Even better: Get a manual Mercedes, with the foot-operated parking brake.

I love those wheels. Why did colour matched wheels go away? They looked so right.

Awesome car.

Well, the cotton industry isn't very sustainable. But apart from that, it's a good principle.

If another driver rear-ends you because they want to go 11mph faster and they're not paying enough attention to other road users, that's 100% their fault. Well, maybe we can assign a few % of the blame to Candy Crush or whatever it is that distracts the driver for so long.

Choosing organic fibres may affect cost and quality.

Of course I'm being unfair here. You have to remember that this part of Europe has a very price sensitive market, fuel prices are high, taxes are determined by performance, so of course Mazda will offer underpowered cars for those who are willing to sacrifice speed in order to get the rest of the goodies for a…

Most postal services in other developed countries use cheap, mass-market vans. It's unusual for postal services to put the steering wheel on the wrong side, but hey, there are plenty of production lines already churning out RHD vans. Why pay extra (and wait longer) to reinvent the wheel?

I would sell my first-born child in order to pay for a gullwing Tesla.

"Cadillac's problem is that their flagship isn't a sedan; it's a truck."

Suspension makes a big difference to Tavarish-type cars: Buy a cheap Mercedes with ABC, and it will feel like riding a magic carpet, but maintenance could make it the most expensive car you ever own. On the other hand I've never had trouble with airmatic.

I don't like the modern rubbing strips and a couple of other external details. It's trying to make an old car look modern (I mean it's trying to make a facelifted 1960s 504 look like some kind of Nineties car), and that's not an improvement.

A lot of conspiracy theories like that don't make economic sense - except in some weird corner case where stifling one particular competitor definitely gives you a monopoly.

Stalling is much more common when people panic.

Just what the market needs right now - more brands and more platforms!

Never mind BTCC; we need to bring back something like this.

Yes. I NEED THIS.

The only way to score 100 is to build a brown diesel manual Miata wagon. Plus electric motors.

This was part of a big advertising campaign, way back when Volvo had a much more dominant reputation for safety.

Cool post, but one pedantic correction: