Taxis are not cultural icons, they're societal crutches that we'll be using until someone invents teleportation.

Amen brotha.

haha. so true

Hats off to NASA for a job well done. Imagine the discourse with Frank if this thing crashed.

how about this: front suspension provided by a stack of cardboard boxes? CP

uh, powered by a bag of leaves? CP

if you approach the automotive industry with loads of skepticism and a belief that the best cars have already been manufactured, seeing MB's wagon becomes not only tolerable, but somewhat enjoyable.

Seriously, this thing will pay for itself after you put in your first jungle gym. NOICE PROICE!

The line between "hype" and "market saturation" is a grey one. For me it was clear Chrysler wasn't ever proclaiming from a mountain top "this is the greatest car ever made."

Browsing through comments here and it's like 80% of readers weren't alive to "enjoy" the automotive industry in the 1990s. Lexus LFA, BRZ/FRS, Veyron, Mini Countryman, SLR McLaren, Hyundai Genesis, VW Gti??? I'd choose any of those over a PT Cruiser or New Beetle, for example - 2 cars that were both over-hyped AND…

6th Gear: Bravo to Mazda for having a stick option on the Mazda5.

That's a lot of money for a... uh, wtf is this again?

Perhaps re-think your "cheap trollish entry" idea by reviewing #7 above.

Neutral:

I bought a Prius because they don't make the Countach any more.

End the madness of 3-year design cycles. Stop feeling the need to make “amazing” cars even better. Cease all non-essential R&D for the R-35 and sell the car as-is for the next 20 years. Production costs will decline, prices will drop, then 20 years from now I’ll be able to afford a still-“amazing” car.

Try as you might, Aston, you'll never top the World's Greatest Madone. http://bit.ly/1iv2lJ

4th Gear- Dropping only 700lbs will get you a 25% increase in fuel economy in an F-Series? Either those trucks weighs as much as the sun, or they get the same fuel economy as... the sun???

The turbine wheels alone are worth the asking price.

at first i was thinking "there were memes 10 years ago?" quick google search for bub rubb shows 2003. man, how time flies.