Some comfort feature where available but rarely bought because they did cost extra money to the already hefty price tag. I once read in a classic car mag, that the typical (euro) Benz of that era was bought by accountant type people with an accountant type attitude, but always dreaming the dream of "the next car we'll…

Afaik they just removed the limiter.

There are YouTube videos of the M6 doing 320-330kph, that's just over 200mph. But it's only the speedometers claimed speed.

Great nickname dude :D

Citroen Xantia V6 wagon:

It was basically an e36 (the then new/common 3 series) with an e30 rear axle due to space limitations. The e36 compact was very similar. The handling was ok, but it was heavier and chasis rigitiy was probably a bit worse then in the miatas. Therefore a similar powerful Z3 is slower then the Miata.

Letting the engine run at idle doesn't warm the gearbox or wheel bearing or any other lubricated part outside the motorblock.

I was to lazy to convert the numbers this time and tried to make the information as dense as possible.

I totally liked mine when I had it. I could get a friend of mine who's 2.10m tall, six boxes of beer with 24 0.5L of beer (6 by 4 rows). Plus some bottles of soda and some bags of crisps and stuff for a party. The length from the firewall to the backrest of the seats was similar to the 90s C class. The rear anyone…

In the 70's Melkus made 101 Wartburg-based Melkus RS1000. They had a mid engine layout, 70hp from the Wartburg engine (50 would have been normal), due to one MZ motorcycle carb per cylinder and other modification, and it could do a tick over 100mph (165kph). The race version had 100hp and could do 131mph (210kph).…

I always thought hartge was way overpriced. They want to to be seen more as an exotic brand then a tuning shop. But failing in terms of exclusivity, meaning you won't get something you can't have anywhere else. They do have the talent to make any car look worse with their aero kits for a price that would buy you aero…

Didn't the Barkas have the slightly more powerful Wartburg engine?

The biggest weakness of the Trabant would actually be a fatal safety flaw, I'd say. The tank/fuel cell sits right above the engine in the engine compartment. In a case of a crash the thin fuel cell would most likely crack and pour its content over a glowing hot engine and then right in your face.

So, I did a quick translation on the fly, for anybody interested. There will be spelling and grammar mistakes for sure. Vettel uses an accent that is close to how he actually speaks but considered a bit more working class or something. So here it is:

Many minivans come with sliding doors, that's very practical for putting a child in a child seat thing. Also just for stepping in in case you happen to be driven about in one of theese. The floor is lower, so easier entry, you can more or less walk in there upright and twist yourself into the seat compared to climbing…

Sadly, I see people texting and talking on the phone in manual cars almost every day. In areas where manual cars are still common (f.e. Europe) most drivers aren't passionate about them and seem not to know what they are actually doing be moving the lever. So they concentrate on other stuff instead, like mobile…

I'd say any old BMW that has a reasonable price. At least here in Europe there are literally hundreds of thousands around, even e30 and e36 being used as daily drivers without any problem. A few weeks ago I was passenger in a e34 520i, the interior was like new, and the guy got it for really cheap money. Just be sure…

This looks quite Audi A7ish to me. Only a bit less sad.

In Europe they are mandatory for HID/Xenon equipped cars.

Those US spec W124 headlights looks awful. Is it mandatory to keep them it, or could you switch to 'regular' euro headlights?