Thank you from saving me having to type an almost-identical post. :)

That's a Nissan Navara

That was luxury in Europe C1986!

What a depressingly naff ad, it's like the polar opposite to this classic Ford TV spot from the 1980s...

Compact, useful and tidily done. NP...

Yeah, I counted that as "a win" instead!

Have to say that that sounds awesome - like a monster US Delica!

No Simon Cox?

Was this the Ritmo/Strada variant where the Recaro seats don't actually fold far enough forward for anyone of any size to get into the back?

In the US or here in the UK? To be honest I'm very much in love with my MX5 these days...

You know, for a good one of those that's actually not a bad price. Here in Europe they almost all rotted away years ago.. I have many happy memories of those in Saudi too...

I have to confess that my automotive curiosity isn't just one car, it's pretty much anything JDM on here:- http://exchange.goo-net.com/

And, of course, there was the Lotus version...

I honestly don't know as it's just not something I do.

"Tough as a cop cap" - many of them were cop cars over here. I was beside one at traffic lights the other day and was marvelling at how good it looked.

The DS is a constant curiosity for me and I'd love one.

I pay for them and in between (or sometimes in parallel) they get driven lots, washed occasionally and fixed as necessary.

Us car nuts have been trying to do this for years. It was much harder when I only had one car that was also needed for work - if I couldn't be sure of finishing it in a weekend I found someone who could. That the one car was a near-unknown JDM import certainly didn't help my cause. As well as routine servicing I did…

Has to be the best all-rounder in the world (after the MX-5 and Vehicross, obviously).

I love fast swedes, but that one looks cheap but costs more than a new 9-3 V6 floating around it he UK dealer stock.