I’m a gay guy and I wouldn’t even go on a date with someone who turned up in a Metropolitan, but would say yes to a classic Mini, even if it was just a base model in beige (actually that would be pretty neat).

Cher got picked up for her date in Clueless in a Metropolitan. The guy turned out to be gay though so maybe not the best choice...

An Australian made music video. Check out the stretched Ford Fairlaine/LTD the band uses as a short-cut when crossing the road.

I usually don’t like SUV designs, but I love the way the Cherokee looks. The slender headlights, dip in the beltline and horizontal tail-lights help make it look more like a tall station wagon than an SUV.

It frightens me when Toyota tries to be different.

Australian-assembled Peugeot 504s had round headlights as well, but they were twin headlights unlike that Commerciale (which I’ve never seen before).

Of course the e38 was the best (an Msport 740i/740iL is a particular favourite), but I remember being bowled-over by the e32 750iL as a child back in the 1980s in a way the e38 didn’t do for me several years later in ‘94 (even if it had a TV in the dash), especially when I found out they had a V12 under the bonnet. Of…

I agree with you and would only have a Prius if it was used and was super cheap (you can get a 2005 Prius with about 100,000 miles aka 160,000km in Australia for about $5k-$7k or about as much as a similar-vintage and condition Corolla) but only if I needed a daily-driver commuter car to navigate peak-hour traffic…

Reminds me of the Giocattolo, which was an Alfasud Sprint body shell with a 5.0l Holden V8 in the middle (I suppose like a Renault Clio V6). They only made 15 of these and I have never understood what the appeal was. Then again, I was never a wealthy, blue-collar Australian who wanted an exotic Italian sports car back…

I have some pretty nice workboots. In terms of comfort, space and ability to tackle any situation, they are better than any of the other (more expensive) shoes in my closet.

Yeah I’d rather have a sportwagon too, but the criteria is a sedan. You may be lucky and find an early HSV Clubsport wagon with leather seats and not too many Ks for $30k these days.

No family in Australia would tolerate an old Holden like that for their family sedan. It’s way too old, slow, thirsty and is a ‘bogan car’. Your kids would refuse to get in it and your significant other would leave you for someone who drives an Audi and takes selfies of themselves at the gym or drinking coffee, in…

Tavarish is definitely the editor of that one

Other ideas for magazines;

I would occasionally buy this, Euro Snob, Lamborghini And Cocaine Aficionado, Bro Truck and V6 Mustang Journal of Adequacy, depending what was on the cover of each.

Turbo Falcons are unbeatable for value and unlike a Euro car, can be fixed with hammers for a few pennies. Naturally aspirated, these engines will do 1 million kilometres easily. Even after all these years, I've only seen one turbo Falcon with significant turbo smoke and it was a very rough looking example.

Holdens are better looking

$26K? CP! Total CP! For $2,600, maybe, just maybe it's worth considering as a relatively-unique VIP car.

The Mazda Mx3 (wearing Eunos badges in Australia), in green is easily the most '90s car ever. It was front-drive, with a small (1.8l), naturally-aspirated V6. V6 engines of all sizes were popping up everywhere, however, the smaller, the better (Mistsubishi had a 1.6). Also, is there a badge more '90s than Eunos?

I always thought the gen-1 hatch looked like a faux-Peugeot with Altezza lights, made by a random Asian manufacturer, trying desperately to be more 'European'. OTOH, the sedan was nicely proportioned, with its stubby bootlid and high-mounted tail-lights. The belt line carried through to the bootlid and was at the same…