Being french, I’ll NEVER be able to look at this car without smiling... NEVER. I still have a hard time getting over the MR2 so...

Elizabeth, thank for this article. There will be plenty of creepy dudes whining about it, however, you're doing God's work. Keep it up.

Tesla are so far ahead, and so “disruptive” that they have decided that profits are for others to make.

And what of the mr2 roadster?

This is far bigger and heavier than a Fiesta.

“Elon Musk Is Doubling Down on the Pedo Thing”

Let’s talk about that “almost unholy ability to not roll over.” Did you ever see a 2CV take a corner at speed? It looks like rollover isn’t just imminent, but underway.

I blame Alaska Airlines for this. They should secure their aircraft a little better than this, or at the least get some white hide-a-keys.

I bought a Nash Metropolitan a while back in Arizona, which I shipped back to Japan... I trailered it and the one thing people don’t think about when buying such a car: it doesn’t really fit on regular U-Haul trailers! It was SUPER tight and I got lucky that it fitted, half of each tire was in the air on the ramps.…

It is a version of the MXS 1.2 Strada that AIM is selling, or made by the same factory.

You could ask the owner if this engine has started to eat the pre-catalytic converter yet... if no response. Look and see if the muffler tips have ceramic particulate in them. Lastly have someone spiritedly rev the engine while you hold a paper towel under the exhaust pipe. If all that comes back negative you might…

Then again, pretty much every smart phone in the world relies on British electronics.

Let’s get this out of the way:

“I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say I know better than the science”

Actually the USA puts a 25% tariff on all light goods vehicles which is arguably worse.

The Toyota weighs 1200 kg empty, the VW has a tow rating of 1500kg. I bet that trailer weighs way more than 300 kg, so this was beyond what the Caddy was allowed to tow. Add probable speeding over the reduced speed limit for towing vehicles and I guess this is the result.

I see “Tesla Autopilot” and remember these two know facts:

“The UK has neither particularly unique scenery nor much of a notable car culture. Strange choice.”

It has nothing to do with it, other than being in the same segment.
Both the 508 and the Insignia’s conception predates PSA buying Opel, they don’t ride on the same platform, they don’t share any engine, of have any interchangeable parts.

The next generation however should share development and a significant amount of…

It’s built on the Lotus Europa S (Elise derived model that wasn’t brought to the US). You can see it in the headlights. This was from the same time Lotus was building the Tesla Roadster.