After test driving an Auris a month ago, I must say it isn't as exciting as you say it is. It looks much better in photos than in person and it has no feel or character at all. A waaay too light clutch also ruins it. Only good thing is that its a cheap car. Take it as a hatch Corolla.

To be honest, a 4.5 is almost a weekly thing here. I'd be worried with events like the reslly big earthquake there earlier this year or the huge fire not so long ago in Valparaiso. But in theory it shouldn't be canceled, pretty sure the government decided to go with it. I just hope it isn't much affected by the…

Guy from Chile here. What the hell is cantaloupe? Never heard of it being sold here '^_^

Is that the one where you can even have a GT-R's sound through the speakers?

While looking for a new car I test drove a Corsa VXR Nurburgring edition. The engine loved to rev, the shifter was short and direct and the suspension was beautifully stiff. Yet I being only 182cm tall, barely fit comfortably in it and needed more space for the yearly roadtrips. Astra VXR was waaay out of price range,…

I am guilty of option 2. My car? A 6MT Nissan Juke. Yup. Love that thing and only know one person who understands it.

I assume it also has that interestingly clever rev matching 6 speed manual?

Ruta 5 Norte in Chile, from about 30km North of Santiago, up until before city of Coquimbo, about 500km North. It is part of the Panamerican Highway System, and in my opinion the best stretch of it. It has extremely smooth roads, beautiful mountain scenery followed by an amazing view to the ocean. There are also…

She'll probably break your wallet first.

It has a very good point actually, for it is a Kei car! They have low(er) taxes, easy to park and usually cheap to run! This one has an added bonus of apparently being very fun to drive, so yes, I believe that is gets the point rather well.

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The rather rare Pontiac Solstice targa goes for less and same goes for a GXP Roadater.... CP

I think the honking was Ford's SOS system, which honks after a big crash or airbags deploy I believe. Nevertheless, I give the jumping a 6/10, but for not keeping the gas pedal smashed.

Any chance of changing the venue to somewhere a bit more south, say... Chile? :D?

I've always wondered why the Nissan Juke isn't included in a warm hatch category. It has a 1.6 turbo with 188hp on the normal version and the NISMO RS has 215hp and amazing bucket seats. It is really fun to drive, relatively lightweight (~1340kg) and they start at less than 20 grand! CVT AWD versions even have torque…

My old car had the same engine. Every bit of that Korando was falling apart, 5 speed transmission was dying and diff nuked itself, yet the engine never failed!

Fellow latino! :D

The Infinity Juke thing that is soon coming out. A more refined version of my car and maybe more power? Want.

Your English is excellent! Where are you from dude? The car market and mentality sounds very similar to Chile. I once entered an MG dealer just to see whats what, knowing they were Chinese and the sales guy told me they were 100% British vehicles. I left laughing and leaving a huge smoke cloud while I shook away in my…