The Captiva was seen as a huge status symbol in Brazil. Pretty much every politician had one. Even now when GM replaced it by the Equinox, people still want the Captiva!

The logic is flawless. In the same sense, science proved anniversaries are good for our health: The more birthdays you celebrate, the more you live.

The iPhone is considered a high-end luxury product here. So even with almost 110% of total taxes at some states over the sticker price, Apple asks for a huge premium because their products are seen as status items here. The iPhone X arrived for R$8k, the price of a good used car!

Welp, since I only know the Brazilian reality, I have no idea if 28k is too much or too few. R$100k is cheaper than a Honda Civic here!

A bit shy over 100k BRL, which is around 28k USD. Not that cheap, but it would be something unique.

Lemme show you through the magic of Moving Pictures®. In short, it’s a very capable off roader. And, since the USD x BRL exchange rate is almost $1 USD to R$ 4, it would be dirt cheap to buy one of these new to bring to the US.

There’s already a car named Stark, and it’s an awesome (and very capable) small off-roader made in Brazil. Plus, it’s the first car to be designed at my state, Santa Catarina!

Q always had a refined taste

I tend to forget Lada has cars other than the Niva/Riva and the Laika/2107... Totally forgot about the Samara!

The dash and the interior looks horrendous, in fact. But, oh boy, what a beautiful car it is:

At first I thought it was a Lada, by the logo, but the interior is too luxurious to be a Lada, and the dash has too many gauges. Then I suspected the logo looks like a Viking ship. But I can’t pinpoint what it is. Looks too Lada-y for me

That’s a small steering wheel! I hope this car has power steering.

Last time I checked, Alfa Romeo still used wooden steering wheels on the 156:

The Journey spawned a much more budget model: The Fiat Freemont, a rebadged Journey. In Brazil the Journey is considered a mid-luxury car, and the Freemont...

Just picture a Ford Excursion RS!

What about a mid-engined Toyota Previa?

That’s sad... I think the Ford Expedition ST is the ｐｅｒｆｅｃｔ car for those wide European roads

Worse advices I’ve ever heard came, from where else, driving school:

You could start importing the sedanized Ford trucks made by Tropical Cabines in Brazil:

Swap a 2.0l EcoBoost on it! It’s lighter than the stock Fiesta, it would be a rocket!