My list is kinda America-centric - we don't get the super economy gas-engine cars the rest of the world drives. Or even regular size cars with with engines smaller than 2-1.8 liters or so. In the US, for a given segment size, diesel is still king. But you're right - the lead is shrinking.

Diesel cars/trucks make sense if:

Well, the "lightning bolt" Opel logo is a better fit on a (partly) electric car.

That strategy worked great for the big three. Until it didn't.

That was the case in my NYC suburb as well. Same with the Volvo 240.

Open illegal activity tends to have a blighting effect on neighborhoods. I don't blame her. I'd do the same thing. If you want to buy or sell drugs, or get a blowjob from a prostitute, you can at least be discrete about it.

Oval? It beats the contemporary fad of making all cars look like angry tropical fish.

Same (x100) in the US. Hence my concern. This sounds like awesome amounts of fun - I don't want it to end because someone got hurt and called a lawyer.

Because no track can safely contain a 200mph semi?

This, time infinity.

What makes you assume we don't have nuke-tipped ABMs, on the down-low?

Except we'd know a missile attack was coming, and launch first. Blinding our sensors pretty much guarantees things getting escalated to an apocalyptic level, which is why an enemy would be foolish to do it. And vice-versa.

Question: don't SAMs home in on the heat from the engines? Doesn't that make it less likely the hull would break up in mid-air?

It varied over time. From the 20s through early 40s, Rolls-Royce level premium. Post-war, Cadillac. The classic Lincoln Continental was the car of Presidents, looked it, and was priced like it. The beginning of the end was the 70s-2000s era Lincoln Town Car, which was a fancied-up Ford LTD. There were some…

So that Lincoln dealers had a lower priced brand to sell. Which made sense in an era when Lincoln had unique platforms and premium prices.

The LS V6 with manual isn't a standout at anything, but it's nicely balanced. 8/10, would buy.

Like most GM cars, it was debugged right before it was cancelled. It had the same solid, hewn from billet feel an old-school Benz has. I would buy one from the last year of production, if cheap enough, as I am now a cranky old man with a thing for cartoon ducks.

NJ Transit is pretty decent. I haven't forgiven them for dumping Club cars in the early 80s, though.

Within reason, that's true. M-Bs used to be better built and more reliable than their competitors, but they got complacent and the rest of the world caught up and then passed them by.