THIS MOTORING YEAR 2016: Top commenter

This time last year we were celebrating a new talent – equally at home with denial, denouncement and old-fashioned cussing.

But in 2016 no one has sallied forth with quite the same zeal to post a fervent rant on any particular subject. There was one person, however, who impressed us with his unending lightheartedness – tinged at times with just enough sarcasm to make it interesting – and his (or her?) occasional trenchant points.

Submitting posts under the nom de plume Dr Who, our favourite commenter could be writing for a living, notwithstanding the occasional 'literal' (some of which we've cleaned up for this case history).

Squeezing sci-fi/pop-culture references as diverse as Spiderman (and other Marvel icons), Game of Thrones and The Terminator into many of the posts, Dr Who has revealed him (her)self to be someone with a keen eye for the absurd.

Dr Who has been the subject of some controversy at times, with a couple of PR execs from different car companies stating their objections to the work. Unfortunately a couple of those comments marked the zenith of his creativity but were also defamatory, so you won't see them here.

But we've compiled some of the comments that stood out over the course of the year. If they seem a little like 'in' jokes at times, we invite you to read the articles to get the joke:

If you have a tank all you need to do is to point the nozzle at a FCA dealership with a high explosive shell locked and loaded and you will get your money back, no questions asked. This just shows that politicians have no idea.

Great Wall’s new Steed
So apart from copying the exterior of other car designs the Chinese also copy famous names from Australia by calling its ute the Wiggles in China. I think the "Walk of atonement" is at hand for Mr. Shi.

Who would have thought that Picasso is alive and well and working for Toyota.

The only problem I see with this design is that once you sit down you can't get up, 'cause you are stuck to the spider web. And no amount of baby oil will get you out of this one. Spiderman will be having a field day cursing at the Lexus engineer who came up with this stupid idea while swinging between buildings.

Nissan GT-R 2016 Review
The difference between buying the GT-R or its European/British counterparts is simple. At the lights other drivers will give you the big thumbs-up salute in the GT-R. If you are in the Porsche you will receive the index finger on the forehead salute. In the Jag you will get the "God save the Queen" salute. And in the AMG you will get the little finger salute. So which salute do you fancy?

Now that's clever marketing Infiniti. Allowing your would-be customers to test drive the new Q30 inside the Pacific Fair shopping centre just like Clarkson did in his Ford Fiesta. Beats hiring a mobility scooter any day, as that place is HUGE!!!

I rocked up to the event driving my red 2001 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO TME (Build no. 69) with racing decals rego "FUWRX". Decked out in my full Ralliart apparel from top to toe, including the limited edition Ralliart racing boxer shorts. Brought out the biggest Mitsubishi banner in my collection. Put on my best Tommi Makinen Finnish ascent. But I were quickly (But gently) shown the door with a lot of one finger standing ovations and I don't know why. Any ideas?

Here is a much simpler solution people, scientists and government boffins. Just let people drive in the nude and you will never need to turn the A/C on in summer.

1) R. Downey Jr.
2) T. Stark
3) I. Man

Volvo V90 wagon leaked (again)
Volvo should make it mandatory for all its employees to wear incontinence underwear when going to work every day.

So this raises the question. How will the car react if you were having dirty thoughts while on the road. Will it start humping the car in front at the red lights? Wolf whistle with its horn? Or stop suddenly every time it spots a pretty lady on the side of the road and winds down the driver's window automatically?