That's interesting about the Ibuki. It's very easy to see Ibuki in early NCs - clearly it influenced those cars, so it'd be intriguing to know how much truth there is to the rumors the new one will be Ibuki-like too. Wouldn't complain if it was - provided it kept the Ibuki's small size and delicate proportions too.

Skodas ranked by someone who's driven them:

...And out come the people hating on the CR-Z having never driven one.

Big? Maybe in relation to the original CRX, but the CR-Z isn't a big car in the slightest. And I say that as someone from the UK where I'm used to seeing and driving smaller cars - the CR-Z never feels any more than a pretty small car when you're driving it. It's one of the things I most liked about it when I last…

I'm not sure how much money Renault really lost on the Avantime.

I'm not a great flyer - by which I mean I get travel sick, rather than being scared of it - but I fly quite often for my job. Feel like it's only a matter of time until I need to fly on a particularly windy day and have to experience one of these crazy crosswind landings. Not looking forward to that day...

Those "not terribly flexible" cables are exactly why the average charging cord won't end up like the wires behind your TV. That annoying tangle is directly related to how flexible a cable is. How often do you see scaffolding bars tangled up?...

Fairly good shout, but not sure it's one of the worst selling of all time. Wikipedia seems to suggest over 8.5k found homes, which isn't a big number but must put it ahead of some other vehicles.

CP. Can be picked up for less than half that here in the UK, and even rarity is no guarantee of value.

High chance of it accidentally falling over during the act, too.

My old Miata was a 91. The next one I buy will be a 90 or 91. Can't really disagree with this list...

I disagree. Had to do the conversion as I'm from Europe where everything is metric, but 39 kg isn't even slightly heavy enough to hold without a smile.

That 5-Series thing is a common misconception - the two cars weren't related:

The take-away from this: If you're going to crash in a small car, make sure it's completely head-on, rather than offset, to spread the load better.

This. So much this.

I'd say only numbers one, two and three are actually valid answers here. The rest of them were great cars in their own rights at launch and continue to be great today. They've only "improved" by virtue of being on sale forever and therefore the modern versions look better on paper.

"A Polo Bluemotion gets up to like 82 mpg".

Led to believe they're exceedingly reliable, and battery replacement isn't nearly as frequent as some make out. Honda UK recently sold its heritage fleet one which had 300k miles on it. Another I know of has just needed its battery replacing at 180k miles, having done a lifetime 72 mpg (imperial gallons). For a…

I feel like this deserves to be on the list:

I hate when that happens. Particularly seeing as there's often a loud and obnoxious "bing" noise and a message on the dash to accompany it the first time the light illuminates.