I’d not say Nice was a great city to drive in, as such, though I can’t argue with the roads around it.
Not the point of the car - the point of the Goodwood Revival. A place where cars from the past can very much be touched, felt and appreciated.
Back then, they pretty much were (R-R’s V12s and Bentley’s V8s aside).
It’ll die out when its customer base does. I can’t imagine many people from Gen-X onwards want this sort of crap on their roof.
That problem doesn’t exist - if you own a Rolls-Royce your butler will personally wipe every bead of precipitation from the umbrella before returning it to its holster.
They’d have a job selling off Rolls-Royce - I think BMW is rather partial to that one.
I think you may be missing something, and I say that only because I never used to see the appeal of RVs either. I’ve now been camping enough to know that experiencing the great outdoors but having somewhere genuinely comfortable to sleep, shower, or shit, is actually quite appealing.
I know they made some truly anaemic examples of these over the years, but from where I’m sitting in the UK they’ve always been the most attractive generation of Corvette. Lean, curvy, not over-encumbered with frivolous details, relatively compact... the idea of a resto-mod one is hugely appealing.
And then, at the end, by maintaining a self-effacing attitude about their unconventional-looking “station wagon,” admitting that, no, it will never be beautiful, they manage to do more to make their car appealing than if they had five paragraphs explaining in detail about how amazing their design actually is.
That was my favourite game in the world for many years.
I always thought this as a kid, and was disappointed when I discovered the Twin Ion Engine explanation. They’re flying bow-ties, dammit.
This was my thought too. I’m all for alternative powertrains - I’d quite happily daily an EV, if I could afford one. But just let me buy an S-FR first, in luminous yellow like the concept. Then, do whatever you like.
I can’t understand why they never developed this thing further. It’s a bit too much visually, but toned-down it’d have made a fantastic follow-up to the xB.
I drove in Paris last year but thankfully at a time when the traffic wasn’t so bad. However, I did come away with the impression that Parisian streets would be at their best if everyone rode bicycles or electric scooters, with just a Citroen DS now and then to break the monotony.
Volkswagen Classics department (VW corporate’s heritage collection) doesn’t include any cars prior to 1950 and they really, really don’t like talking about that era.
This did it for me. Nothing else I’ve driven has involved me to the same extent - whether on track, or sand, or ice, or the best roads I’ve driven - as this thing did on my seven-mile commute to the office.
In one go, or over time? If I had cash to spare, I’d probably spend about £30k without thinking too hard about it - most cars I like don’t actually cost much more than that, whether they’re new or classics.
I don’t know why it took so long for a Japanese company to jump on the retro thing with scooters
Interior space isn’t a strong point of the Juke - the trunk is pretty small too. But then that doesn’t affect my views on its exterior proportions.