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I love the 8.32, it was comfortable and crazy. Not too dissimilar to my Alfa Rome 150 tbi, although I have the Sportswagon. (We need one on best sports wagons, because wagons are way cooler)

Another infurriating one I can’t help but check with every model I see on the road is with the last get european Ford Focus. All the door seals just let go and then flap in the wind sticking out from under the doors. You see that at a 50% rate.

Land Rover Discovery II. Besides the less than reliable V8 there is one perticilar design flaw that, as a automotive designer always makes me laugh.

Forgot the most important one. Night Panel. SAAB’s answer to a modern problem, I wish my EV would have this too. Press of on physical button and all the lights and screens dim except for the few ones that show vital inform. It makes such a difference when driving for a long time in the night. 

Is this not a case of repo? Or the result of road rage? Seems very odd to try and make it out as anything else, especially if you assume people will start filming immediately and dashcams exist.

I haven’t used Cars&Bids (Not in the UK I believe) but can’t the seller lower the reserve while live? Or even afterwards. 

I own a 2011 SAAB 9-5 and it is great, roomy and obviously pretty rare, it being one of the last and a Aero. But parts can be a problem.

Having some experience getting automotive designs at Land Rover through the crash standards (which is very tough due to the size, height and shape) I can ensure you the cyber truck will look different when it hits European roads. There is no way in hell the shape and materials as proposed will meet standards, not in

I think it is time for a round of What horrific injuries did our readers sustain while working on cars, I’ll go first.

I’ll put my late Saab 9-5 in the mix. The 2.8T is a little shy of 300bhp but because most don’t even know what it is it surprises a lot of people.

These are awsome, I was looking for one in blue with orange interior but yours is a proper sleeper. If the right one come by I will trade my late SAAb 9-5 Aero for it in a heartbeat. 

I think it’s the opposite. Trying to get that off in one piece is going to be difficult. Reproducing it is a whole other problem and a lot easier on with wrap rather than a plate.

Do you have a moment....? I run a bunch of older cars because....of reasons. I don’t know why I just like them. I used to like working on them but time is being crunched so I lost the fun of it a little.

I attended the failed launch at CES and being in the car industry myself I spoke to some of it’s designers and engineers I knew from before who worked there. It was pretty clear back then that it wasn’t all that has been cracked up to be. In the years following there have been plenty of signals all wasn’t above board

These were probably meant for the Australian market. No problem

I hope the stutlines and split lines between the interior pieces are better than in the ID3 and 4. With the white plastic it is very noticeable and at least on the early ID3's unsightly.

I love the angry look on my Alfa Romeo 159....and always laugh when I pop the hood and all of a sudden it looks a lot happier with those 6 round eyes instead of 6 topped off round eyes/headlights

This is why we have mandatory crash bars at the side of trailers in Europe. This wouldn’t be possible here. Same with crash structures on trailers and box trucks on the back, rather than a flimsy bars. Seems like a no-brainer.

Not that long ago every bridge in Belgium had a operator in a little room next to the bridge, it’s likely the reason this person didn’t try to back down is because they thought, “surely they will see us and stop the bridge going up and lower it down for us” That’s not a crazy thought with all the camera’s and other

Holland is indeed a region, or rather 2, we call them provinces so they are not quite like England, England and Scotland are countries. The provinces two are South Holland (which includes Rotterdam and the city where our government resides.....no not that one......It is: The Hague, and North Holland including our