That seems like a bit of wit based on Black Rod’s ceremonial duties in the Houses of Parliament:

Nice Mondeo you had there, Lizzie, lovely color too...

LOL!

There were no injuries in the derailment, just a lot of wreckage.

They used the individual cylinder capacity for most production cars until the 365 GT4 BB was replaced by the 512 BB in 1976. From then on the convention mostly became the engine capacity followed by the number of cylinders, possibly influenced by the Dino 246 GT convention started in 1967, until it became kind of…

Kudos for sticking to the Ferrari convention and calling it a Ferrari 244 GT(X) The X should be “B” or “S”, but the “K” is a nod to the Honda engine.

I, too, enjoy the simple pleasures of Daffy Dook!

For hearses, the E-type from Harold and Maude was particularly haunting, especially with what happens to it at the end of the movie.

If they had used an M100 6.9 L engine from the following generation (W116), this W109 restomod would be quite interesting and with significantly added value from the challenges of fitting the larger engine, dealing with additional electronics and electric harnesses, etc. As it stands, it’s just a tastefully done…

I urge you to notice those are actually two different overinflated cars... Yeah, BMW went there...

So, this will be “SUV of the year” next year, given the current trend...

It was designed by Mr. Dilip Chhabria, who penned the Tata Nano, for some Indian Maharaja in 2005. They called it the Rolls Royce Black Ruby. The rear appears to be inspired by a Nissan 350 Z, because why not... And they tried to sell it for $1.2 million around 2010. News on it seem to dry up after that.

Yeah, unfortunately that one is just a fancy photoshop... 

Honestly, never, but the truth is out there...

Nowadays you can just make up stuff at will and get away with it. Just ask BMW or Mercedes, they would say it’s an SAV Coupé or maybe a GT. I’d probably call it a BS_SUV myself...

I assume you are referring to the Trabant 601, which looked okay for 1964 (the 1957 Trabant 500 looked more like a VW), but hopelessly outdated after 1970. The style had some cues from Pininfarina’s 1960 Peugeot 404, which had a nice conventional design. In spite of the design, it is a great contender for worst car…

Yes, I spent a big chunk of my childhood in a series 1 Fiat 127. I do remember a very serious transmission problem where the 4-speed gearbox got stuck in second during a long trip and we had to find a place to sleep while the car got fixed, and several years later the transmission had to be fully replaced, but those…

Yeah, the Yugo’s design was a minor change and slight scale-down of the Fiat 127 series 2’s, on which the Yugo 45 was based. And the Fiat 127 original design was considered revolutionary at its launch, as it introduced the concept of the supermini, and won the 1972 European Car of the Year award. Its designer, Piu…

I guess functional is the new nonfunctional for you...

I don’t think I’ve seen the 1990 Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II wing mentioned. It was a real shock at the time that ponderous ultra-serious Mercedes would come out with a car looking sportier than the contemporary BMW M3, but that crazy wing, wheel arch extensions, and 17 inch wheels (when all Ferraris but the F40…