• The Alpine Imprint RLS will always be one of the most amazing demo cars ever produced. But before the Imprint made it’s impression on car audio history, the Alpine crew built the Sinister Six. What started out as an innocent $84,000 BMW 645ci ended up a jaw dropping, road raging, Sinister sports coupe. And SoundDomain has two videos  from Alpine following the crew through the amazing build.
• It interesting what you can find in life if you just look a little bit closer…. SoundDomain’s new guestblogger, Ben, writes about the hidden easter eggs found on circuit boards. Who’da guessed engineers had a sense of humor?
• Car manufacturers aren’t the only ones getting hit by Chinese knock-offs; even car audio manufacturers have to step into the ring. Check out the pics of this bogus Alpine amplifier found out in the wild. Would you have spotted it?
• Our main man Steve Meade is back and shaking up a ruckus at Taco Bell. Watch what happens when the two drive thru guys ask for a sample of the Tahoe’s beefy beats. Notice the bills in Taco Dude #2′s hand when Steve gives the magic knob a twist… The looks on their faces are pretty priceless too: from excitement to satisfaction to shock & awe. It’s always a good time with Steve.
• Bored? Add Bluetooth to your 5G iPod.
• We’ve also got a video of CarDomain member Jamminwagon plugging in and jammin’ out on his electric car through his Dodge Magnum’s sound ssytem. Boy’s got some skills, car’s got some beats!
• Scosche built out a pretty crazy demo car for SEMA 2006: a bright orange FJ Cruiser stuffed with EFX gear: eight 12" woofers, twelve amplifiers, seven monitors (including a 32"monitor in the rear door!), twenty speakers, three batteries, and over 9000 watts of power!

In its unrelenting quest for total world domination, Toyota exceeded Ford in total sales for 2007, selling 48,226 more vehicles than the blue oval and becoming the No. 2 selling make in the US. Keeping, for now, its tenuous hold on the US market is GM, though industry forecasts hint that this won’t be for long, and that the US auto industry as a whole is soon to be beat at its own game as Toyota churns out Tundra pickups and sinks its money further into NASCAR. It’s sure to be an interesting next few years! Get the story at MSN Autos.

I went through CarDomain finds (be careful, that page takes a while to load!) and on my first run through I came up with 25 rides. So then I started thinking I’d make it a top twenty list, but Jen wouldn’t let me off the hook that easy. So I narrowed it down to ten. It was painful, but here’s the list (in no particular order). Please note that Mopar did not make the final cut.

1. Theon’s awesome V8 Festiva (which recently got featured on Autoblog as well).

2. Brian’s "hatch-rod" Civic–nice documentation and making great progress!

3. Ronald’s 240Z–original owner who put his car back to stock!

4. Frank’s Mustang Hi-Riser that everyone loves to hate.

5. Piper Motorsport’s amazing Franken M3.

6. Brandyn’s REDEEMD–the coolest rat rod on CarDomain.

7. Jeff’s Retro Rides Camaro project that we have been following in the blog.

8. Donna’s Cobalt is over the top.

9. James’s Escort kicks Prius butt.

10. And who can forget Billy’s Motley Crew (below)? 

Post links to some of your favorite ride pages from this year. Oh, and here’s my list from last year.

There’s been an absolute crapload of stuff in the blog this year! I didn’t even realize how much we’d written in ’07 until I started trying to load those gigantic archive pages, which left me wrangling with a jammed computer for about half the day. Narrowing our material down to the "best" is futile, especially since a lot of our "best" blogs are in in fact, quite unapologetically, our "worst": those stories that contain what’s enigmatically referred to as "a high R-quotient." Take a browse through our top ten, you’ll probably see what I mean.

• Nice Parking Job! Sean found a site offering a hilarious and totally nonviolent way of retaliating against inept parkers.
• Jiffy Lubed. Ever wonder what goes on at your least favorite grease-monkey chain? Hint: there’s a reason why that oil change only takes ten minutes.
• Lambphibian: I suspected this floating Countach to be a hoax—until the guy who built it spoke out in its defense.
• First Ride: Congrats CaliChevylover! We’ve really watched our Number-One Superfan grow up—and we sure were stoked when he finally got his first car!
• The Chevy Tantrum! After John posted The Onion‘s spoof article on this furious little GM, at least a few of our readers seemed to think that the rage-powered ride was for real. Awesome!
• Charger Mud Bogger. Rob has this uncanny knack for finding classic Mopars that’ve been converted into over-the-top monster trucks. Go figure.
• Finally, Cool Auto Art!  For some time in the blog, there was a rash of car-themed "art," much of it highly dubious. Then at last, John found an example that didn’t suck.
• The Holden Ute. Who would’ve known that our readers would be ready to sell their own organs for a chance to import Australia’s modern-day El Camino? Our intrepid guest blogger Dave nailed it!
• Boat-Tail Donk on Clears AND Spinners! Send CarDomain to SEMA, and the first thing we’ll do, naturally, is make a beeline for the goofiest, most outlandish rides on the show floor. It’s why you love us!
• Man Attempts to Shoot Nut Off. Someone had to try this, sooner or later. We’re still waiting to hear if it actually worked.

Hey, it’s been an awesome year. And the blog sure would be a lot less fun if we were writing for anyone other than you guys. Thanks for keeping it real, for lolling and hating, and for running your mouths whenever you were the least bit inclined to do so. The best part of blogging is hearing back from you in the comments, and it’s been a blast to have you with us. Happy New Year!

We’ve reported that Consumer Reports hates domestics, and that Truth About Cars readers hate domestics. Well, Consumer Reports readers hate domestics, too. They really hate the Aveo (which, I guess, isn’t really a domestic)–so much that it made the list of the 12 Least Satisfying Cars Of 2007 twice. Actually, the whole list is pretty repetitive. You can see it at The Consumerist.

This ’07 GT is the fourth Mustang Brad has owned since he started driving at age 16. He’s also owned a ’66, ’87 and ’94 Mustang. But he says this new GT is the most fun to drive, and it’s his favorite so far. Which Mustang is your favorite?