Of course Torch would use an obscure beetle for a Beetle article.

 Is that insect supposed to represent a beetle? Looks more like some sort of earwig.

Bingo. They’re blobs with big wheels and angry faces, just like every luxury or near-luxury car currently on the market. You can’t say that about, for example, this:

BRB, reserving “F4U” license plate.

Or Sabb Deep.

Seriously. It’s the Mobb Deep ride.

Still waiting for the next new luxury car whose face isn’t just an angry squint.

I totally read the second one as “2. TIE” aka suffixes applied to TIE fighters. Then again, naming cars Fighter (Bristol), Interceptor (Jensen), Avenger (*cough Dodge), Hunter (Hillman), Phantom (duh), et al isn’t a bad plan at all.

Oh puh-lease, ye of little faith.

True, plenty of those kinds of comparisons to make. 

They’re great for hanging my dog’s car seat from. Not quite the same question you’re asking though.

Needs TIE Fighter sound generator.

Needs louvers.

There has to be a news story somewhere that can be tied back to this car, right gumshoes?

Ooh. For so long I’ve been knocking the Miata for being heavier and less powerful than a 2ZZ-swapped MR2, but this (and the increasing age of any surviving MR2s) could finally change my mind.

I feel lucky now; my only VR6 experience was with a Jetta GLI that I had as a service loaner car while my Saab was being worked on. Damn that thing had torque, and I almost wanted to keep it longer and sneak in a cone filter under the hood so I could hear it scream.

Bonus points if a VAG car has a VR6. Unf that motor is glorious.

The Saab 9-7x Aero. It’s only terrible in a limited number of senses, but man do my fellow car guy friends shut down when I bring it up.

See, I like it too. Drop and stiffen the suspension a bit and you have yourself a nice GT. No need for a manual swap, because this isn’t that kind of car.

Is this V6 naturally aspirated? I’d love to hear it uncorked and wailing.