I’m a patent lawyer, so I can’t help but point out that this is a published patent application, not an issued patent......so the headline that Ford “got a patent for an 11-speed transmission” is wrong insofar as what Autoguide is referring to.

This is friggin' sweet.

An older member of my family who doesn't have a great command of words anymore calls hybrid vehicles "hybird" vehicles. Since this thing flies, perhaps we can call it "hybird drive."

Still friggin' fantastic. Thanks for the info.

BMWs haven't been this good looking in forever.

Redline? What's the redline???

That was amazing!!

Two stripes? Must have posi-traction. Or maybe it's a Pontiac Tempest in disguise.

Germans, LL Cool J, an accordion, a mom driving a manual station wagon....so much going on here.

For no reason I can fathom, I want one.

Are you sure it isn't a Fiero?

As one of the class you're stereotyping, let me make this futile rejoinder: We're not all like this guy.

Sorry, that was sarcasm that didn't fully come through the Internets, I guess.

Sounds like that locking front diff was a great feature.

I had an S60R back in the day, which had a similarly rotten Haldex system. I noticed one day that almost every launch chirped the front tires. The dealer tried to tell me that I hooning the car...but eventually they tested it found that one of the Haldex sensors failed (yet didn't throw a code) and so power wasn't…

The contrast between the first and second halves of your sentence is hysterical. Carry on.

I am so relieved by the host's and the other guests' reaction to this wacko.

I had an S60R back in the day. The engine was peaky and made awful sounds. The suspension was unforgiving, causing potholes to tear through Pirellis at a record rate. It was, however, light on its feet and the AWD system was not as bad as it sounds. Also, the front seats were sublime.

Ya know, we could have gotten him so easily but effing Inigo Montoya was in the way.

Is this going to be a stripper like the Z/28?