Ugh, every ad in Australia seems to use a variation on this theme. A ukulele, hand claps, whistling, a kick drum and people saying ‘woah oh oh’, when will it end?

Joe Maddon?

Yep. They make nice shiny things, but I wouldn't want my life to depend on them; they just break things too often. It would take a lot for people to trust them, but it's not impossible, just look at Tesla, an unknown that's now becoming quite an established player.

DO NOT WANT on so many levels. Apple has fallen in to a pattern of changing shit that was fine before they changed it and calling it 'innovation', when in reality they are introducing bugs, breaking support for legacy products and standards, and making their products less intuitive to use - all for the purpose of…

I'm happy that we get these in Australia; Skoda sell nice cars I can actually afford.

This is the sex. Well done Toyobaru. I do wish they'd done the back end with some clean, classic styling too, but that's a lot more work I guess. The fact that this exists makes me happy.

Shame you guys don't get Skoda over there, you can get an MQB platform sedan or wagon with pretty much any of the VAG motors you want, for a lot less than a similarly equipped VW. I've got my eye on either a 147 kw RS, or a 350 Nm diesel, silver (not brown) Octavia wagon, with a stick for my next dd.

There is a solution to not being able to own these cars bro, it worked for me.

I always guess cars at night from headlights and tail lights, it's funny sometimes the cars that you can get confused - like a Celica with a Hilux (it's happened!).

Are those carrots on the walls?

A larger version for the full effect of the stare.

Different time zone downunder bro!

Boy do I have a good one; not an image search, but an actual photo I found in a car at the wreckers while looking for parts.

Saw one one the freeway just last week, it was mejestic, like an alien spaceship just floating through a sea of generic blobs...

That's interesting - I had an '03 with the VVT motor, sold it but have been thinking about getting an NA with the 1.8. On paper the 8 or so killerwasps difference doesn't look much, will I be disappointed with the power and be better off with an NB2 again I wonder?

The Citroen SM has you, and your front license plate, covered.

Arduino would be one way to do it using the TVOUT library - you'd need one for each display. Pretty straightforward to draw the text and graphics, as well as interface with whatever sensors you want. I embarked on a similar project for my Isuzu - replacing the gauge cluster with a TFT and Arduino that would show me…

"...like Tom Waits climaxing through a megaphone."

So... they must construct additional pylons.

It's this type of insight that keeps Jalopnik at the cutting edge of automotive journalism. You're all nuts, and I love it.