Sixty8panther

Hmmm.. interesting. I love BMW's evolution from the early 70s to the late 80s. The CSL, 2002, 5-series, 3-series, 6-series & 8-series all seem to have a very evolutionary line to them from one decade to the next. I think the Mark X is very much a 1992 Jaguar with quad round headlights instead of square ones. It's the same line & basic styling from one decade to the next. I actually love the S-type. I think it's a great retro version of the Mark II salon. ON the flip side I hate the X-type's styling with a passion... and the 97% Ford mechanicals ruin the car completely for me. On the otehr hand look at these photos and see if you can see the evolution in BMWs. Just being a devil's advocate.

I want one... BAD! I just want a CTS-V a little bit more since getting my daughter in & out of the back seat would be much easier with a 4 door. Please God let the next gen. GTO be a hardtop... you know, no b-pillar.

Wow... I like it. MUCH better than the current 9\5 with its ugly thick chrome "nerd eye glasses" headlight surrounds.

@ TMP's comments. Nothing really wrong with NPR but there's better sources for news out there. Not that I bother paying attention but if I did care about World News more than I'd get my 411 from a few different sources and sort out the facts. Like maybe the BBC, some Canadian News, German Radio & Slovakian Radio. Somewhere in the middle the truth would be revealed. ----- As far as the car it's still ugly, poorly designed & craptastic. HOw much does this thing cost? 700 Euros?

NOS: DO you throw a football around while tapping yourself on Super8 tape with your SONY HandiCam?

Congrats. From now on your life will be forever divided into two "eras". Before & after this little guy came into your life. It's hard work at times but it's also the most rewarding job you can ever imagine... I love being a parent. Kids are fantastic.

Balthazar: Just a thought... not to be rude but you complain often about how little BMW's styling evolved from the 60s to the 90s... how about Jaguar? I think they're a worse example of stagnat designs just getting old and aging poorly while chrome is replaced by plastic & rubber. 1980s & 1990s Jaguars are even more cheesy & ugly than this one IMO.

Well spoken 76CT. I think Honda should make Motorcycles, generators, ATVs, Dirtbikes, Go-Kart motors & perhaps some T-Rex/Sparrow thing and that's it.

NOS: "What's a pop-up?" Best setup & follow through EVER on C&G. Good teamwork.

14 more.... Base pic for my current signature.

I'm not sober right now but that $h!'s wicked funny looking! What a goober... like a little Mack Truck Booger.

Correct. You goys got it. A-body Chevrolets from the mid 70s to the early 80s. Too bad the Malibu coupe was discontinued in 1981.

Who said anything about my experience being ruined...? I simply put a lazy jerk in their place. Almost everything else had a rightful place there. The Sky, a few Porsches, an old school Celica Supra and a few '80s pickups all custmized to at least some degree: some lifted some riding as low as my Super 88.

Yeah you little perv. Put a parka on your pecker. I hear the hiv' sucks.

Even most Korean cars look better than the new Seabring. The newest FWD cars from Mopar are all hideous. The Sebring & Caliber both look like they were styled by a "designer" who's qualifications were having gotten a D+ in High Shcool Geometry and a C- in Art Class.

Best of luck with everything.

Go little Cobalt Go!!! :sign0200:

Happy Birthday Dude... how's the new house coming along?

Wow... looks great. Proof once again that you CAN restyle retro. :wink:

True. I think over the years BMW has done well wiht ultimate driving machine. Why fix what is not broken? WTF is up with this whole change for the sake of change mentality we're stuck in?

Cool, I'd love a Fiero one of these days.

101. 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham 102. 1948 Tucker Torpedo 103. 2007 Lotus Elise (must be Ecotec powered not Toyota) 104. 1953 VW Beetle

