Pray, what is the difference? To me, this thing is a T4 VW bus, as in 4th gen. Would a “Caravan” be the previous generation, a T3, the last one with the engine in the rear?

Some gorgeous cars there, but not, in my book, the Alfa Spider. That car is the perfect illustration of how the industry took a wrong turn. The spider two generations before that one weighed little over a metric ton. With the next generation, mass jumped to over 1.5 tons, and the thing pictured here weighs up to 1.8…

That is not a U.S. problem. Last month I was at an Opel dealership and told the sales rep that we needed a big car and therefore would like to look at the Insignia wagon. His answer? “That’s not a big car.” This coming from a guy who is supposedly making a living by selling, among other things, this wagon which is…

Some hero user here once called F&F “Twilight for bros.” I want to be his slave for that.

I recently test-drove a large-ish SUV for a weekend. I thought there must be something to them, because everyone buys them. Turns out the something is that they feel like the automotive equivalent of a sumo suit.

Always liked that thing, and the Chrysler 300 C always reminded me of it, despite its obvious stupidity.

The E21?! The first generation with a 323i?

I’d love to get a minivan. Trouble is, all minivans we get in my corner of Europe are like planes: 1st class seating in the front row, Economy in the rear. Since my wife and I often sit in the back, I insist on a car where I can sit comfortably in both rows. All minivan options that would tick that particular box invo…

I gathered as much. However, the thing already has four perfectly serviceable seats, all of which you can sit on while actually using the car, i.e. driving, as opposed to the tailgate.

I actually had an experience. I found it stupid. Maybe I would find it less stupid if the X5 wasn’t as high to begin with. Also, my daily driver has a level opening. After six years I can recall one single instance of something falling out.

The flip-down part of the X5 tailgate is always in the way. When up, it increases the height you have to lift your luggage. When down, it increases the distance to the front end of the trunk. The X6 is also stupid, but uglier. Of course, I speak as someone who drives almost exclusively on longer hauls, with a full…

No. The X5 has the two-piece tailgate, where the lower part is always in the way (unless you are sitting on it). The X6 is also stupid, but uglier.

I loaded my 40lbs hiking pack into an X5M last weekend without opening the tailgate bit and it didn’t seem like an issue to me.

Im 6'1”, and getting a beer crate to the front of the X5's trunk is an exercise in poor design, as opposed to the M-Class/GLE, the Q7, the - well, damn me if most SUVs in the X5's class don’t have a better trunk lid. Admittedly, the Ranger Rover (not the Sport) follows the same approach. Which doesn’t make it any…

If you ask me, the X5 has “stupid” written on it in all of its incarnations, if only for the moronic trunk lid. Who thought that a design that requires the user to either lift EVERY piece of luggage at least 4' OR lean into the trunk in a pose more reminiscent of a snooker player than someone getting ready for a…

I am in the frustrating process of carshopping right now. Having looked up the prices for 18" tires, I cannot express how much I love my current 15" wheels (about 200 % more). Also, the original Countach had 14" wheels, so there.

In 20013 I bought a car that was then eight years old. It had cost 24,000 when new and I bought it for slightly under 7,000. And it was a Mazda. I don’t find depreciation on this Royce all that spectacular.

70 % in eight years is fast depreciation?

“Buy the damn Minivan” may be sound advice in the US. Here in central Europe, not so much, at least not for me. The vans we get here are all like planes: prime seating up front, second-class seating behind. As much as I would prefer a minivan, I am not going to get another one because me and the wife spend significant…

And here I was hoping the show had hit peak stupidity in episode 3. (“We are the leaders of an army that is mankind’s last hope for survival. Let’s take those dragons for a pleasure ride, why don’t we!”) Meh.