You might struggle to get an inline four to fit North-South in front of the front wheels, especially with the hood line at about shin height. Early Saabs had twin (triple?) two-strokes in front of the front axle, and the arrangement stuck. Hence the use of V4s when they needed some decent power.

Is this a structural coolant header tank? It seems to be holding the two sides of the body shell together. Because Saab, presumably.

Shouldn't some part of this article say 'for the North American Market'? Europe is still buying stick shifts over autos by easily 10 to 1, especially in the mass market sector. Surely the international models from major manufacturers would have to share their development costs evenly between auto and manual.
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Hillman Imp / Sunbeam Stiletto / Singer Chamois. Rear engine, 875 cc and over 50hp in 'Sport' tune. Classic saloon, Rallycross and Autograss winner since 1963. Much nicer and more exclusive than a Mini!

I wanna go see 'Dirigibles'

He's filing a civil suit... Does that mean that tazering someone isn't actually a criminal offence in Texas? Or is it because state reps are somehow immune?

I spotted that... "The Americans did it first, only 22 years after the Russians". The Brits were just as bad. We all thought Cockerell invented the hovercraft. Anyone ever worked out the fuel consumption per mile per passenger of one of these? I'm guessing not good.

The Bijou only had the 425cc engine, so probably had about 20 horses to play with. The fibreglass body was heavier than the steel one, but I guess if they had the 602 Dyane 6 engine ( or even the 652cc Visa engine) it might have been slightly faster than walking. It was a very pretty bodyshell, though.

I got a self-built car through the old SVA test in 1999 and a self-built motorbike through in 2006, but I live in Canada now, so I didn't realise the test had changed. In Canada, the rule is nothing less than 15 years old can be imported, unless it is on a list of (American) models that pass Canadian standards. Right…

That's him... Slenderman on the left!

It has tightened up a bit since 1992. You have to get a 'Single Vehicle Approval' to import a car into the UK. It's not usually too hard to pass the examination - headlights have to be made to dip to the left, speedometers have to be calibrated in MPH, that sort of thing. Kit Cars and other self-builds have to go…

The first minifigs I ever got had no faces drawn on them at all. It must have been 1977 or so, and the UK Lego builders club had a big announcement that figures were going to me made. They sold sets of six or eight figures that were made from just four pieces, with no moveable legs or arms. I was delighted, as they…

Irwin Gordon lives in Long Island and his 1966 Volvo has done 3,000,000 miles, give or take. Does that count as the North East?

If you think that's nuts, you should see Reliant Robin banger racing....

Where do you do your driving, Mogadishu?

Could be worse.....

Well, someone is currently rebuilding a Bugatti that spent seventy years at the bottom of a lake.... If the car has a seven-figure value, then almost any rebuild is economically viable, though originality might become an interesting question. Given a 250GTE as a donor car, you could build a perfect reproduction of a…

This thing has about 95,000 hp from a 16 cylinder common rail diesel. Possible engine swap ?

I always thought the Scorpio Hearses that we had in the UK looked like they were grinning, which is pretty inappropriate, really.....