Legitimate question - what are the advantages of the Audi vs. the new generation Golf R? Both AWD, VW will have more aggressive power specs and likely better handling, and the Golf is arguably better looking and possibly cheaper.

Subaru buyers enjoy value, reliability, functionality and simplicity. My guess is that Subaru is catering to these buyers by introducing a lineup of incredibly safe and bland designs.

Let he who has had an intermediate shaft bearing on their 45,o00 mile, 10-year old $100,000 911 cast the first stone. Cause those of us who have (and there are many) know where this guy is coming from.

I love, love the idea of adding a flat two to the I3 engine bay. There must be a market for reasonably priced rear-engined cars in the U.S. - and I would be first in line for one. Someone mentioned earlier how VW dropped the ball on the van concept, missing out on a decade of retro boomer car demand. Give us a…

If you're looking for an entree into a weekend classic car, it's hard to beat one of these under-appreciated 6 cylinder 1980s Alfas. I've owned a GTV6 and now own a Milano (even better, although they are mechanically so similar that I'm not sure why). The handling is bizarre - shockingly imprecise after my BMW DD -…

Can you tell Akio that I will personally write him a fawning letter and perhaps throw in a pocket square if he'll sell a FR-S hatchback?

Good taste - I have the same color E39 manual wagon and a Porsche 993.

I own a rear wheel drive 5-series manual wagon. Those of us who have the means to buy a new wagon need to vote with out dollars the next time someone takes a chance and imports a manual sports wagon to the states. I'm still sitting on mine since BMW has abandoned the market, but I would gladly buy a turbo Mazda 6…

Your mention of the Bertone wedge reminded me of a conversation with my uncle. His simple response to the shift in car design in the late 60s was that designers used to make cars that looked like women. After the Miura, cars looked like men. Men have a visceral response to curves that you can't shake with logic. …

So, is the 535xi as unreliable as I've heard in the forums? Or are the engine problems overblown? Maybe that's my next wagon.

Completely agree. I couldn't be any more of a stereotypical Saab driver, and I'm guessing my next car after the BMW wagon (no manual, no buy) is going to be a WRX. The major demographic miss is interior design. If they could hire a Scandinavian designer to rework interiors, they could capture all the former…

I don't see that the F-type has any of the DNA of the E-type. I don't get why the press keeps making the comparison. It just looks puffy to me. And expensive and an automatic. That's not an E-type.

Uh, what am I - chopped liver?

I've seen a few interviews with Dickenson and it is clear that he is both a perfectionist and in love with the 911. He also has great design intuition - he knows exactly how to make a more perfect 911.

This is a good point - an analogy would be American muscle cars in the late 1980s. At the time it seemed like the era of 400 hp cars would never return. Today nobody seems to be making raw, lightweight, analog sports cars like the E30 M3. I own a 993 and I wouldn't sell it for today's prices because I simply can't…

One of my dreams is to create a new rear engine, air-cooled, direct injection car built in China and imported back to the US to sell for $12,000. Am I the only one who still thinks that a rear-engine, air-cooled car is more fun? I'm sure I'd lose all of my assets in a Bricklenesque/Quixotic crusade to revive the…

It looks like the new 7th generation Golf R 4-door might be the most appealing substitute. http://rumors.automobilemag.com/report-next-vo…

As far as I understand it, the 3-series wagon isn't offered with a manual in the US any more. I'm looking to replace my 5-series manual wagon and it is looking like the only option might be the new 3-series hatchback - but even that isn't certain. Hard to imagine that all manual 5-door BMWs are history.

Someone else is an Eggleston fan.

The Karma is the best car design since the Porsche 993. I'll take mine Lutzified.