Dang! Great new sportscar

[nightflier]

Well the Panamera was more a curiosity. I can afford it, but that wouldn't exactly be sensible. I guess I'm looking for a 4-door sports car that has a manual transmission in the same class as the Saab. I have no issues buying used (although with a stick, I'd have my mechanic look it over first - been burned there already), but if I buy new before the end of the year, I pay almost no taxes. Not too comfortable buying American right now, but maybe there's something there. The socially-responsible angel on my right shoulder says buy a hybrid (which will include more tax incentives), but the little devil on my other shoulder reminds me that this will take years to pay for itself and I can pretty much forget about performance.

I really don't want to dump the Saab which still has the best performing 4 cyl engine I've ever driven, but I'm also pretty friggin pissed that no one is picking up the brand and that the stuck-up Sweedes have no issues letting it get torn to pieces by money-grubbing investors. And watching GM's posturing on it's "intellectual property rights" is kind of like complaining about bird sh1t on the windshield as the car's driving off a cliff.

[jrhymeammo]

Well the Panamera was more a curiosity. I can afford it, but that wouldn't exactly be sensible. I guess I'm looking for a 4-door sports car that has a manual transmission in the same class as the Saab. I have no issues buying used (although with a stick, I'd have my mechanic look it over first - been burned there already), but if I buy new before the end of the year, I pay almost no taxes. Not too comfortable buying American right now, but maybe there's something there. The socially-responsible angel on my right shoulder says buy a hybrid (which will include more tax incentives), but the little devil on my other shoulder reminds me that this will take years to pay for itself and I can pretty much forget about performance.

I really don't want to dump the Saab which still has the best performing 4 cyl engine I've ever driven, but I'm also pretty friggin pissed that no one is picking up the brand and that the stuck-up Sweedes have no issues letting it get torn to pieces by money-grubbing investors. And watching GM's posturing on it's "intellectual property rights" is kind of like complaining about bird sh1t on the windshield as the car's driving off a cliff.

How about IS350 or IS-F. You probably can't afford LFA, but IS350 is a great machine. Very comfortable and racy. I really hate my Scion TC..... what a piece of junk. It's just a noisy version of Celica with Camry engine.