Most of the time when I'm bored while sitting at the RMV or whatever and I make out one of these lists it's 100 cars long. So here's my top 100 vehicles as of this moment in time. It's about 2:30am, August 15th, 2006. I'll keep it to street-legal cars and leave the concepts out. 1. 1959 Buick Electra 225 Riviera (bubbletop 4dr hardtop) 2. 1931 Cadillac V16 Pinninfarina Boat Tail Roadster 3. 1933 Cadillac Dual Cowl Phaeton V16 4. 1959 Cadillac two door hardtop (maybe the "Murder Car") 5. 1961 Cadillac Series 62 hardtop 4dr "Flat Top" 6. 1967 Cadillac Eldorado Razorback 7. 1968 Cadillac Coupe deVille 8. 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood wiht the paisley print seats 9. 1959 Buick Invicta ragtop in tripple black with 3-on-the-tree 10. 1959 Pontiac Bonneville 2dr hardtop 11. 1955 Pontiac Starchielf wiht the light up hood ornament 12. 1968 Pontiac Firebird caonvertible wiht the OHC I6 13. 1970.5 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 455 14. 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge in black 15. 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge in orbital orange 16. 1936 Pontiac 5-window coupe 17. 1989 Pontiac 3.8L Turbo Trans Am 18. 1999 Pontiac Trans Am 30th Anniversary Edition 19. 2006 Pontiac GTO in yellow 20. 1961 Tatra 603 sedan (split window & 8-cylinder) 21. 2007 Cadillac CTS-V in black 22. 1949 Cadillac Series-62 Fastback 23. 1952 Hudson Hornet 4dr 24. 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham steel roof tripple navy blue 25. 1951 Studebaker Commander Starlight Coupe 26. 1959 Buick Flxible long wheelbase hearse combo. 27. 1961 Cadillac Flower Car 28. 1939 Buick Century Wood Carved Hearse 29. 1967 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Combination Hearse 30. 1971 Buick Riviera in baby blue with white interior & roof 31. 1978 Buick Regal turbo 32. 1987 Buick GNX 2-dr sedan 33. 1987 Buick Regal T-type T-top in silver metallic 34. 2004 Buick Park Ave Ultra (supercharged, white diamond, chrome factory rims) 35. 1983 Cadillac Seville Diesel "BustleBack" 36. 1999 Buick Rivirea in black 37. 1937 Cord 810 4dr sedan 38. 1964 Austin Mini Cooper 39. 1979 VW Rabbit GTi 40. 1962 Manx Peel P50 41. 1971 Datsun 510 SSS 2dr hardtop JDM/RHD 42. 1974 Mazda RX4 hardtop 43. 1979 Mazda RX7 44. 1976 Datsun 710 2dr hardtop in yellow 45. 1984 Datsun Maxima Sedan (my car restored) 46. 1972 Datsun Skyline GT-R hardtop 47. 1910 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (King of Siam's personal whip) 48. 1927 Bugatti Royalle Type 41 49. 1936 Bugatti Atlantic (powder blue) 50. 1932 Pierce Arrow V12 seven passanger 51. 1936 Auburn Speedster (boattail) 52. 1935 Duesenberg J Torpedo Phaeton 53. 1936 Packard Twelve Convertible Sedan 54. 1938 Mercedes Benz 770K Cabriolet 55. 1955 Mercedes Benz SL300 Gullwing 56. 1939 Mercedes Benz Commercial Truck (my grandfather's) 57. 2006 Mercedes Benz CLK500 58. 2008 Bugatti Veyron 59. 1967 Porsche 911 60. 1979 Porsche 928 61. 1997 Porsche 911 Twin-Turbo 62. 1997 BMW M3 63. 2007 BMW M5 64. 1978 Lamborghini Countach 65. 1972 DeTomaso Panthera 66. 1979 BMW M1 67. 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa 68. 1988 Ferrari GTO 69. 1962 Jaguar Series-II 3.8 sedan 70. 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible sedan 71. 1960 Ford Galaxie 500 ragtop 72. 1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator 73. 1964 Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday (my car restored) 74. 1955 Oldsmobile 88 2dr hardtop 75. 1932 Ford 5-window coupe 100% stock 76. 1932 Ford Highboy "replica" with 572 power & a 6-speed manual 77. 1941 Willys Coupe with 440-six pack power 78. 1927 Ford T-bucket with a radial 9-cylinder motor out of a WWII aircraft 79. 1968 Dodge Charger 426 HEMI/4spd. 80. 1959 Dodge Coronet 2dr hardtop 81. 1934 Plymouth sedan with sidemounts 82. 1957 Plymouth Fury (white/gold two door hardtop) 83. 1959 Plymouth Suburban (station wagon) 84. 1967 Plymouth Barracuda fastback 85. 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbird 426 HEMI/4spd. 86. 1970 Plymouth Super Bee ragtop 440/4-speed 87. 1958 DeSoto 2dr hardtop 88. 1959 Imperial LeBaron 4dr hardtop 89. 1961 Chrysler Newport 2dr hardtop 90. 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split Window 91. 1969 Chevrolet Corvette ZL1 (the yellow one) 92. 1957 Chevrolet BelAir fuelie 4dr hardtop 93. 1959 Chevrolet elCamino 94. 1965 Chevrolet Impala 95. 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa 96. 1968 Chevrolet Camaro (my old car restored) 97. 1969 Chevrolet Camaro COPO-ZL1 98. 1946 GMC COE flatbed 99. 1963 Studebaker Avanti 100. 1996 McLaren F1

Some would say the curernt Avalon is a Luxury car. This does NOT make it so. Jaguars mostly suck. Lucas electronics, the lack of refinement in many areas & the typical quirky British B.S. that comes with Jaguar ownership is enough for me to group it more in the "pseudo-luxury" segment that is so often shopped by the want-to-look-sophisticated crowd. I'd love an E-type or a Series II sedan but I'd love a bunch of American Cars much more.