Now if only the rich idiots in my Orange County planned community could use these instead of clogging the main arterey with their idling SUVs every morning to drop off little Timmy and little Susie. It's not like it snows here, I say make the little bastards walk the 3/4 of a mile from their house to the school!!!

The company does make some of the sweetest milling equipment aroundd, I gotta give them that.

That was the sound of Ferrari jumping the shark. Stick with your core competency boys from Maranello or that little upstart Prodrive is going to start handing you your tail where it matters most to you, on the track!!!

let's see... 57% + 42% = 99%. I'm NOT going to speculate on what gender the other 1% is. I definitely don't want these Polish mathematicians doing my taxes.

@osnofla: The sheer violence of a top fuel launch has to be experienced at least once in a gearhead's life. That is why NHRA is in my list.

get rid of all the pansy auto shows and events where there is no racing. Those are like standing around talking about getting girls instead of actually having sex.

Wasn't there a stat thrown out that something like half the emissions from a car's life cycle come during its' manufacture?? In that light reusing an old car even if it is less "efficient" is more green. That is what I don't get about the Civic commercial with the "Odd Couple" theme music. How is the guy driving…

@lemondriver: that and overengineering c class door hinges

@no_slushbox: Those are removeable light pods for rallying, not anything blended to the hood. Those are fully functional and are definitely NOT a deformity!!

I like the old school look of the fuel pressure and oil temp gauges mounted on the rear edge of a bracket racers, like a'68 Nova. The electronic sending units have pretty much done away with that stuff, but it was cool back in the day.

You know what they say about polishing a turd?? Well this is the result.

With the proper gearing high revving is great because it can allow for lighter driveline components that don't have to withstand all of those footpounds but do have to survive all of those RPMs. Lightness is goodness. Brute force is what torque is all about which makes for a "comfortable" experience. Obviously the…

I like the real cars on real roads, rally (I drive in performance rally, TSD, road rally, etc), L a Carrera Panamericana, Targo Newfoundland, Targa Taasmania etc.

I'm a contrarion. A hand built copy of the E-Type is not a candidate in my book. It didn't break any ground in the world showcase and is a leading edge for the Japanese at the time. If we take that as a measure shouldn't the Yugo get in? It was leading edge for the Yugoslavians.... NO, but it could be brought…

But Studebaker never made a hybrid, how could they have been "reinvesting in becoming carbon neutral"?? The mind boggles, environmentalists must be having a fit that someone was giving back to the environment before their wailing cries became everything the media focuses on.

@beercheck: I made it just as far as you, anyone who uses "irredgardless" and drives a Prius is an oxygen theif and needs to stop contributing to global warning by their own respiration. Don't they know that their breathing is emitting harmful CO2!?!?!! Think of the children!!

1968 Olds Cutlass 'S' 350 rocket, quadrajet, dual exhaust, TH350 trans. To bad it didn't have a LSD or it might have kept up decently with my brothers 70 Chevelle with a built 327 and powerglide. Man, something about growing up around muscle cars, even in the 80's was just too cool.

FYI Johny, all 08 WRXs come with an "integrated audio and video jacks located in the center console" not exactly an iPod dock but then most of the world is not midless followers of overpriced equipment and a universal solution is definitely more "Subaru".

@elwood: You are assuming that the traction control has been optimized by a team of motorsports engineers to the driving style, weather, track layout and exact vehicle dynamics. Does that sound like what a manufacturer can do for a mass production vehicle? of course not, so we suffer with the watered down, acceptable…

I don't mind the nannies for SUVs and other mundane autos, but when some automaker decides that these belong on a sports sedan/coupe/car and THEN they put the limits of the nanny well below the limits of the chassis, that is where I have issues. Porsche, Subaru and Mitsu and maybe Audi have well sorted algorithms but…