No it's not. You could just shut up for a while.

It still has all the panache of an upturned bathtub.

The Eyre Highway which runs between Western and South Australia across the Nullabor Desert should fit the bill. Between Balladonia and Caiguna the road stretches for 146.6 kilometres (91.1 mi) without turning. If you can't reach your absolute top speed in that distance, you're doing something wrong.

Tu hao Ben zi.

No. There's only one Royal Air Force. The rest don't matter.

It doubles as a BBQ.

That still hypotises me every time I see it. Simply magic!

Well at least the new BYD logo isn't quite as directly 'inspired by' someone else as the old one ...

No. It's 'Super Bowel' ...

Under the bonnet used to be 'bloke country'. A place to lean in deep and tweak your triple SU carburettors with a screwdriver until they're ticking over 'just so'.

Who styled the grille? Wurlitzer?

"It was built on a Coventry-built Diamler chassis, with a German Diamler 4-cylinder engine ..."

Hmmm ... compact, rear engined.

Ahhh ... ADO16, otherwise known as the Austin/Morris 1100.

Or to put it another way - 'protectionism'. The kind of invisible trade barriers that America always complains about in other countries.

I agree about the looks - unique and will still look great in another ten years. Plus it handles just like an old Mini. Not so fast off the line, but you don't have to slow down for corners :) Now I really must look up that turbo kit ...

There used to be a turbo conversion kit available, that filled in the hole where the power ought to be ...

I'll take one. The two door - in BRG, please ...

That depends. Where is your right hand?

... "with the skinniest, baldest of tires".