Intrepidation

I still wish we'd get the Scirocco, but this is the first VW we get since the CC that I really like.

In a sense it is higher quality. Less energy, brighter, and last far longer.

New face is certainly more aggressive. I don't dislike it, I'm just not sure I prefer it to the current car. I do like the changes to the rear end. Like the new wheels too. Inside, I like the sleek new center stack, although I didn't mind the old one. I prefer the separate gauge housings of the current car though. Some of it certainly seems like change for change's sake, but it does help keep the Taurus fresh, and its certainly not worse.

Being a 3.5 owner I recommend using at least 89 mid grade. I have never gone lower than 89 as long as I've had it.

Like the interior, looks very upscale, don't even mind the horizontal stakes now. Like the front, like the back. But in between I'm not sure. From some angles it looks fine, but angles were we can see more of the profile it looks a bit awkward. I want to see an actual side view.

Yeah, that was IL. They missed it when it was gone. The 3.5 is a great motor both in terms of respectable power and reliability. I know a guy with an `01 300M that got more than 400,000 miles out of the original engine.

Disagree, it should stay Ram and not be that new logo, or the one in his sig. It's cool, but IMO Dodge and Ram should never have been split and this is now a symbol of defiance. Sweet ride, all it could really use is a set of SRT8 wheels to give it the proper stance.

I actually really like how this new Beetle came out. Looks much less like a half circle and has a lot more definition to it. Wheels look nice too.