Correct answer. I reckon the Phaeton is like the E30 and Miata, it's one of those cars that will almost always be a good COTD answer.

I know very little about diesels in the US but here in Europe I'm tempted to say the PSA (That's Peugeot and Citroen, basically) HDi engines. Available in various sizes in virtually anything with a Peugeot or Citroen badge they were the engines that turned many die hard petrol enthusiasts onto diesels. None of the…

I'm just guessing based on the picture here, but probably not as much as you might think. They're "Upside Down" forks, meaning that it's the lower part that moves into the upper part, rather than vice versa. Based on the assumption that those are 26" wheels I'm gonna guess 7 or 8 inches, which is fairly standard for a…

"We're yet to see if it's just as capable off road"

Stiff competition, indeed. I don't know how the Opel brand is perceived in Europe but Vauxhall has a bit of an issue as a brand in the UK, imho. Wheras Ford (their closest brand rival here) has both a loyal following for their sportier models, and a relatively recent reputation for really shaking the market up with…

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I like it. I could see it threatening the second hand prices of Hilux and the like, which tend to remain valuable for decades in places with bad roads.

I can't help thinking that "Built to Thrill" is a bit of a claim for a funny looking baby crossover.

Mercedes Sprinter 4X4

Man that made me laugh. Bravo.

Sounds like this guy is a danger to society. It's a shame there's not a place we could put people like that to keep them off the streets. Like a big building with strong walls and, like, bars over the windows or something, maybe with, like, big guys with uniforms and guns and stuff to make sure they don't get out . .…

I agree that there was stupidity on both sides, but I would hope to hold cops to a higher standard than random t-shirt wearing morons (albeit morons with some impressive skills) on big bikes.

The Aussie police are rocking these, and awesome stuff like Falcon XR6 Turbo's, yet they use that fugly thing to look cool for the kids. Fail.

Oh, I slept in a Mondeo a couple of times. Interestingly the Escorts were better.

Hey I like this. List of cars I've slept in:

Er, so an F40 is worth minimum £300k and you can function just fine with one testicle (incidenatally, I know a guy who got shot in the ball, he didn't get a Ferrari for it), er, yeah, I'll take that deal.

This is a really great face off. It's a tough choice but it's gotta be the Subaru for me. They were the car of choice of the older kids when I was in the boyscouts in the early 90's, I have fond memories of traveling to camps and whatnot in a fair few of them (mostly non turbo'd wagons), my first experience of a power…

In the UK it was a factory option on the otherwise rather dull Nissan Primera for a while, I think they did it on Micras for a bit but I didn't see as many of them around.

I text while riding my bike from time to time. Only on a cycle path where there is no motorized traffic and generally fairly slowly, holding the phone in my right hand I can still control the bike perfectly well. Any competent cyclist should be able to ride one handed pretty much indefinitely on a smooth surface, and…