If you look at the Original "Gone in 60 Seconds" (1975) you will see a yellow or orange Mk1 Capri do a left turn across the front of Eleanor in the chase sequence. It's just as Eleanor comes down a hill, and the Capri is halfway up at a set of lights.

Why the heck do Diesel Wranglers not exist in the US? We can buy them in Australia with manual or Auto.

This is what you are looking for. 2.5 LT Common Rail diesel.

Growing up in suburban Sydney, my neighbours found the remains of a squashed Holden when digging for a pool. Their land was on reclaimed swamp, so it's quite probable the car was just filled over rather than going to the trouble of removing it.

Charade GTTi. Because smoking V8 Holdens in a 3 cylinder DOHC turbo car that looks like your grandma's shopping trolley would be awesome fun.

Agreed. I'd have a 190E Cosworth over an M3 any day.

I had a red Jet Hopper like that. Yeah that was fun!

The same 505 in the video is probably a Taxi somewhere in Africa now.

Matrix Reloaded Freeway Chase:

The point of a Mini is it's front wheel drive. A rear drive Mini just isn't cricket.

Try driving an old Mini and increase all that attention tenfold.

MINI don't won the rights to the Moke. Allegedly a new Moke is on the way already. Brought to you by Chery in China. I have no connection, but as an owner of a 71 Moke myself, I am watching this new recreation with interest.

This sounds like Super Replicas???

That's because Aussies like to mess with this stuff. They made it easy.

Read the article you linked to and it becomes clear. The storage unit car is the motorised sub car. The two cars found in the Bahamas were used for close up shots and were "gadget" cars.

Aussie Minis 1961-1971 came with a bracket to move the front plate in front of the bumper rather than below it. You could fabricate something similar. Or I could send you an Aussie one if you are desperate.

On my old Holden Gemini (Isuzu I-Mark or Buick-Opel by Isuzu) I adjusted the windscreen nozzles so they sprayed water over the roof at anything above 80kph. If someone was tailgating me I'd just hit the washers. They would get a screenful and back off. It was especially effective if the car tailgating was nice and…

As long as you do not die, yeah!

They were probably going to be destroyed by the 16 year old kids the Russian importers sometimes hire to drive them across to Moscow anyway. Ask anyone who has driven on the "highways" through Siberia. Groups of six to eight Japanese cars with no numberplates headed west travelling at Warp 5!

Agreed, Defenders look best muddy. I know they make no sense at all, but I still want one.