I only ever saw two spiders in the UK, and they were LHD, so I think you're right - they would never have bothered with an RHD version, with a total production run of only about 1800. Apart from the 'windscreen is an option' thing, they were beautifully designed and made. Renault must have lost a fortune on them.

wow. $55k is a lot for a 15 year old car. That's a nice thing about Canada,though. Foreign-spec imports are permitted after 15 years, not the 35,000 years or so that the USA requires. BTW , It would probably have come direct from France.

You forgot a few from Europe:

Scooby Doo FTW

I'd forgotten how sixties-tastic those cars looked. I wonder if there are any left or did they all rust out in about 1976? BTW, a whole pile of Renaults of this era had asymmetric wheelbases. I think the 16 was the biggest.

Not true! Architects loved cars from the 1920s right up until they stopped making the Saab 900 and the Citroen CX. Since then, there hasn't really been much to live for, Jalop-wise.

...and the hatchback Aveo wasn't exactly jaw-droppingly beautiful either. I have had the misfortune to own one for the past 4 years, and I can confirm that just about everything else about this car is crap as well.

I think we should have a 'nice hatchbacks that were totally crapped up by making a sedan version' feature soon. I nominate Toyota Echo/Yaris and Suzuki SX4.

Nice tabloid reference !

Clarkson is indeed a douche, and takes great pleasure in offending as many people who aren't him as he can. Will the BBC fire him? Of course not. Top Gear makes millions for the BBC every year.

Actually a British military vehicle. The Royal Navy bought a batch from the Citroen factory in Slough, west of London. Not sure what they thought they would do with them, but there are a few photos around of them parked up on a Carrier deck.

OK, I understand the camera bit, but why is he carrying a can of Spam on the other side?

yep, Pininfarina did quite a few cars for the British Motor Corporation in the late 50s. The A40 and it's predecessors the A30 and A35 were the platform that the Austin Healey Sprite and MG Midget were based on. Hence a ready supply of tuning bits is still available. Don't bend any of those body panels, though, as…

it's a Citroen. The astronomical repair bills start about 5 hours after the end of the warranty period.

So did this one.

Liege kit car! Never thought I would see one of those on Jalopnik. Wonderful little 850cc trials car. Only a few dozen were ever built.

Liege kit car! Never thought I would see one of those on Jalopnik. Wonderful little 850cc trials car. Only a few dozen were ever built.

I think the very last models had unassisted inboard disks, cooled by two special ducts from the engine fan. They were just as crap as the drums, though, so 'powerful' probably wasn't the best adjective. But hey, at the time Citroen were advertising 'four round wheels' as a desirable feature.....

As an alternate approach, British engine genius Allen Millyard built a 5 litre V-twin motorbike engine using two cylinders from a Pratt & Whitney Aero engine. (He has also built V-8 and V-12 Kawasakis and even put a Viper V-10 in a bike frame.)

Or the Pinzgauer's baby brother - The Haflinger...