Jumps!? I LOVE JUMPS!!!

I hope that's not the case. BMW's gotten tons of credit and acclaim for their i-series hybrids. There have been numerous in-depth articles and videos on the laser technology they're using as well. (personally I think the i8's eyes are cooler, too).

You shouldn't have to worry about that in the U.S. The DOT has not approved lasers for headlight systems yet. BMW's i8 uses them as well and that car can't be imported into the U.S. for private use until they change that rule. :(

Besides the freaking laser beams, it's still the same great Sport Quattro concept we all came to love last year. It's got a 4.0-liter V8 with 700 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque mated to an electric hybrid drive system supposedly efficient enough to hit 94 mpg on the U.S. cycle. That's a hybrid I could live…

I LOVE this front fascia. Very GRRRRR.

But I have one complaint. While the engine sounds amazing, the stock exhaust isn't nearly as prominent and beefy as I had hoped. It's got a decent rumble at idle but otherwise it's too quiet. My father wants to get a better aftermarket exhaust, but not one that, to quote him, sounds like "some damn teenager's shit…

Excellent point. I think the issue is strictly with the co-driver not conveying any skill at teaching. And his accent was a little difficult for me to understand at times. That may not have been an issue for the driver. It would frustrate the shit out of me if the co-driver simply berated me through the whole…

You're assuming cheaper prices translate to reduced production costs. That would be an incorrect assumption.

I met a guy that wrote for Autoweek back in the day named Damian Geddry, and he was testing one of these out that week. I thought it was some hideous kit car based on the Porsche 914. But if I remember correctly, it had a Chrysler LeBaron turbo engine. It was really fun to drive!

Please tell me that's not really happening. EDIT: OMFG what a horrible thing to do to an incredible brand like AM.

Good point!

Perhaps this is one way they're trying to save on MPG? I know that BMW employs this for that reason.

Especially when it's actually not their fault! What jerks to not immediately take ownership of every mishap that happens near one of their cars. For shame. FOR SHAME!!

My Aston Martin Vantage does this as well. I was surprised when I pulled the exhaust off mine. The tips are bolted to the rear bumper and the pipes end about an inch or so inside them. Very interesting.

Lanscape fail. Ugh. And at a 45 degree no less? Who filmed this, Michael Bay?

My old Beetle has a "hidden compartment" under the back seat, in the well opposite where the battery is. You could cram a nice-sized brick of coke back there. Or about six hoagies. Or you could line it with a towel and let a kitten sleep there.

Here in Phoenix, AZ, USA, I have Cox. It sucks since it's the only option here. They basically have you by the balls. But as for the data caps - we've been getting texts and emails for the past few months about how much we've gone over our 250GB data limit. They haven't suspended us or charged us yet, so I…

So it's not the exhaust that pollutes our air, it's more the asshat that does burnouts till his car catches fire that does us in. I guess every country has this type of person. I've had 3 BMW's and I never treated them like this. I thought maybe I'm just in my 40's and this seems stupid, but even in my 20's I…

10. The right adjectives do not exist to describe the way the engine sounds. It's obscenely, obscenely loud and ferocious, deep and guttural and nasty. It's not mellifluous the way a Ferrari engine is; it almost sounds like the devil's own diesel pickup truck. And the PSSSH sound from the turbos is almost ear…

Ooh and she got tasered too? This is awesome. What a crazy run of bad choices.