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Maarten van der Westen
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I tested a XV last year (113hp) and just tested a Forester e-Boxer last week (150hp) and my experience is that they feel like they have more hp. They feel much more alive and willing than cars with more hp. A Subaru with 182hp must be very nice.

By no means am I a BMW guy, but when the guy in the movie started smiling, I started smiling.

So how do you feel about car reviews of new European cars? No, because it’s a car review, or yes because you can’t review them?

You get the downsides of a hybrid: lost cargo space (even in the wagon), more weight, more complexity, but since this car still does not get a very good mileage, you don’t really benifit from the hybrid bits.

Earlier this year I wrote a car review on Oppo for its European cousin, the Mondeo, which is exactly the same car, except that we can get it as a wagon.

The first car I remember is my dad’s coolest car... a Ford Taunus. To me the coolest car ever- because I didn’t know better.

Doet mij de Lotus maar...*

Yeah, as a Dutchman I felt the need to post this too... Sorry I didn’t see yours.

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Let’s not forget the movie the Dutch neighbours made in 2010, starring a Manta.

Apparently this trend was started with truck drivers in Scandinavia. Some time ago it became a trend to put a less horsepower figure on the side of your truck. So your Scania 360 could blast past a Scania 570 on a slope and leave its driver puzzled.

My first family car was a 2nd gen Focus, currently driving a 3rd gen Focus, with the 4-cyl 150hp engine. Both cars are great cars for everyday driving.

It’s not so much the Dodge brothers that shaped the corporate world, as it is the ruling by that judge. Imagine what the world would look like today if that one judge said something different 100 years ago.

I’m a big fan of this type of Mustang, owning a 1998 GT with supercharger. Bought it in the US and shipped it to Europe in 2010.

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I think the most scary sound is coming from the passenger seat: "You just missed the exit"

Same here... My wife got a new car last June, maybe 3k miles on the clock?

For a Dutch guy like me, Afrikaans is an awesome language. This add is hilarious.

Roadtripping in the American sense of the word is hard to find in Europe. However in 2017 I took my car on a trip to Belgium and France to find old abandoned buildings. In my country there aren’t many, and they fascinate me. The goal: get as many photos with old crap and my car as possible.

For my first car I wanted something different, so I got a 1995 Mustang V6, which is quite a rare car in Europe. I dailied it for 4 years, it was reliable and cool. It got me going in the Mustang-scene here.

So when can there be a Radwood in Europe, near me?