In other news....who here is excited about Piloti shoes coming back?

Uncle Doug sometimes forgets these things, because his brain is filled with boundless levels of questionable Land Rover knowledge. (For example: the transmission in a Land Rover Freelander lasts 14 percent longer than grocery store bananas.)

How dare you imply that I bought the X1 xDrive 35i not because it's an SUV (based in the E91 platform) and the only 300hp wagon (I mean CUV) you can buy in its segment. I like the ground clearance.

2 & 9 absolutely do want.

This would be a fun one to own, no doubt. I would own it until just before the clutch replacement (ouch - $$$$).

In my first few trips to the 'Ring, I loved trying to go faster than my talent allowed. My wife reminded me where Adenauer Forst was (where a lot of fantastic fail videos happen) many, many times so that I didn't become an internet sensation. Kudos to the spousal co-driver :)

Clearly the T-47 is better suited to cold weather operations.

Love all the articles, I've been following similar criteria when I do my car shopping. Although I'm just expanding my collection. It is quite hilarious that folks think I blow a fortune on my rides but I spent less than a new Focus ST. And have more fun.

IT'S ABOOT DAMN TIME!!!!

Wow, definitely completely forgot about the last body style. I had one as a forgettable rental five or six years ago, really didn't register the GXP version. I would rather have the previous gen myself.

Meet me at the Nurburgring. We'll compare times against my E90 M3.

I might be lacking in my GM knowledge, but I had no idea they made a V8 version of this. I always thought the supercharged GTP was the biggest one they made.

Classic Mini:

Great summation of the year! Now with a replacement coming, will it be more or less flashy? And in a few years will you have forgotten all the cons to this experience and get the F430? :)

Fantastic flip! I've been looking forward to reading this one for a while now. It was certainly worth it to see it go from the grave to the road again. Kudos to you and I am definitely keeping an eye out so I can get myself a nice DD quality example that might need some love. Great inspiration.

Nice suits.

Very.....interesting. Looks like Z4 grilles.

Wow, they still make this?

Any road trip in a free car will be amazing. Provided you don't wake up in a bathtub full of ice and no car. You can do a road trip without a kidney, but not without a car.

Time will tell, but low production numbers vs the coupe and the E36 sedan vs coupe market are all signs pointing to it.