God no. If your phone dies you’re screwed.

Exactly. The HR-V is exceedingly popular where I am, and a big part of their appeal is precisely because of its ‘averageness’. It’s a known quantity and that’s good enough for many folks.

Ssangyong Rodius.

First of all, these look stupid. Their proportions make them look like they’ve been squashed in the middle of a multi-car collision.

Coffee grinders too apparently

Complete Knock Down (CKD) kits and their associated assembly facilities are very common for countries with high import tariffs on cars. These are usually countries with a small domestic automotive industry, and the assembly plants help to create local jobs for the economy.

Peugeot also makes kitchenware and bicycles.

Malaysia.

All of them.

Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot/Citroen did try diesel hybrids later on, and it didn’t exactly take off. Here’s a good explanation why it’s not as great an idea as it seems:

I drove a Rodius once (it was a rental. Don’t ask). It is as horrible as it looks.

Padovani is the late wife of former team principal Fausto Gresini

The thing is, in motorsport, unlike other sports, one can easily switch ‘nationalities’, as it is a representative of which racing association and licence you’re racing under, rather than which nationality you actually are.

Ooh, please do it! :D

This is the correct answer. Pop-up lights are cool. Unnecessary, but cool.

Good

As a few have mentioned, this car is familiar to anyone who has played Gran Turismo 2. But I also know of this car due to its presence in late 90s British car mags, as it was often touted as one of the best handling cars of the period.

Yeah. Not everybody has the option to live outside a city. And cars are useful if you need to ferry goods/people, in inclement weather.

What this post shows is what a great slate of writers and personalities Jalopnik has had over the years.

The Drive seems to have quite a number of Jalop alum.