@SheerHippo: Eh. With the new Ram and Grand Cherokee, they're proving they can make better products. The Challenger's problem isn't that it's not available in all of the Mustang's bodystyles, it's that it's bigger and 500 pounds heavier. They probably can't make the Challenger smaller yet, but they could definitely…

@Ford Tempo Fanatic: I don't think they really need to make the Challenger heavier.

@wishnias: 10:46pm, pics working.

@KAdams1476: It's a support vehicle from Mitsubishi/Ralliart's final Dakar Rally win in 2007. [www.autoblog.com]

@KAdams1476:

@Scandinavian Flick: Great story, indeed.

@fratto: I think ASIMO and R2 do really good work together.

@LandofMinos, In Soviet Australia, internet censors you: The 6.2 is an all-new engine, the first in the new Boss engine family. The new Mustang 5.0 engine (Coyote V8) is more closely related to the Mod motor. I'd think they'd go with the 5.0 in the Falcon, because it's a more advanced design (DOHC, VVT, aluminum…

@Webran61: I think Consumer Reports felt that the traction/stability control should've kicked in earlier. When you've got a cell phone in the ear/ yelling at the kids/ *insert bad-driver cliche here*, you don't want to crank in a bunch of wheel and then actually have to drive the car. That's the computer's job!

@twistedsymphony: It's not like there's a magical computer database out there with ready-made models of every car ever made. They have to go find real-world version of the cars that won the vote and model them, and that takes time. It's only been like 10 weeks.

@DrOtto: The original IS was a rebadged Altezza. The current IS shares a platform with the Lexus GS and the Japanese-market Toyota Mark X and Crown, but it doesn't share any exterior dimensions with those cars (smaller).

@Festering neon distraction: I'm not at my computer right now, so I did this in PhotoChop on the iPod Touch.

Why is there a pink one?

@7shades: Actually, that strengthens my case, so I don't really mind.

@PowerTryp owns a house, wonders how that happened: Meth? You mean Claritin, right?

@shaamanryu001: The Lexus ES is a Camry with some leather and chrome. The HS is a reskinned Avensis. Both of those are FWD-only. The RX, GX and LX are based on the Highlander, Land Cruiser Prado and Land Cruiser, respectively.

@PowerTryp owns a house, wonders how that happened: How do you make a small fortune in auto racing?

@HammSammich: Well, never actually held USF1 cars, but they did carry BrawnGP cars to the championship. Brawn (MercedesGP) hasn't been on the same form this year, so maybe their racing luck is actually contained in the trailers!

Driving gloves (duh!).

@kburgs88: There's no rule against having a RHD car in the US. You may notice many postal vehicles are RHD, although the only new RHD vehicle available the the US car-buying public is the Jeep Wrangler.