Drew Dowdell

hehe... he was full of hot air.... do you really think a circa '89 Firebird V6 would be able to pull it's front wheels off the ground?

Easier sales.... instead of having to coerce people into the car, having people come in specifically looking for the car will help a lot too.

front wheels off the ground..... he was totally serious.... he also wrapped it around a tree and blamed it on unexpected sudden acceleration....

higher transaction price.

There was a kid back in highschool who had a white Firebird V6 as far as I could tell, unmodified... don't remember the year, but it was a second to last gen. He used to brag about the wheelies he'd do...... I would mock him by telling him my FWD Toronado had a V8 and could totally do higher wheelies than his Firebird. His argument against it was always "no way an Oldsmobile is gonna do better wheelies than a Firebird"..... never argued against the concept of a FWD car doing wheelies though.... He was a thinker....

Had One, Never Did Again

it's no Aztec, but doesn't light my fire. If I'm going to go for a plebian italian automaker of questionable reliability, I'll pick Alfa Romeo.

Other than the Tata... it was the only "new" car that qualified. Delorean, Tucker, Porsche..... I'm thinking probably not.

Tata Nano

Smart FourTwo

no V8s

Rotary?

I honestly have no idea what your car tastes are...... I'm just bored and guessing.

smaRt - gtR

RL - Type R?

and the same low hanging, pot hole attracting, exhaust pipe on every Camry from 1991 forward.

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so wait... do American's work too hard or are they all about fast and cheap? and the Japanese won the TV war not because of superior product but because of dumping of cheap sets on our market..... remember, Americans are all about fast and cheap.

I don't know the exact color names, but it's a light yellow and black.

I'm not saying that BMWs aren't really good. Read and consider my whole post. Yes there are things BMW does better than anyone else. However, there are other areas where BMW is eclipsed by it's competitors. Note the dash layout that hasn't really changed all that much since about 1995. There is more to a car than the engine, steering, and brakes.

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Self-fulfilling prophecy much? When all the comparisons go like "Can these other brands meet or beat the standards we think BMW has set?" then the comparison is not a Car1 v. Car2 v. Car3 v. Car4. The comparison becomes "How much like Car1 are Car2, Car3, and Car4?" All the brands are trying to be anointed King by the press. BMW is not a best seller because it's the "best" car. It's a best seller because people have been told it's the best car by the press for the past 20 years. The CTS, 3-series, 5-series, TL, IS, A4, C-Class, G35 all perform close enough that most of the differences come down to things only noticed on the track. The real differences are things like interior design and quality, fuel efficiency, room and utility, and over all fit and finish. The 3-Series may have the smoothest engine, but the interior is majorly outclassed by the CTS and A4. It's out done in terms of comfort by the TL and IS. The CTS, G35, and A4 all pull corners with Gs that meet or exceed the 3-series. The CTS is also one of the safest of the bunch. I'd also pick the CTS <from my own experience> and TL over the BMW in terms of reliability. Suzy McMansion wants a BMW because her husband read the latest BMWTrend and because it will annoy Tammy Trailerpark at work. So... No, it isn't clear that BMW is the ultimate driving machine..... however it's the ultimate PR machine.