They’re not wrong in that the Versa is a middle finger of sorts. Just not in the way that they think.

So much more fun! There’s something immensely satisfying about feeling the engine’s torque through the shifter. My old work truck was a Dodge 3500 with the 5.9 Cummins and a manual transmission, and I’d sometimes give the throttle a wee nudge while cruising on the highway, just for that tactile feedback.

-Strawman

For some people (like me), it’s about preserving an inherited vehicle with a lot of associated memories in the condition that one best remembers it. I’d rather be driving my grandpa’s old Ford that sat on the farmyard for years than one that's indistinguishable from another that's fully restored.

Nobody needs Italian help.  The Germans thought they needed Italian help in the early 40s, and look how that turned out.

Still better-looking than an X6.

I’d love to see some onboard footage just to get a better view of the active aero at work.

To be fair, the Germans take everything seriously.

FI = forced induction, dummy.

I usually think of 0.5 to ~0.6 L per cylinder as average, and anything significantly larger than that as a big engine. The Audi/Lamborghini 5.2L V10: perfect.

This is a pretty common small-town thing in the Canadian prairies.  Along with curling, it seems to be a natural byproduct of ample amounts of beer and cold weather.

Yeah, it's called a tank, and they don't exactly make great daily drivers.

GT-R? What GT-R? All I heard was the sweet, subdued sounds of a flat-6 singing, like smooth jazz in the background.

He went full Ben-Hur.  Never go full Ben-Hur.

Oh good, another comment thread of people just naming every car ever made.  Fine.  I nominate the Pontiac Aztek!  The sad part is that given current design trends, it almost is starting to look modern again.

The automatic is an absolute necessity for extracting the maximum performance from the car!  Why would you want an old-fashioned manual transmission, like they used to use on horses, and lose precious milliseconds at the traffic lights?  These machines demand precision; a single tire being so much as a couple PSI off…

Part of the main questline in Skyrim involves finding and reading an Elder Scroll; you have to find and read another if you play the Dawnguard expansion.

Mind explaining why?

I see a pretty strong resemblance to my 2012 Mazda3 in some of these photos. Not that it’s a bad thing; I still really like the way my car looks.

Anytime I see blacked out tail lights, lots of stickers (esp. shocker/illest/chive on) on a car, I think to myself, “That seems like someone I’d like to meet.”