Yes, it starts like that, and that’s how we end up with Autobots.

I was born in France and lived there until I graduated from university, so I had the opportunity to see quite a few European shitboxes in my life, but I would definitely have nominated the Citroën C1 as well.

This.

I know that the point of these articles is that they write themselves, but whoever assembles the slideshow could at least work 10 minutes to Google the pre and post-facelift pics and stick them together on Photoshop.

Who the hell would recommend a Prius for the Autobahn ? I rode in my father’s Toyota C-HR on the Autobahn, and it’s a horrible experience. If you try to drive 160km/h in those your fuel economy will be the same or worse than a non-hybrid, and if the alarming fuel consumption displayed on the screen is not enough, the…

This. There are a few Orochis rolling around where I live, and I think the exterior looks much better in person. The interior however ... Is pretty much unforgivable for that price.

Dumb people had much, much more style back in my day :

MUSTANGE.

Toyota Mark X “+M Supercharger”. Looks like your grandpa’s car. Goes 0-60 in 4.8s. That’s probably why japanese police forces chose to get a few of these to use as unmarked cars.

Oh damn, just posted the same thing. Should have scrolled down the comments first. Ah !

I see your comparison with a Jimny, a Cactus, a Panda, a Soul ... But are we all going to pretend this thing doesn’t look mostly like a Suzuki Ignis ?!

Wow, the wheels on the “lo-floor” would almost make those look right in terms of proportions :

What ? Are you seriously getting offended that the Nazis had custom-built cars, like many of the elites of any country at the time ? I don’t even get your point. Do you think the whole country of Germany should have been burnt down after the war because the Nazis touched it ?

I still don’t entirely get Renault’s new strategy. The Renault 4L and the Super 5 are indeed popular icons, but most French people I know would agree they were no beauty queens, far from that.

Brembo even had to make an article about this explaining the obvious fact that these things do not actually improve braking.

An Opel Meriva then ?

G-Class (G36, G500 or G63) and RX-7 FD3S (Mazdaspeed or RE Amemiya).

The real Land Cruiser (200 series) used to have a base price around €100k in France before it was killed off due to the carbon tax. Now the only “Land Cruiser” still sold in France is what is called a “Toyota Prado/Lexus GX” in places that are not Europe.