1975 Gurgel Itaipu. It’s slow, cramped, doesn’t look too good, but it was the promisse of a future we never had.

My car transmission broke down 10m before the last exit before the only bridge to access Florianópolis, where I was doing my Ph.D. on the time, on the rush hour, after already spending more than an hour in commute.

The worst car for a city is the car you most love, independent of the price. Maybe you drive a pristine Geo Storm, or you care for a Yugo, or even in the age of cyberoque (Torch’s word) you love your own Pontiac LeMans.

Naypyidaw, capital city of Myanmar. Forget the fact it was built by a crazy dictator to be a huge city center, and focus on the fact that they grossly overestimated the amount of roads they would need.

Remember when companies made cars mechanically so simple anyone with a basic toolset could repair them without a brain surgery certification? Pepperidge farm remembers.

Please bear in mind that, in Brazil, our offer of cars to choose is drastically smaller than on the US. With that disclaimer, this car is the Hyundai HB20, specially in white. They’re as ubiquitous as ubiquitous gets, specially near universities, and they’re specially popular with dentists and uber drivers.

Sorry James May, but it’s the Dacia Sandero. Not only the seats are terrible with hard foam, bad lumbar support, and too high), but the ergonomy of this car is abysmal. There’s not a single good seat position on this car.

A nice and loud stereo system. It’s great at muffling all those expensive noises our car makes, and gives us an amazing sense of inner peace :)

What about the street circuit in Macau?

Sometimes it’s not about the thing, it’s about the location. I’ve seen a V10 Dodge Viper in a small, 2700 people mountain town in rural Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, a place where you usually see more tractors and horses than cars at all.

The Brazilian-only Fiat Mobi, sold in the always fun, always correct, always best color: Purple

Ssangyong. I have a lot of respect for South Korean engineers, but the company who approved this (and the Rodius too) shouldn’t be allowed to exist:

I’ll risk my Jalop card (albeit not like the dude/dudette who suggested the F40 is ugly) and say Porsche 928. They look completely misplaced, and the cup to hold the lights looks more 1930's than 1980's:

The poor blue Reliant Robin on Mr. Bean. Since the show was all about goofiness, there isn’t a goofier car to suffer the consequences of Rowan Atkinson’s antics with his Mini.

Lower your pitchforks and torches, but I’ll say tinted windows. I don’t mean those ultra-dark windows which seem to use trash bags instead of good films, but medium tinted windows provide much thermal comfort in hot and sunny regions. Plus, some cars look dope with tasteful window tinting.

In Brazil, during the VW aircooled era, this accessory was already gaudy, and today is kitsch-chic because so few remained. But many, many people had swapped their gear knobs by those with crabs, images of saints or insects like spiders and scorpions. 

Car eyelashes. ‘nuff said

Is this “simplify and add lightness”?

First gen Ford Ka. Economy cars should always be this fun

Expensive sounds such as a snapping timing belt and such