"all valued at an estimated $300,000,000.00"

I think we have just different concepts of state and a different perception of Europe. The state places certain legislation to achieve goals that have been agreed upon. If you don't like the goals you can choose to elect another party next time around or start a revolution with other people (the core of democracy in…

You're actually wrong. He has at least 405 Bentleys alone(!) So, yeah it should level out to an extent. But Bentley produces much more cars than Bugatti. They are truly peasants' cars.

The median is probably pretty disappointing: 10 cars, 1 medium yacht and just a shared jet ownership.

The sultan of Brunei has at least 6 Bugattis. I really hope they don't count him sixfold. Would ruin the statistic.

I'm not sure about which design constrains you're speaking. Current legislation penalises engines with big displacements and there is different safety regulation. But the last point is also true for the NA market. European car makers have to cope with different safety regulations all over the world as well. And your…

Yes, I can see how the taxation on displacement makes it difficult to gain access to the European market. But if these regulations were in place to hinder foreign competitors the Europeans would have come up with laws to protect against the Asian competition as well. Furthermore, at least Germany changed their…

We think your crap is crap because it's crap. No one sees Jeep/Chrysler as considerable competitors and it hurts to see how Fiat rapes itself by rebranding crap.

Wow. Calling the European car market which is more diverse and offers more brands from all over the world xenophobic is a real stretch. The Japanese and Korean brands do just fine. And the offerings of the different European carmaker a couldn't be more different. Just because the market developed differently than the…

There should be a QOTD "Which are the best cars Arabian money brought us?"

I was wondering that. Is it true? How are they shipping them to the UK during the summer months, then?

I think the strategy you described might work well in the US where they can build on a certain heritage and can shape a new perception step by step. And who am I to criticise them for giving themselves a sportier image?

They do it because they can and people tend to like choice. It may be ridiculous but I actually like the variety they squeeze out of their platforms.

Agree. Seeing how Mercedes "luxified" the C-Class I doubt that there is much room between the next E- and current S-Class. Also if the Germans wanted to they could just release a stretched E that is probably on sale in China right now. Cadillac might be chasing a niche that doesn't exist.

Wasn't there a statement of Cadillac a few weeks ago where they expressly stated that they won't do this pricing scheme again to reflect the brand value? Confusing times...

This might be true for Europe where more and more car makers react by downsizing cars to make them fit into cities again. But this is a trend that has been limited to smaller cars as far as I am aware.

Asking the crowd for the name of the car is a cool move. To me, Street Fighter lacks a certain subtleness. I prefer animal names or references to other fields (too bad Corvette Sting Ray / Mako are already taken). Call it an Esox, Piranha or some kind of shark. That would be refreshing.

Straightforward, indeed. So technically they had a numerical system back then:

I almost forgot they started by fighting rallies... Joking aside: Street Fighter is probably as dumb as any other name that is meant to evoke emotions and stuff. David Stewart is right though, Track Fighter would probably be more fitting. Does sound cooler to my ear too. But I am weird in all the wrong ways.

Unfortunately, I couldn't drive an i3 so far, but had a go in the 1er electric drive. I think the noise is the best part of the experience. If all economy cars make this lovely whee-noise in the future, I am all for it.