What you actually need is a better chassis, not bigger wheels and fatter tyres. These only give you more grip but handling will still be bad. Meaning that when it finally catches up with you the speed will be higher and the problems bigger.

You can tell Mercedes is desperate by trying such malarkey…

Completely agree, higher profile smaller wheels brings more confort, better fuel economy and more predictability at the limit.

Maybe a 508 PSE is an acceptable compromise…? 😉

Here a manual is not really an anti-theft device…

The Cactus is perhaps not the best example, but there are still plenty of options of cheap and cheerful new cars with a manual for sale in Europe.

It’s better to choose a Duster, if you are into such a thing.

This a cheap and (not) cheerful car.

This is an estate car not an MPV.

Sadly though, if you want some power is auto only.

The 508 is very stylish too.

Peugeot is on a bit of a roll lately, but this a bit OTT probably. The 508 though is a very stylish car in the vein of the classic Pininfarina Pugs.

I always thought the capital E stood for Electronic… 🤷🏻‍♂️

Having tried a previous gen 308 the small steering wheel takes some getting used to.

Except they still are if you live in the right places…

It is not. It’s an Audi A1 for people who know better.

Exactly. And if anything the 1.5 litre is not the standard one, rather the top of the line one.

In other words, without a race to the bottom we can’t survive...

“That would fit, in any case, with FCA’s apparent strategy of giving its brands clear identities, with Ram being the truck one, Dodge being the muscle car one, Fiat and Alfa Romeo being the Italian ones, and Jeep being the Jeep one.”

I have only ever seen one car with then tied together (1994 Audi 80) and that was because one of the fog lamp switches had been used for an aftermarket immobiliser.