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They called it the coupé in the US? How awesome! Here it was the only one available. The four-door version was made solely for export, and we call it the Voyage Argentino, or Argentinian Voyage, since most of those went there. However, since Argentinian economy is as bad as the Brazilian, many came back and were sold

We didn’t got the Syncro here. In fact, due to the massive flop of the bad-engineered Ford Belina (wagon) and Pampa (ute) 4x4 (the differential would grenade itself if you drove over 40 mph with the 4x4 turned on), it took a long time to people to trust common cars with 4x4 traction. In fact, except for a few

Thanks for the clarification!! Here in Brazil, as far as I know, these were only offered on the Gol GT and the Santana Quantum Sport, both pictured below

Question from a Brazilian: When VW America started selling the imported Voyages as the VW Fox, did these wheels came as options? Because they’re quite popular here, and were OEM on the Gol GTi from early 90's. These are called snowflake wheels:

This is precisely why I keep going back to plain cheesy Star Trek and other old shows. Back then, they just wanted to entertain, and not to be the overly complex and convoluted plots of today. It seems that, nowadays, each movie or TV/web series must have layers upon layers of confusion, and people will “like” it more

THIS SHOULD BE COTD

Agree. It’s literally annoying.

I would love to see even more if, after missing a turn, it deployed two foldable wings and flew like a freaking drone to the finish line.

Damn, roboracer, stop downloading so much! You’re overweight!

Aren't those called biscuit pans on the land of the Queen?

What about that old law that required a person to walk waving a red flag to signal the locomotion of motorcoaches?

Nothing more appropriate than celebrating the rotary with triangle-shaped food!

AM radio > Spotify

I think the opposite. LMP1 is/was the pinnacle of motor racing (screw you F1), while the real battle was in P2. The cars were much more similar, and the drive prowess was much more important there.

Isn’t he colonel Adama from space battleship Yamato?

“Jag designers call it the “Tardis,” which I believe is a Star Trek reference.”

This is a 2013 Fiat Mille, the last year it was sold in Brazil:

The Brazilian Ford EcoSport and Chevrolet Spin Activ does

Now I can’t unsee!

In Brazil the law says every new car MUST be sold with a spare. So, several automakers moved the spares to underneath the car, like this photo. Two main things happen: