Yes, parking can be insane. I haven't been to Amsterdam in ages when I ignore the airport and train station so I'm not aware of the situation there, but in general you don't use a car to visit the center of a larger Dutch city. Park and Ride parking lot, public transportation to the center. Not ideal, but preferable…

They don’t. They tried to but they can’t. You cannot discriminate against people from other states that are part of the same open market. Somewhat similar to South Carolina not being able to ask for toll from cars from North Carolina, unless they levy the same toll on cars from SC as well.

And this is relevant because Canada, New Zealand and Australia are all part of Europe...

Agreed. Yet it’s only the UK that uses coloUr.

I currently live in Germany. The derestricted parts are nice and all, but absurd amount of road construction with zero or almost zero progress is getting silly.

UK, not Europe. They speak different languages on continental Europe...

You can get a diesel in the G as well. It's odd that they didn't pick both of them.

They also have Spas. Including the one true Spa for car people:

Yes, looks like a DS. A very common car in the 60s, in Europe.

Americans will buy cheap small cars if they’re good. Let us have them.

It’s similar here. The hybrid drivetrain is the unique selling point of these Toyotas. The Yaris and Corolla with a conventional drivetrain are barely competitive, so hardly anyone buys them.

We can joke all we want, but in reality they are quite reliable. Above average. Not Toyota-reliable, but also not Toyota-ugly or Toyota-shit-to-drive. A viable option when car shopping.

I actually see many hybrids among Yarii as well. It’s its unique selling point. You buy the 1.0 (or a Corolla) when being risk-averse is your strongest character trait. You buy the 1.5 when... I have no idea, few people buy it.

Nah. Renaults of the last 10+ years are more reliable than your average German car.

The cars Ford sells in Europe are typically designed and built in Europe as well. Cars like the Edge and F150 sell in very limited numbers as they don’t fir the market. The high volume cars Ford sells in Europe do have Ford badges.

The Versa is sold in the US, which is definitely sold as a Megane in Europe

A Ford camper van costs $20k? Surely that is the work van version. I quoted the price of the camper van version, with beds, kitchen, cupboards and whatever else these campers have as standard.

It’s a bit different in the US than in the Europe, but here the SUV (read: crossover, like the Q7) replaced the MPV. An MPV is a minivan without sliding doors. A crossover and an MPV are basically the same thing when in the same segment, the major differences are in minor details like body cladding. They are both…

I replied to a comment that contains:

Why would you buy an Audi that looks like a minivan (Q7) when you can have this?