I remember watching this when it was first broadcast on the BBC, and now I feel quite old.

....or a donut?

"The RB9 has 6,500 parts and about 100,000 components," Not following you ...... What's the difference between a part and a component? Don't the two words mean the same thing?

Maybe, especially as a 2cv only weighs about 700 kg! What I do remember though is the suspension travel is about two feet at the back, and the jack they supply you with is about the same length.. Sort of a square tube with a screw down the centre of it. You had to jack the car up a loooooong way before the wheel left…

I had the Dyane 6 with the twin-choke carburettor. The extra 6 cheveaux meant it would actually top 80 mph. At 6850 rpm. Loved it.

It's the hydropneumatic suspension on the DS, GS, CX and BX that allows you to change the wheel without a jack, though you do need to have the engine running and a prop to hold the body up to do it. Anyhoo, what the ad doesn't tell you is that with no transmission tunnel and front seats that meet in the middle, there…

Roof down or roof up, it never made any difference to how much water collected inside mine. Even after the entire roof was replaced under warranty. My 1979 2cv was more water tight.

Shouldn't the headline read 'You have to watch this GT40 handling like shit'? Has he got three flat tyres or did someone forget to connect one of his track rods to the steering rack? Having to use opposite lock in the middle of a straight kind of suggests something isn't quite right. The other GT40s he passes don't…

Toooooooooo much chrome. Last thing that a Karmann needs

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!

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?

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…

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…

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....