Find me a world leader whose reputation isn't "checkered", or who it isn't prudent to "have reservations about", my point is that to say those things without going any way to explaining what you're talking about is kinda passive aggressive. I agree that Jose Mujica is a fascinating character (although I suspect his…

Let me get this straight. You're "not really a political blog" so when a political figure you clearly want to criticize dies you dig up some old photos of him driving a beetle as an excuse to write some passive aggressive paragraph that needs to be padded out with some pictures of another beetle driving politician…

Leaf springs, yes, live axle I'm not 100% sure but it wouldn't surprise me.

They were a really common sight in the UK in the early 90's, popular with small builders. You did used to see alot of them with bodykits and wheel and suspension upgrades, but in my experience usually still powered by the diesel. I'm sure there's a few Cossieified ones knocking about somewhere but stock they were only…

The mention of the Cherokee brings up a question that's been puzzling me for a while. Aside from the XJ Cherokee and Lada Niva, what other unibody off roaders can really hold their own against stock and modified body-on-frame trucks?

Here in the UK we get sweet Holdens badged as the Vauxhall VXR8, I've seen it done with them.

So what's actually wrong here? I have 4 possibles:

I once got hit by a car and walked away from it. I was crossing a road which I thought was one lane going each way. On my side of the road the traffic was stationary waiting for a light, I looked across the cars and could se there was nothing coming that way, so walked between two cars straight into a second lane I…

You already got the right answer so here's a picture of a T700 because, y'know, here's a picture of a T700

Clearly a ploy by VW to get their ad passed around online while the "Is it racist?" debate ensues. I for one would never have seen this ad otherwise. I'm gonna buy a New Beetle now.

"(the children of the underpinnings folks Immortal Technique talks trash about and will eventually become themselves)"

I mean, it is a Delta Integrale, which is awesome, but would you really want to sink $7000 into a car with dodgy modifications that the seller can't even be bothered to take a half decent photo of? CP

A little bit of drifting and a whole lot of this douche and his douchey mates going "Wooooo, this is awesome!". Quality stuff, thanks Jalopnik.

As much as $4,500 does seem a bit steep, you'd be hard pushed to find a vehicle with this much character that was even nearly as cheap to run, and super practical to boot. NP.

I'm from the UK where for some reason we do not have a major meth problem (heroin, yes, crack in some areas, but as of yet we have been spared from meth), but based mainly on Winters Bone and a collection of meth before and after pics I saw online a few weeks ago I'm inclined to agree.

Here in the UK I would definitely be looking for a panel van, most likely a Ford Transit (the one pictured is £500 on Ebay), if more space is needed than the SWB low roof one pictured there are plenty of larger Transits, as well as equally capable (but neither as iconic nor quite as easy to get parts for) LDV Convoys,…

I'm not surprised they did the aged Merc rather than the Rolls.

It's gotta be the Rover, stupid paint job or no stupid paint job. I've always had a hard on for the 75 V8. As someone who grew up in 80's England, where the ultimate dad car was definitely a Rover V8 (either P6 or SD1) it really is, to me, "the last of the V8's". The standard 75 was a pretty decent car in its own…

I do love Wikipedia, but pictures are often it's weakness.

Neither the Trabi or the Yugo can really be called Soviet cars. The Trabi is from the DDR, which as a Warsaw Pact country was allied with the USSR but never actually part of it and the Yugo from, well, Yugoslavia, who were part of the Non-Aligned Movement. Although communist they were not official allies of the USSR.…