They switched from LHD cars driving on the right, to RHD cars driving on the left in Samoa a couple of years ago, but Samoa is even smaller than 1960s Sweden. Also, a lot of ex-Australia/New Zealand and Japan cars ended up in Samoa a few years before the change too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport…

A 3-cylinder Fiesta is an expensive car and a whole class bigger, it costs nearly twice as much as an Up-exclamation point here in Australia. In fact, the 3-cylinder Fiesta is so expensive here that if you option it with smartphone integration and reversing sensors, it costs about $5 less than the ST model (maybe I'm…

Only problem with the Up-exclamation-point is it's only available as a 3 pedal manual, which means it's criminally underbought in auto-obsessed Australia. The 2 pedal robotised manual is apparently so bad they don't even offer it to us. Other than that, the Up-exclamation-point is easily the best car in its class…

The new S3 is also down on power in Australia. Audi says it's due to improving reliability in 'hot conditions'. But the full-power S3 is sold in other hot countries. No word yet on whether the Golf R will get the same treatment here.

They did for a while in Australia too, but they disappeared pretty quickly. In fact, they disappeared from Australian roads very quickly (they are not an old car at all). The last one I saw was sitting on bricks in the front yard of a house in the ghetto.

I'm sure BMW made at least one E39 530d M-sport manual touring in metallic brown. If this car ever goes on sale, it will achieve a record price for an E39.

If the answer somehow isn't Miata, it's E39.

Just did a wiki search and you're correct about the vintage, which actually does make them quite old and when you think about it, the cars it was trying to imitate had only really just gone out of production themselves. It would be like making a late '90s/early '00s retro car today. Sadly, they also managed to have…

Citroëns were sold in Japan by Eunos dealers, who also sold the BX and XM hatches.

Can't believe that Australian voiceovers used to sound so über-British, even as recently as 40 years ago...

Even living in JDM-obsessed Queensland, Australia, I've only seen one of these on the roads and that was ages ago. I don't think they made too many of them and they were only in production from '89-'91 I believe. They are a really fun bit of design and manage to capture everything that was neat about '70s European…

Yeah, you could, but on the Falcon utes, they bolt off and with the help of a mate and a socket & spanner set, you could put new rear panels on, or change it to a tray back. Holden ute is like a regular car, in that it's a seamless rear panel and can't be bolted off. If I was a tradie, I would have a naturally…

You know you can remove the rear styleside panels on a Falcon ute and replace them with new ones? You can even take all the panels off and replace them with a trayback.

I think this ad makes sense, it is the first Maserati since the early Biturbo which could be afforded by the average person who's had some success and the kid in the ad talks about being smart and working hard.

Holden and Ford utes are the best pick-ups ever made. They have a massive tray bed, much bigger than the tray-bed on a dual-cab Japanese ute and they go, stop and steer MUCH better too. Comfort and safety is also better. Cannot understand why the people who used to buy them have fallen out of love with them, but as…

I'm really, really wanting a pick-up version of the BRZ, call it the Brat in North America and the Brumby in Australia and they'd easily outsell the convertible Toyota wants to make.

They were a SsangYong? That makes perfect sense. I rode in one of these many years ago, when they were new and to this day, it is the worst vehicle I've ever been in. This includes a Kubota lawn tractor and a golf cart. There were gaps in the floor which were allowing water to splash up into the cabin! I knew it…

This isn't the first time they've done this, well, maybe it is in North America...

Can't believe this hasn't gotten more nominations.

YES! This engine is even better in the Australian Ford Falcon, where it's supercharged (by Prodrive), and available in 422 bhp (315kw)/402 lb·ft (545nm) and 449 bhp (335kw)/420 lb.ft (570nm) specs and this is barely even trying. Put an intercooler on it and it will do more. Tune it and it will do even more. Shame…