I have. "Clean" is a relative term (it's obviously cleaner than older Diesels, or even my ZAZ). But compared to modern petrol engines it's still dirtier, noisier and smellier.

It even runs on ethanol.

My answer is simple: basically any engine not buried under a plastic cover. I like the "WYSIWYG" approach.

I hope that's gratifying enough to compensate the clatter, smoke and smell.

Checkmate.

It's a kind of shrub, and a town in Argentina too.

Agreed. Weighs like a sedan, the 1.9 TDIs are rattling fart devices and it's not even ugly. Just plain old boring as Tarkovski's films.

VW? GM? Interesting?

That's the spirit. Amazing that the famous Latin "animus iocandi" has carried better to Australia than Europe or America.

What? No yellow?

This looks even more evil than Christine. A black one must be the car Satan drives when he wants to go soul-shopping.

For €600 ($1,000) I can find one in better shape.

Orange blossoms in the Basque country? Really?

In fact, both Peugeot-Citroën and Renault make more cars in Spain than SEAT. The Picasso is popular because it is cheap and roomy.

Thank God we tend more to an Einstenian physics-based one.

Welcome to sunny Spain!

If you can't see it, then words won't change your mind.

I strongly disagree.

And in some cases like the Carlingue, they were some of these things at the same time.

True. Van of choice for bankrobbers, copper thieves and burglars. IIRC Martin "the General" Cahill used them in his two most famous robberies: the paintings of Russborough House and O'Connor's Jewelers.