"Uncle Sam is still keen to keep the riff-raff and maniac vigilantes from going nuts with these things I guess."

I was going to find a nice Land Rover Defender on ebay UK, they're plentiful over here and $10,000 (a little over £6500) is more than enough to find a nice one. However, I then spotted this

I believe you are correct

This pretty much sums up my feelings on the subject.

A coupe based on what was widely regarded as the most boring car of its age was never going to be that exciting. It was better looking than the Ford Probe, but that's not exactly setting the bar high. If we compare it to the Rover 200 coupe (pictured) and VW Corrado of the same era it just looks bland.

You should've said it was a joke. I thought it was and I found it really funny, I actually about click the star when I stopped and wondered if it actually was a joke.

Someone put knobby tyres and a 2" lift on a minibus? How exciting!

As I said to the other reply, the "surveillance-nanny state" exists in different ways in many countries, I'm not aware anything that makes UK stand out as any worse (or better) than its neighbors that regard. Two examples that stand out in my mind are the compulsory ID issue, many (possibly most?) countries require…

As far as I'm aware restrictions on the above mentioned things exist in most countries, although the specifics and the way the rules are worded vary. He seemed to be making a specific point about the UK, I'm interested know what that point is and what has led him to that opinion.

You've obviously got some sort of axe to grind, but you did not make it clear exactly what point you were trying to make. Care to elaborate?

Er, what?

I was going to mention the quirky French freak of the group, or rather, the shockingly conventional car that managed to fight its way into group. Quite an achievement.

GM come out looking pretty good on that list (what with the Vauxhall/Holden being GM, too) but I'd be hanging my head if I were BMW.

Lexus LS400

This saddens me, I want it to be truly awesome, but it doesn't surprise me.

A Lotus sedan? Sacrilege

No, this is a London bus

Indeed. The Agila is tiny but not as tiny as as the Adam, this car will most certainly not "slot in just below the Adam in size". I did try to point this out to the author in another comment but nobody noticed.

I really want number 6 to be true