Ugh - the concept of ‘other people’s money’ is so bloody tiresome.
Jonee
Jonee
There is absolutely no plan to tax the 401k of middle class Americans, full stop. The threshold for the tax is tens of millions of dollars, but thanks for the scare tactics.
Hey now, the Polestar 2 dropped with 6 new colors! And they’re very excited about it! And every color is a shade of gray! And we live in a bleak hellscape!
Knowing that certain human things have automotive equivalents in the Pixar Cars universe, and movies are a thing there, is there a four-wheeled version of Face-Off? And if so, does that make this DKW the Travolta? I'm not sure it can quite reach peak Nic Cage lunacy.
There not much in a 2CV that you can’t fix with a hammer, a piece of string and a stick of chewing gum. It was literally built for shitty roads and you have to try really hard to get it stuck somewhere you can’t just lift it out of.
The first generation Maserati Quattroporter sure doesn’t look like it’s the super sedan of its generation. Who could guess that this stately, even awkward at some angles, four door was a 140mph V8 missile?
Lotus Carlton. It’s a Vauxhall (or Opel depending on the country) Omega sedan with a twin-turbo I6 making almost 400hp. Top speed is nearly 180mph.
Messerschmitt KR 200 Sport.
2cv, but I’m highly biased.
Never took one on the road but I didn’t need to. A parking lot is all you need with its low end torque and ultra tight turning radius. As small and fun as it gets.
FIAT Abarth 750 double bubble Zagato.
Peugeot 205 or the Renault 4L, hands down.
The 205 (I’ll confess, I am biased here, it’s my personal car)
was a smash hit in europe and south-America. They sold aroudn 5.3 million in 16-odd years, and the little French hatch pushed the small car game along a fair bit! They are pretty good on fuel : I have managed 60 us…
Posted as a reply, but I think it deserves its own post, unless we’re only talking about cars sold in the US.
You joke about the Cygnet, and looking through the comments I can’t say this is the best of all time, but it’s the best small car I’ve owned:
Autobianchi A112.
The Crosley Hotshot. My grandmother used to talk about how a friend of her brother had one, and four guys standing at the corners of the car could lift it up and place it in a street parking spot.
What, trying to stem the tide of heating up the planet?
Yes, but I’m covering its implications to the greater realm of taillight communications, which wasn’t properly addressed before. That’s the part that REALLY matters.
The presence or absence of reverse gear often depends on the national market. In the UK a 3 wheeler without reverse was taxed as a motorcycle and could be driven on a motorcycle license. A fourth wheel, or reverse made it a car so tax was higher and you needed a car license. Other markets didn't care so 4 wheels and…