It’s something you see all the time. A big manufacturer that treats a market that is very clearly not its core market as something on the side. VW does it to US/Canada, Honda and Subaru do it to Europe and Nissan does it to the world.

The 45 is less powerful than the 50, more powerful than the 40 and a lot more powerful than the 35. It’s no rocket science.

Audi sold roughly 224k vehicles in the US in 2019. Audi sold 272k vehicles in Germany alone in the same year. 770k for Europe as a whole. World: >1.8 million. So the US market is roughly 12% of its entire market. Source.

There was no rule against going to Europe for a month. People who went for a weekend were cutting themselves short. 

I laughed out loud.

I strongly agree! I used to come here for the obscure and the car culture. Now we’re being overrun by leasing deals for generic crossovers. I obviously have (and use) the freedom to not read that content, but it is still annoying.

Are there any plans to incorporate it again, even only slightly? I think both Jalopnik and Oppositelock would benefit from this.

Trucks over 3.5 tonnes have a legal maximum speed of 80 km/h, even on the unrestricted Autobahn in Germany. That’s 50 mph. They tend to have a speed governor physically restricting them to 90 km/h, so that’s the speed they actually drive.

A market where millions of high tech cars are demanded and purchased is a market you want to design cars for.

That’s such a foreign thing to me. I live in Munich, and can see the BMW museum from my desk. One of the car capitals of Germany. Yet, my 11 story office building only has a tiny parking basement and about 20 parking spaces outside for guests. At the back there are 2 parking spots for our 180 employee company, which…

The parts prices might be reasonable, but the fuel costs make them uncompetitive here. Translated to USD and US gallons, gasoline costs about $5.50 here. Today,with the insanely low oil prices.

Having hatchbacks, wagons and vans as police cars make most sense. At least in Europe. You pick the right tool for the specific job. Having a boat-sized vehicle with high running costs (like US police vehicles) being used for every type of job is a waste of tax money and sometimes impractical.

I’ve never driven one. I’m confident you can make electrics fun though.

In Europe the gas prices haven’t gone down that much though, as gas prices are mostly tax. So oil prices don’t have a lot of effect.

Are there any fun electrics available yet? Honest question. Because Teslas are a lot, including fast, but fun they are not. They are barges going fast in a straight line.

I am truly struggling to think of a single BMW newer than the E46 that I find optically attractive. I guess you’re right!

This article is about making vehicles safer in case of a crash with a pedestrian or cyclist. That this is possible is shown in other countries.

Great suggestion! The Peugeot 106 is a much better car than the Ka.

Turbo engine from a late 90s Lancia in a subcompact 1987 Peugeot convertible: have that one in my garage already.

Not a bigger issue than with a minivan, no.