F1 has never been about parity.

If anything it’s Daimler who is winding down the “multi cylinder engines” as the new C is going four cylinder only (I assume the same will happen to the next-gen GLC when it is released). And getting more fours than ever in their cars.

As an European, a 206 is perfectly fine.

Because despite being a business, it still a sport as opposed to a spectacle such as Nascar.

Kicks v Juke and Qashqai v Rogue (although in this case we get the Rogue as the X-Trail.

Since when was the CLA made in the UK?

Oh yes I was referring to the Tourneo Connect article, where it wasn’t actually dead, just not coming to the US.

Another one of those slightly misleading article titles. The Qashqai already is on the next generation here.

It is not. You use a bus or metro.

It is too small and slow to really be an all-rounder. No, if you can’t handle a 206 through Paris you don’t drive an Ami. You use public transport.

None of which actually live in Europe.

I am a bit puzzled. This should be on the WSJ?

Certainly. But in the past there were circunstances made those appliances good to drive.

There is less and less incentive to make those cars. Cars like the Mini, the Alfasud or the 205 were products of their time. That they were great to drive was a byproduct of circumstances.

You can’t get a 2 Series Convertible anywhere anymore.

This could be the answer. More Honda e and less Pininfarina Battista.

Money rules. Tilkodromes are the F1-equivalent of SUVs.

It is unlikely, at least for affordable mainstream cars.

We would have a problem if modern cars were not better than ones from 50 years ago.

Well, yes.