Audi's not your favorite Bavarian automaker? i thought you were all about the RS4, there.

@Vega: That's hot!

While a DS cabriolet would be the prettier choice, these things are seven types of awesome.

Oh, and a P 38 and a reference to the Me 163?

Thanks for writing these, Davey. I look forward to them every week.

Does this guy also own one of those super-cool mini-pinzgauers? I used to work with a dude who had several— riding across the Golden Gate Bridge in it was one of the more hilarious moments of my experience.

Oh dear. I go away for the weekend, and come back to this.

@Davey G.: Mospeada has just been referenced on a freakin car blog.

That shot, skimming the snow and ice...

@bzr:

And, that, my friends, is ground effects.

@teargas: i, too, rock the puma faux-driving shoes. two different pairs, actually. (I say faux, because they have a warning tag on the tongue, in German, stating that they're not fireproof...)

Or disqualify from?

And, finally:

Not related to the STG:

@ThnderbltDoherty: word that— i think the "streaking" ad is probably the most flattering.

@detroit9000: meaning she looks better in real life than in the ads?

This is one of the few cars in the history of cars where the real thing is so much more than the concept.

When I first saw that yellow concept at the 02 NAIAS, I was right there with Lutz: "dude, why not just pay half the cash and buy a kit?"

'92 Mercedes 300 CE, with the 5.5l from the SLR.