You guys are too easily pleased. Someone needs to get you a go in a Volkswagen Up. You have the lightness and thrummy engine in common with the Mirage, but the rest of the car doesn't feel like it's been warped in from the 1990s and the thing actually handles. It's not even like the Up is more expensive than the…

Don't worry, I knew exactly what you meant. It just amuses me how the situation is entirely reversed when it comes to clothing, for example.

"The study did conclude that women were less interested in making compromises on day to day livability and practicality in the name of fashion"

We're still talking about cars, right?

You could say they're adding lightness to British taxpayers' wallets.

Such insolence! It's like you completely dismissed the stern talking-to!

Pretty much everything is available as a diesel wagon with a manual transmission here. I've got one sitting outside the house as I type (Kia Cee'd Sportswagon, for the record). They're nowhere near as special, fun or interesting as people like to make out...

While I agree with most of this, I do wonder what product you've been taking before declaring the X-Type "the best Jag ever". It's not as bad as people make out but even some of the dubiously-constructed and not-even-that-pretty XJs from the 1980s are better Jaguars than the X. Not necessarily better cars, but better…

Likewise. If nobody else wants a Mondial I'll happily take it off them.

I feel like I'm going to be the lone dissenting voice here, but that it's been designed by Murray means absolutely nothing to me.

"The BladeGlider should be quick off the line due to its rear tires being considerably wider than the front tires, resulting in more traction at the rear, enabling the tires to get a better grip on the driving surface"

That pretty much answers my question then - you're in North America, so the road conditions are quite different there.

I can fully understand the desire for extra power over there, but here in the UK 200 is definitely plenty to play with - you're rarely granted a road long or empty enough to exploit that sort of…

Most modern cars cheat a bit because the production design is already finalized by the time you see the concept - that's why so many modern cars look so similar to their concept versions.

What I'm most impressed with is the way Peugeot didn't chicken out and ditch the double-bubble roof. Someone in the design team must have a pretty big whip.

Multiculturalism at its best - a car developed in Japan, built in Britain, driven by an Italian on a German circuit.

Apart from #8 all my flights have been mercifully free of these. I did have one genius when embarking the last flight though, who had clearly been rather poor at those "put a shape into the slot" games as a kid.

I'd be interested to hear what car that is, perhaps compare our definitions of small, and compare our locations.

Fully agree with 200 horses being a sweet spot. Enough to rarely feel slow, not enough to be frustrating when you can't use it.

Cruise control? Disagree. Really like it, in the right environment.

And auto headlights. Guaranteed to make you look like you don't know what you're doing - turning on five seconds after you've entered a tunnel, and turning off five seconds after you've come out the other side.

While I don't disagree that most people probably don't use them, they're still useful for dropping it into a lower gear for passing, going uphill, going down long hills, that sort of stuff. Most autos are pretty good these days but even the best don't necessarily know the best way to tackle a certain bit of road.