Good choice, I have been keeping an eye on the value of these and it will be interesting to see the running costs...

How about a 27 litre Meteor engine in a Rover SD1?

Designed and built in Brazil. Didn’t stop it being terrible.

That’s what Kia and Seat are for.

I’ve driven a lot of the Fiat ones. They are fine and a good value van.

That’s some rental grade plastics and switchgear right there. The plastic looks identical to the stuff in a late 90’s Renault Master Van.

I thought the SAAB museum was more interesting. Also, did you end up driving round the dock area looking for the Volvo one? It looked like they’d recently done a lot of road building that Google Maps didn’t know about!

“built in the shoddy and unreliable mannor” That’s just keeping up tradition.

Isn’t the Discovery Sport the Freelander/LR2 Replacement?

Yes, there is no way they would sell the Utility Spec ones in the US. My Brothers is a 2010 model, with no carpets, central locking or radio but with vinyl seats and hand cranked windows. The new price on a 110 like that is around £25K, although they typical buyer for those probably gets a bulk discount. The ones that…

Sometimes, I guess it can depend on if it’s a final production car etc. . If it’s a performance car, stay the hell away. If it’s something boring then it could be a good buy as some manufacturers may take extra car when building the press cars and it probably won’t have been ragged.

It’s not like these needed any help disintegrating.

They should be registrable after an IVA inspection, the same as Kit Cars. YMMV outside of the UK.

This would be almost forgivable. However the headrest nets are unforgivable.

The answer is that designing and building car platforms is really expensive. Mercedes needed a small platform for the A/B class and were quite heavily burned in the past by the original A class. By working with Renault-Nissan they can share the development costs on a platform that shares nothing with the majority of…

That’s an extreme example. I’ve seen one flipped over on the motorway.

They are used for all those, and have been for years. Sprinter Ambulances are very common.

“a few extra “quid””

What about this svelte, lightweight sports car?

I’m suprised Toyota’s Lawyers haven’t personally crushed it.