I thought a referendum was already on the cards, with a 60% estimated ‘leave’ proportion. Might have been speculation though.

Huh, would never have thought that given how close Germany is geographically.

As a UK citizen I sincerely hope you're right, but the skeptic in me doesn't quite believe that. There's a fraction of the benefit that would be gained in an EU trade deal available from Britain, and even less as soon as the Scots have their referendum (they've traditionally been more pro-EU than England, and it was a…

Are there that many American cars sold here to make a difference? I know Ford and Vauxhall are US-owned, but it was always my understanding that there was a bit of a divide between the US and European organisations of each.

The Sterling has been in recession for a while, but it hasn’t dropped 20% in two days before. This may not be as bad as people think, but it’s definitely not a good thing.

The US has already stated that it will prioritise large trading blocs over smaller countries, so that puts us pretty much dead last in the queue.

Hmmm, other candidates for this process could be the Land Rover Series/Defender and maybe CJ Jeeps, although the Corvette is a better comparison as it's kept up with modern technology continuously throughout its iterations.

Not only that, but it's pointed at him. That suggests to me that the person recording the video thinks that the most interesting thing that people will want to see is his own face talking...

Back in the old days the components got re-used, or at least they did with my dad’s 914/6.

Absolutely. The smaller ones tended to be fairly dire penalty boxes (although the little Ladas and Zaporozhets had a bit of pep). Even the slightly upscale Volgas had very harsh engines compared to Western competitors.

Yeah I’ve heard of that. A Volga Chaser or something.

There’s something deep in the depths of my soul that wants to take the 7.7l all-alloy V8 from a ZiL, put it in a Mk2 Volga and attend some drag races in the good ol’ US of A.

Hell yeah :) there’s one of these that a spectator drives to Brands Hatch quite frequently. White with slightly flared arches.

I get that it’s pedestrian safety standards that drives most of the general height that modern cars have developed.

While it’s something that I despise and has pretty much put me off buying modern cars, I think I’ve got a theory as to why they’ve doen it this way in the ad.

I love this as a genre (proper offroad sports cars), but in nearly every iteration I think that it’s just done wrong.

Well here’s hoping they can do it :) from what I gather, the XE is an outstanding car so the Giulia would have to be pretty damn good to sell 20k more than that.

Help me here as an Alfa fan. How unrealistic a goal is 100,000 cars globally in the first full model year for a new 3-series competitor?

Hah, I wouldn’t call an RV8 more reliable than any other British engine at the time. There were definitely some better (although a lot worse!).

I remember reading reviews praising the Trans Am getting 200bhp from 6.6l in a similar time period. Oh, and the Mustang with 140bhp from 5.0l.