It'll be bloody quick. Marginally better power-to-weight ratio than a 1M.

Aww hell yes :)

I'm guessing that a professional photographer, someone whose work is going to be of a quality that they can expect payment for it, isn't going to be looking at a random article on Jalopnik for basic photography tips.

While I know the right answer is the Mini, I feel the Alfasud needs to get an eye in here. It's lauded as one of the best handling FWD cars of the period, and makes a brilliant little flat-4 noise (while still being quite refined thanks to having a double engine bulkhead).

This. Yes please.

There's a great quote from a Speedhunters article about backgrounds. It's something along the lines of 'set up your picture, then imagine the car isn't there. Would it still make a good photo?'.

Sweet :) very jealous of the Dallara tuning. 140bhp from a 1.5l SOHC 8v is very impressive.

Sweet :) I've got an X1/9 too, but it's not on the road yet either. Needs a new head gasket unfortunately, but that's not all that tricky.

Sweet :) Mokes are excellent.

I've been looking for one for ages :) http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/holy-shit-2-al…

"I never went to take mine out of its garage without a pleasurably nervous feeling that I was embarking on an adventure."

Lada - 1, Porsche - 0

Nope, but I'd take something that actually looks good. Pretty much any modern Audi, or Jag since Ian Callum's redesign. These are good looking cars, and they're not retro in any shape or form (quite the opposite in Jag's case).

That's nice and all, but did they have to make it so horrendously, heinously ugly?

True, they're not bad cars by any means. They just don't seem to stand out at all.

Of all the carmakers I can think of, I'm pretty certain Infiniti are the least deserving of success. I can't think of a single car they've made that hasn't been an also-ran in the segment they're contending.

Firstly, what do you prefer? Sir Jackie Stewart, Sir Stewart, Mr Stewart, Jackie?

So far this is the most catastrophically stupid thing I've done in my car. Went round a wet roundabout too quickly and got on the loud pedal too fast and too soon. I was catching it, but ran out of road and into some armco.

Nothing screams LS RWD swap more than that Cimarron.

Sooo, it's number of years of driving that make someone eligible to be an automotive journalist then?