Not really sporty and definitely not AMG and M. The base spec is named One, Cooper is one step above the base and then there’s the S and JC Works trim levels iirc.

Sold to exporters only. European/German Jalops may know this trick used by many dealers to avoid one year of mandatory used car warranty.

This^, a 2005 Golf Plus in 2014. I’ve since put roughly 10,000km on it and despite it being an old people’s car I really like it.

My parents almost bought an Audi 80 like that but both the salesman and My father felt uncomfortable driving it so they ended up with a Mk2 Golf in the exact same color as the Audi in your picture.

That’s terrible. Our old Mk2 Golf interior looks more solid than that.

Hard to believe that the Ka was launched in 1996 (!). That is until you look at the dreadful interior.

Heck the last few Need for Speed games where alright. Maybe not as good as older titles but with Midnight Club dead NFS is the only real street racing game with police chases (The Crew counts but I hate it and Forza Horizon doesn’t have cops).

Will the 200SX and NA Miata be in NFSPB?

Licensed parts > ugly fantasy parts.

My tinfoil hat is melting. Step one of making Skodas less appealing is making them uglier.

They already did by W212-ing the Octavia. Let’s just hope the Superb won’t recieve that fugly quad headlight setup.

That’s one of possibly three last gen 9-5s in my town so I consider it a unicorn. One Sportcombi was actually for sale in the Netherlands a couple of years ago for more than €80,000 I believe.

You just took the wrong Autobahnen. If you wanted to drive fast you should’ve taken the A7, A81, A70 and A71.

^This. I think it’s also too complex for the US market, believe it or not. It’s a double edged sword for VW. Though their decisions are infuriating nonetheless.

I do see a lot of Jeeps actually. Them being sold and serviced at almost all Fiat dealerships kinda works. The numbers might tell the opposite though.

Sadly there’s no such thing as cars n coffee here but last week I went to a local classic car meet. Should’ve brought my camera with me.

The Renault Trafic/Opel Vivaro twins were introduced in 2001 and a second generation (which was just a heavy facelift) was introduced around 2014, thus making them comply to US standards would probably be a big hassle. Don’t know about the Master/Movano though, those could maybe be federalized.

Worth a try if you’d ask me but Hyundai knew from the beginning that the Genesis wouldn’t sell.

You forgot perhaps the most important thing: the wrong badge. I’m sure a three pointed star, white and blue roundel or four rings in the grille would have helped a lot.