From Australia, Casino Cabs' Ford Falcon G6E Turbo licensed taxi and drag racer - four-litre straight six, with upgraded turbo, intake, injectors, extractors, intercooler and over 500 horsepower.

You don't really need to pay him. Just rip Johnny out of his seat, and he crashes into a wall, al you have to do is get out of the way, and you got yourself a free cab ride.

We shall always remember that Ford Falcon was part of the taxi history in Hong Kong.

How about a classic Datsun Cedric taxi in Gozo, Malta?

It seems like we just discussed this recently, but my fave is the Mitsubishi Twin Stick found in Colt/Mirage, Tredia, Cordia and probably a few other obscure models I've forgotten. 4 forward speeds + 2 ranges, Power and Economy = 8 speeds! Not to mention that you got 2 reverse gears as well, if you wanted.

so just make all that RWD stuff under the Chevy brand.

Never forget the stillborn G8 ST!

What can I say? I'm a Range Rover person, no matter how much money will go into it.

Ugh, Hyundais are terrible. Trust me, I know. My neighbor's dentist's brother-in-law had an Excel back in '86 and it was always in the shop. I'll never buy one!

I want one of these. If only GM hadn't killed off Pontiac, and added this to the stable.

Now I know it's a one off, and it's german, but it's a f*kin M5 UTE.

Do you live in Africa? Where I live all the 505s were exported to Africa in the 90s. Together with all those frumpy Japanese sedans over half a dozen years old that nobody wanted.

You might need some Heartguard if your heart is wormed.

A good Eunos Cosmo with the 3-rotor 20B engine with typically Japanese used-car-style low mileage (due to the lack of need to drive often) can be had for under US $20k. However, they still are under the American importation limit, and can only be had with right hand drive and an automatic transmission.

God, people take things so fucking literally. Please, people, recognize that sometimes I use euphemisms in Jalopnik comments for articles written by friends that aren't necessarily designed to be analyzed down to the last word. Just because one rental car sucked (which was simply an anecdote about a specific subset of…

A BMW is better than an econobox? No shit?

There was a time when this question was simply answered by the Porsche 959. All you had to do was look at who liked them so much they had to buy one even though it was illegal to drive it: Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Microsoft employees #1 and #2. Kings of the Nerds.

Still can't believe Ford didn't bring the Falcon over here and call it the Crown Vic. Australia didn't need to go down like that.

VXR8 Estate concept