Although it seems ungainly now, the original Isuzu Piazza (which I think was the first-generation Impulse) was quite a looker, Isuzu brought a Giugiaro show car to production with very few changes. The second-gen USA Impulse lost the way.

Sell or shutter. Ford diluted Jaguar beyond repair, and I don't think they can do Volvo and Jag at once.

Ahh the good old days before SUVs conquered all, when every Japanese manufacturer sold a slightly taller AWD variation of their hatchback with rocker panels in a contrasting color. I think it started with the original Honda Civic Shuttle in 1983 (a much subtler name than "Space Wagon" but renamed "Real-Time 4Wheel…

"I mean, he's Asian-American (or maybe just Asian) and you're Asian-American. You guys should know each other, right?"

That ass shot sums up everything wrong with supercar design trends. If the car only seats two people and a pack of gum, why are the rear wheels so far away and apart?

Far out, especially those fins over the driver's shoulders. F1 cars are looking more like the Caparo T1.

jonnylieberman,

It's good, but compare it with current CTS-V. Cadillac cleaned up those sublime cuts on the flanks, dumped the beautiful hood line, stuck a chrome vent on the side like every other clueless luxury car maker, gave it an enormous bling schnozz like Audi, and replaced a classy mesh with a fussy complicated "statement"…

No, noooooooo!

That front is Chrysler-esque grill bar meets old RAV4 front with a mess of generic Asian styling cues. Very dull.

MurileeMartin,

Those wheels are so damn cool, and unique. Surely the white disk is more than just a hubcap. What's the story?

The real Italian Italian Job!

Supposedly sim fans are working on a 1955 F1 mod for Grand Prix Legends to recreate the danger and difficulty of driving those cars.

That Camaro face should have been the star of "Cars" instead of those creepy eyes in the windscreen. All it needs is a single foglight, like Cindy Crawford's mole. They should animate it grabbing a Ford Fusion to shave its spoiler.

Thanks for the memories. You shoulda got off the Jubilee line at Green Park and walked through Mayfair. In October I saw two Aston Martin V8s and a Vanquish in one afternoon, and Bentley Continental GTs were everywhere.

All these so-called mini SUV's look identical from the side. At least this looks different from the front.

Those wheel wells are so tiny, they're just begging for 27-inch donks!

I've done the same so many times at North Point Mall, after killing a security guard at Gash and stealing the Infernus on display. I wish they'd left the video running as the flames creep up and the car explodes.

But no AWD!!? "Sporty" but can't actually go in snow. Like every other manufacturer but Subaru, they're taking the S out of SUV, replacing it with a C, and dropping a key feature.