That's the difference between Mexican built Golf/Jetta's of that era and European built versions. I had a Skoda Octavia vRS, based on the same platform, and it was incredibly reliable and well built.

I actually saw one of these in the wild at the weekend, either that or it was a morphine hangover trip from my stay in hospital the previous week.

If you're talking E30's then the one you really really don't want is the 316 with all of 89 bhp!

Hatchback, not a wagon

The Lexus IS Sport Cross had less as well

I think the Lexus IS Sport Cross had less too

Even the hot hatch XR2i was quite dull

Is this the one developed in conjunction with Alfa?

Zastava was very quickly rebranded Yugo in the UK, the 101 was branded as such and this was the case in other export markets. The car known as the Yugo in the US was known as the Yugo 45 & 55 in the UK.............and yes, I should have really said Eastern Bloc than Soviet, but same same

Zastava/Yugo Yugo/Zastava are the same thing, branded as Zastava in Soviet countries and Yugo elsewhere in the world.

I don't get drifting, to me its the automotive equivalent of synchronised swimming or ballet.....not real racing, but admittedly great car control. I'd rather see rally racing where you have great car control at high speed on unstable road surfaces.

Emily is about 19 going on 20 and Finlo is around 18, both legally able to purchase tobacco but not smart enough to not do so.

Great article! I have a fetish for eastern European cars, having grown up driven around in a Skoda Estelle 120L (the first brand new car my Dad bought). I then had two Estelle's, a Favorit and an Octavia vRS.

The headline caused a semi on its own, god knows what driving the beast would do to me!

looks like a big yellow dust buster from this angle though

In yellow, from this angle, it looks rather good

You say sportsman I say sports, that's my whole point. In Europe a sportsman is an athlete, football player, rugby player etc hence a sporty car is agile, fast and sometimes powerful. I would not call someone who drives off road to go hunting a sportsman, that is a hunter. Which is why I said that its an…

But the description of pickup truck fits, sports utility does not as it its not in slightest sporty

That is exactly the difference, sports to me and many doesn't equal rugid, tough and powerful. I guess its the old European/US difference when it comes to sports. Football is all agility, power and grace where as NFL is blood and thunder.

Old and a misnomer then as it is now