The slowest thing you have ever driven? You haven’t driven many slow cars have you...?

And this makes more sense than ever.

Suzuki-san is completely right. We need more people like him leading engineering teams in car manufacturers.

The 2 litre diesel ecoblue is available in the latest Focus in 150bhp guise. Diesel engines still have live left in Europe.

I had an MX-5 it drove so brilliantly. I also test drove a Mazda 3 some years ago, with a couple of hundred meters of driving you could tell it was a car made by people who like cars.

I love the fact of think about the driving experience when designing a car or a van is the most crucial aspect of the process.

Ah yes, a picture of the dashboard!

Diesel hybrid should be the be all end all for fuel economy but the only examples that have been put into production (PSA cars) have been a disaster.

Nope, something cheaper than a Cayman is good. No that I will be able to afford any of the two anyway.

This is in far too good shape for a hand brake turn.

The 400Nm figure is quite impressive. It probably has 80-90% of that from 2000rpm or maybe even less.

Now try it in an Alfa and see what happens.

Save the manual (handbrakes)?

I DD a 175bhp diesel hatchback with a six speed dual clutch gearbox. I can get up to 50mpg if I am going for it. Usually driving fast amd using all the power when necessary I get between 31-33mpg.

It’s... it’s... yellow!

There is a difference in fuel economy with petrol engines, it is shrinking due to stricter emissions regulations and the new downsized petrols but it is still there.

Diesel only makes sense in more demanding conditions and higher speeds. In the US with the newly downsized petrols the difference is much smaller.

I doubt Toyota will charge higher working hour costs. The service intervals and parts prices remain to be seen though.

Diesel isn’t dead at all. Yet.

This will also be far faster, at least in straight line.