The biggest problems with any supercar in the snow really will be ground clearance and finding suitable tires. Having said that I would probably pick a GTR for the snow. AWD, fairly heavy and the turbo power is good if you are up in the mountains.

Don't forget how everything is all-wheel-drive with a slushbox now.

Too bad the driver had no clue what he was doing...

Not a fan of AA either. Perhaps he should have flown BA into Tampa instead.

I've always liked these vans for $48k? CP

Because driving appliance.

This is true, unless you live in America where the wagon options are limited.

Quite possibly. I brought my 42" plasma home in the backseat of my 09 Mazda6.

That is very close to Long Beach.

I'd still rather rock a Flex over this.

I wonder what the strawman argument will be when we have cars that drive themselves and very few traffic deaths?

Pretty recent registration since the plate starts with "GE..." as well.

The brand new accord did well. I know the S60 did well although that car gets shitty mileage.

3rd - This is a real job?

BS. I've driven through snow deeper than that with FWD.

I would imagine that the GT-R drivetrain (what I assume they are referring to in the highly tuned V6) is more expensive to produce than the V8 especially if you consider that they might need to use the DCT and AWD from the GT-R as well. To use your Ecoboost analogy the Ecoboost is more expensive than the Coyote 5.0.

1. Badging and naming is important to a large percent of the people that buy these type of vehicles. There is a reason there is Infiniti, Lexus and Acura out there. People pay for badges and prestige.

They would pretty much have to if they want to compete with AMG or BMW M.

Morons, that is who.

I guess maybe I should have been a little more thorough in my post. The thing is that the bulk of the complaints I have seen about the DCT (and not just the ford DCT) is driveability around town and off the line. Most people who know nothing about cars expect it to act exactly like a conventional torque converter…