.

I think there are several reasons at play here. First off, there is the simple heritage argument. One look at Saab's history should explain the love of Saab's awkward little hatchbacks. They were amongst the first, and they offered them not alongside sedans, but in place of them. And Saab still sold wagon variants,…

Jason Castriota is an interesting guy. I've been so inundated into the church of Ian Callum (Can you blame me? The DB7, Vanquish, DB9, V8 Vantage, XK, XF, XJ, F-Type... all of them gorgeous) that whenever I think about my favorite designs and favorite designers, that I don't even think about Castriota. And yet, he's…

Oh, I thought it was because the 458 Italia was so bad that they promised to do the next one for free.

I need to see if I can find a video of that later. I'd love to see watch a full-build 2nd gen rock what it's got. As for Paul and his Trans Am, I think that he did great regardless of the mild build; that really was some impressive hustling of that car. I think you're right when you say that it's not necessarily about…

Sally Field is getting a little too old to go for that anymore, don't you think? But, then again, I suppose Burt Reynolds is no spring chicken either.

It ain't about what you drive. It's all about what you like. Besides, if the girl's judgment criteria is little more than the car, that's not a girl you want to deal with in the first place.

I'm not surprised by the results in the least; there's just no way in hell an old Trans Am is going to take down a comparably-prepped Evo in anything. But performance be damned; that Trans Am is just far cooler. Who needs AWD and turbos when you've got style?

To think that I lived to see the day where the Viper turned legal, then came of age, and is now fast approaching it's quarter-life crisis. Good Lord.

Why you windbag, you. I've been reading through your blog, and I know what it's like for others to read our posts. And I've been very much enjoying it. Seriously, we need to start our own blog. We could probably get away with two posts a week because no one would be able to read them any faster!

I don't know when you started getting as long-winded as me, but I have been greatly enjoying reading your comments.

To a certain extent, there is some actual truth to what he says. There was a good, long period where American automotive design was somewhat lacking in class and style. Those times were the 80s and the early-to-mid 90s. But, on the other hand, those years were kind to few; see Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Honda, Nissan, and…

I think that the question is whether or not Jeep's target market had been declining. I really don't have any evidence one way or the other, but I'd still be willing to hazard a guess that the answer is "no." Jeep's core, target market was so small to begin with that it's unlikely to really feel or be dramatically…