In the UK, they are about £1000 on Autotrader ($1300), less on other sites. I would be surprised if the next one auctioned at BCA sold for more than £600. The situation is similar on mainland Europe. In the unlikely event that North-American Jalopniks really want to import some retro 3-door Honda HR-V glamour, I could…

They’re not too bad off-road, and I love the 3-door looks. Not every 4x4 buyer really needs to transport four people every day. I wish we had more 3-door 4x4s... even Range Rover bailed out, and most buyers will think a Jimny is too small...

My first car was a Fiat Cinquecento. It was - by a long margin - the worst car I have ever owned. *This* Cinquecento is fun only because every mechanical part has been replaced by something that is Japanese (or is, in some other way, competently engineered) and because racecars don’t need interior trim or a functional…

“Visibility? Forget rear visibility. Nobody’s going to overtake this thing. I want the driver’s eyeline lower than the spark-plugs.”

That’s a good point. I think Gandini had a Perfect Car in his head - a perfect wedge-shaped futuristic car - and just kept on trying new designs which tried to approach the platonic ideal of a wedge.

It’s a beautifully simple feat of engineering. Just call your favourite designer, and set out these three requirements:
1. Wedge is aero. Make it as wedge as possible!
2. Lower is aero. Make the driver as low as possible! Visibility is for the weak, this will be a car for the Brave!
3. We’re going to need room for a huge…

COCAINUM!

Amazingly, the Toyota 70-series is still on sale; peacekeepers & aid agencies love them just as much as warlords do. Call Toyota Gibraltar now!

Sadly, Toyota Gibraltar refused to sell me one in the UK; but if you’re based in a warzone or if you’re working with the agency that fights zombie incursions, they’re at your…

I like it. The flag is a big plus.

Don’t forget the RZ! Less roof, more wedge. 100% wedge.

People used to say that ABS took away their control, too. :-)

Louvres are love. Louvres are life!

What you *really* need is a Porsche 924 shooting brake.

Personally I’m a little bit “meh” about the current Range Rover lineup, but my girlfriend really wanted one for her latest car upgrade, so we visited a couple of dealers. (We ruled out the Evoque early; it might look pretty but you pay for SUV size & running costs, but inside it’s like a VW Polo).

What “EU rules” slow down factory start-up? That excuse is just bizarre.

To be serious for a moment, siberian railways are not exactly a paragon of reliable and timely operation: RZD has a lot of room for improvement. They *do* have electric point heating, though.

Awesome. But can I get it as a wagon, in brown?

Practically any car driven in Europe will fit within a 3-tonne limit, because European driving licenses go up to 3.5t gross, and you’re probably not going to load your car up with 100% of allowable cargo weight when you drop it off at the airport.

Kristen is wise.