"Anyway, what's the odds either next gen versions will keep the AWD option?"

Probably zero. It's already been dropped from the current Matrix/Vibe.

You Autoblog guys are pretty funny. Could you go ahead and post the *real* RR of the day now?

"If ever a game needed to lose exclusivity it's Blue Dragon."

Why, so you can play it on the overpriced PS3?

"With gas prices falling back down to $2 a gallon, the market for these cars will fall as well."

You're kidding yourself if you think fuel prices will stay low beyond the November elections.

"Suppose You Gave a Funeral and Nobody Came" - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

LS 460. COTY voters go nuts when automatic transmissions get more gears.

"Wow, first Joystiq starts to shoot their credibility in the foot and now autoblog. Is this a Weblogs,Inc mandate or something?"

Actually, TUAW started the whole downward spiral a few weeks before Joystiq:

http://www.tuaw.com/2006/06/21/procrastinatr-a-new-trick-for-time-management/

"I wonder how many people missed out on this awesome game because of YOUR BITCHING."

You must have superhuman vision then, because the game looked like ass on my 27" WEGA. Over component cables, no less. Of course, it *did* finally give me the incentive necessary to go out and buy an HDTV :P

There are some real concerns with this game and its small text size. Just because you and one of your buddies haven't experienced it doesn't mean that others everyone else hasn't either. Grow up.

"And 2009 before we get "B" cars from Europe, yet others are able to bring them over "overnight" (VW,Nissan, Honda, Toyota)"

Maybe I'm the only one, but I see this plan getting quietly shelved as soon as gas dips back below $2 a gallon, even though we all know it will go right back up again the moment Ahmadinejad opens his mouth again.

And

Guys, it really isn't fair to be giving a copy of Dead Rising away without an HDTV to go with it.