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The C70 is beautiful. Its sensuous curves and well-proportioned body have not aged a day in my eyes. It probably helps that the streets are hardly thick with them even after six years on the market.

Mopar Underground team members affectionately referred to the J-12 concept as the Old Man Truck during its hasty ten-week build. It only takes a glance at the finished product to understand why. This basic pickup looks just like your grandpa's old truck: no extended cab, no bucket seats, and a fishing pole hanging in the rear window.

Carroll Shelby, who passed away May 10, 2012, at the age of 89, could have been finished five decades ago. He'd already earned more than his share of fame as the former Texas chicken farmer who'd conquered Le Mans in his trademark bib overalls. No one would have thought less of him had he spent the remainder of his life -- not very long, doctors told him -- trading racing stories for free beers.

The perfect sport sedan, by definition, does it all: it thrills on back-road blasts, cruises comfortably on long trips, and turns into a secret weapon on the track. After three months with the BMW 328i, however, we've come to realize that our car does only two of those things.