Cobb's (nytimes) Auto year in review.

lemming · 12-29-2006, 06:57 AM

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/au...=1&oref=slogin

you don't have to agree with it, but i'd not disagree all that much with the list.

loves the Cayman S. dislikes the M6.

equ · 12-30-2006, 10:56 AM

Naturally I like that the CS is on his top spot (as it is on mine).

I do think the FJ is cute and it is available with an MT. But he really gave it to the M6 in a few sentences:

BMW M6 ($106,690) Not many years ago, I’d have been hard pressed to name a BMW that didn’t thrill me. Now, too often, they just irritate me — with silly chimes, inscrutable controls, quirky turn signals, intrusive “active” steering. To that, the M6 adds a sequential manual gearbox that makes most any driver feel like a fool. I’ll concede that the M6 is a robot-perfect performance machine capable of feats that seem to defy the laws of physics. Yet it may also be the most soulless BMW yet.

12-29-2006, 06:57 AM	#1
lemming Western Anomaly Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: White Orca Posts: 16,601	Cobb's (nytimes) Auto year in review. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/au...=1&oref=slogin you don't have to agree with it, but i'd not disagree all that much with the list. loves the Cayman S. dislikes the M6. __________________

12-30-2006, 10:56 AM	#2
equ Alphanumeric Join Date: Aug 2005 Carmudgeonly Ride: 981S, 340i Posts: 9,584	Naturally I like that the CS is on his top spot (as it is on mine). I do think the FJ is cute and it is available with an MT. But he really gave it to the M6 in a few sentences: BMW M6 ($106,690) Not many years ago, I’d have been hard pressed to name a BMW that didn’t thrill me. Now, too often, they just irritate me — with silly chimes, inscrutable controls, quirky turn signals, intrusive “active” steering. To that, the M6 adds a sequential manual gearbox that makes most any driver feel like a fool. I’ll concede that the M6 is a robot-perfect performance machine capable of feats that seem to defy the laws of physics. Yet it may also be the most soulless BMW yet.