Agreed. Wouldn't it confuse the living crap out of consumers to call it something else? "Wait, y'all been talkin' up EcoBoost to git me to buy an eff one-fiddy, but that's not good enough for the new GT?"

I'll assume you have looked up the numbers for your claim. Colored me surprised, but unswayed. This Merc is hideous.

No. I can appreciate a Smart for what it is. (Just drove one yesterday via CAR2GO.) Sure, Smart has funky proportions, but for two passengers, it does its job, and can carry the kinds of things you might fetch around town on an afternoon errand run. The Benz on the other hand is just a status symbol for affluent…

Exactly. This thing looks like a Micro Machine. The proportions are all wrong, and you can't stow anything behind the rear seats. My hate for it burns white hot.

Question: how will the oldsters show their clubs? This trunklid looks woefully small.

Dat Taurus grille...

Care to tell us just how cabs should look? They're boxes for carrying people (like old Volvos!) so just how should they be changed?

Excellent post!
On a similar note, I finally made time last weekend to watch Garner's "The Racing Scene". It's free to stream if you have an Amazon Prime account. Very good recap that he produced of his racing experiences in late '69 through '70. No GT40 camera car - lotsa shaky helmet cam, actually, but it's a…

Agreed! Too frush, yo.

Oh good! The seats face each other so I can watch three other humans interact with Teh Facebook.

Each chair swings out when the doors are opened and then swivel inside where passengers have access to six displays that form what Mercedes calls a "digital arena". You can swipe and poke at each, but they also use eye-tracking and gesture controls when physically touching something is just too much to bear.…

Nope. Nothing can replace the simplicity and effectiveness of muscle memory. Waving hands for the Kinect cameras, derping around on a glass panel - that requires eyes to verify the input was correct. I think you're in the minority on this one. I think I can speak for a lot of Jalops when I say not only will I not get…

You forgot the golf clap of the onloookers.

Agreed. I don't want navigation *at all*, and I don't want touch screens - not for HVAC, not for or audio. Make it optional.

This is an angle which I've yet to view the Asterion. I see a bit of Porsche here, GT-R a-pillar and side glass, and a bit of McLaren in the snout. Not that I mind one bit. I think this is the best-looking Lambo in a long time. Cohesive, high-tech, more than one passenger. Well done, Sant Agata.

Why is his Cobra not Baywatch-truck yellow? (Rhetorical)

I can understand why you might think that. But on the other hand, I think, "Cool, more people get to experience these, and they're not modded Fieros". People who know/care/matter are going to understand the value of a car built in Ol' Shel's heyday vs. a posthumous Cobra. And if more Cobras on the streets means more…

Kick ass! Do share as it's built!

Second that. This is the kinda stuff that pegs my geek meter...

In the same vein, I nominate the Volvo 745: relatively big, boxy, wide, heavy. I just need about 100 miles of range for weekend trips around town, or out to the local mountain bike trails. More distance is better, sure, but I'm okay with Leaf-ish range for now.