The problem was never the British workers or their unions, it was (and still is, although to a far lesser amount) the management that turns everything into an all or nothing confrontational showdown. My employers provide corporate compliance auditing across Europe (although we’ve since pulled out of the UK due to the…

It seems kind of wrong to be giving a reliability score without any sort of testing, and labeling it as such. It should probably be a ‘predicted reliability’ rating instead.

Charge your phone!

Looks like the knockoff in the US starts at $31,990.

...twice as happy as we are today as a result.

You only have to observe our president to know that the Russians have a wicked sense of humor.

Or maybe just don’t let dealers double the MSRP on the current one?

Erik was writing it on his phone while driving, give him a break.

This seems like the IDEAL car for the Blue Ridge Parkway and its sister road Skyline Drive. Who cares that the speed limit is only 35-45 MPH when you can wring this tiny sports car to its full limits around gorgeous mountain roads without worrying at all about how fast you are going?

5th and 6th are there for fuel economy when cruising—just like on every other manual car ever produced.

Oooh! I’ve got a great idea!

However, in Britain lots of people would rather wear a paper bag over their head whilst driving a Vauxhall just to not be seen in one.

As a 2008 Astra XR owner, where do I even begin?

Being British I’m struggling to think why anyone would deliberately want to rebadge their car as a Vauxhall? Were they thinking it would somehow bestow a British accent on them and as a result make them more desirable to the opposite sex (don’t understand that one either but it worked for me as I’m married to an…

As an Astra owner, I’m probably more partial to these than the average Jalop, but holy shit! Eight grand!???

If anyone wants to buy a $3k Saturn Astra I’ll be more than happy to source and ship you the Vauxhall badges for just $4k, then you have an instant saving of $1k over this and we all win.

When i was returning home after the Irma evacuation saga (details on oppo), I saw a gorgeous Chevy SS that was very thoroughly rebadged as a Holden. Now the Chevy SS is pretty much a Holden, so that makes sense.

But everywhere else, it’s a Honda.

Those and rotaries are great, right up until someone doesn’t understand how to use them.

These are great stories, particularly since internet commenters are always telling me how accurate Google Maps is (I know better from personal experience).