Reminds me a lot of the Brazilian-built Engerauto Topazzio. This was a car/truck based on the Ford Pampa ute, and could be converted from ute to coupé to sedan by popping the back.

Too bad often the audio frequencies on those onboards is too overloaded, like a low quality MP3 through those complimentary airline headphones.

I can envision the slogan already.

Double cabbed small (and large) pickup trucks were all the rage back then. There biggest appeal was to have the practicality of pickup trucks with space for 5 persons.

That’s a nice bad decision, though. What a nice way to enjoy bankruptcy.

They should call it the Geely Spot, and then promote it by its short alias, G-Spot.

Oh, that makes MUCH more sense. Thanks!

What a great way to spend $70k on tire changes! Worlds most expensive burnout!

My car is definitely bipolar. Often, it’s on a great humor, and geta peppy and vivid. The clutch gets lighter, the gear changes get buttery smooth and I swear it even revs better. Other days, it’s grumpy, with a somewhat unstable idle rev, a little gargling noise in low revs and clunky shifting.

Time to pack my bags

Truth has been spoken.

If it can do all of this on those skinny city tires, I can only wonder what it could with proper off-road tires.

Move over guys, the Tata Magic Iris will do for now

Dear commenting colleague,

And what about VW Buses with six doors, original from the factory? These are the über rare, BDM (Brazilian Domestic Market) Kombi Luxo. VW thought these would sell like hot cakes for rich families and hotels, but it was so expensive that very few were made.

Wasn’t this created in the XIX century in that famous painting?

I think because dajiban sounds cooler than fo-odiban or chebiban.

The answer is simple, to both questions (although the answer isn’t satisfactory to the second): Why not?

Oh, ok. It was a name too cool to be real!

Do you know what makes it even cooler? It was precisely the GT version that saved the Gol. It was flopping hard on the market, because VW insisted on the tried and tested aircooled formula, but they chose the weakest engine available (the 1,300cc from the Beetle) to put on it. Since it was considerably heavier than…