Great Scott!!!

My thoughts exaceterly. Plus, unfinished project with issues.

It stinks.

The gas pedal is in there, it just doesn’t have a fancy aluminum cap on it. Count the black arms. There be 3 of them.

They used to have a 4x4 option...

I suspect the reason for requiring the cat is because of the age of the engine. It’s a ‘90s 911 engine which would have had a cat from new. Some countries base the emissions requirements on the age of the engine rather than the age of the vehicle chassis.

I propose you get a regular slot on his show, entitled something like “Michael Ballaban gets freaked out by ...”. You could try all sorts of new experiences, and entertain THE WORLD.

I thought this was going to be about Nige’s Mk2 Golf:

OK, must be my turn to be the pedant. Proton started off rebadging Mitsubishis, not Nissans.

Rallying them introduces forces and effects that the original designers did not foresee. Sliding a tall, narrow and short vehicle sideways along a gravel track can result in unintended falling over.

Poop!

Nobody stands to gain from shooting down an airliner in an area under detailed surveillance by several countries.

A friend of mine had a Z1 in green with the funky camouflage-pattern leather seats. He too found the performance underwhelming, so he acquired uprated suspension, wider AC Schnitzer alloy wheels and a Hartge engine conversion to increase the power beyond 200bhp, thus allowing the performance to better match the looks.…

Rallying versus off-roading appears to greatly increase the chances of toppling. According to this report, 3 out of 10 Defenders rolled on one event:

If you get caught out, just pretend you were doing “V, for victory”, like this dude:

*until they fall over

Snake Plissken. No reason, other than being able to introduce him in a super-gravelly voice.

Mat Jackson, in addition to being a successful racing driver, is also a development driver for a supercar company based in Woking, Surrey. Their name rhymes with... Bucklaren. This may have had an influence on the result (in the sense that he’s more familiar with their products that the other 2).

There are exceptions to every rule, and I’m sure some of your work was exceptional. When I say “best”, I mean kookiest ;)

Japanese concept cars are always the best concept cars (at least since the 1960s anyway).