The earlier generation came with a fairly bulletproof 4 that was probably in most of Mitsu's small trucks. I would go with that one.

Already been mentioned, but it's worth considering that the I-6 in the Cherokee XJ was originally designed to run on leaded gas. The secret environmentalist in me in cringes with the thought that most of Africa burns leaded gasoline.

Water pipe. I mean, crack pipe.

Yes, I've heard the Spitfire chassis described as a "wet noodle". The one I drove once wasn't so bad, but I would call it "lively".

Mmmm, good point. Instead of air bags and gasoline, people will be stealing odometers. And we can't trust manufacturers (especially European ones) to build an odometer that actually works. The one in my Saab stopped when the ABS controller died at 145K. It eventually got it fixed, but I'm missing a few thousand miles…

Local air pollution data does not exist for trucks?

Has anyone checked to see if meth is available?

If he has access to all of these great cars, why all this trouble for a Scirocco that is clearly waiting for a new engine only to set itself on fire? Ah, the VW vortex.

Dual exhausts on a run-of-the-mill four-banger.

Saw one of these in Clifton NJ last Friday. Perfect setting for it.

It's the Frod 40TG! Cool car.

I agree. It's better than putting it in the cargo area, and pinning the spare under the rear deck always bothered me. People are so lazy they don't secure it properly and it ends up causing an accident.

It's too bad about the fuel mileage of the RX-8. If only it was a bit better there would no need for an FR-S/FT-86.

Reminds me of the MGA or XK FHC... Lovely lines, let's make a coupe out of it. Shilling counters say we can't retool so just tack this shed on top and weld it in place really good. Noice.

Pardon my ignorance. The "ostensibly" qualifier cleared things up for me.

I'm little less peeved after hearing that Ford refused to go through the crash-test requirements from the selection committee. And according to Bloomberg, the committee placed the weight of their selection on experience, which Nissan certainly does have with NV200 as a taxi.

Excellent point!

Which means drunk Russians are like drunk Australians?

That's okay, because the profit margin on the $47K Town Car and the $57K Navigator is enormous.