I don’t use the word “hero” very often, but the Volkswagen Rabbit Pickup is the greatest hero is American history. Here was mine.

I think they mostly meant how it handled on turns, and it may have handled as well as some of the sports cars of the time.

Monkey goes on the sidecar, not sidecar on the monkey. 

You’re still thinking ‘American car enthusiast with a brand affinity’ when you move that gear lever. You’re going to need to be at ‘Lithuanian taxi-cab driver who bought the car at an auto auction for 900€ in Estonia (probably stolen from Finland) and is sitting outside Vilniaus oro uostas waiting for a fare on a…

You went looking for a short-shift kit for a 21st century Mercedes? Did you also want the racing stripes?

You need to put yourself in the European mindset when you’re driving it--it’s not supposed to be “exciting,” it’s just the transmission that the car happens to have, and it’s your job to move the gear lever about to facilitate smooth driving.

Ah, it was in the northern parts. All the semi-passable stations are only available in near the bigger cities. So max 100km north from Oulu there’s only shit.

Altough one has to be masocist to listen radio anywhere, regardless of the country. Especially if there’s spotify and other services available.

I honestly think the best automatic for manual people is an electric car with heavy regenerative braking.

Finns know how to enjoy the simple pleasures in life.

Or the ‘70s. There’s a reason he entered a bunch of snowmobile races under the alias of James Hunt (and used a replica of his helmet at Monaco one year).

If you can’t fix an Alfa you shouldn’t drive one

Reminder set.

Motor trend did a poll a long time ago (back when they did those and had comments). Pretty much everyone agreed that it would be neat, but that Americans couldn’t handle it.

Ugh.

Funny that when I see this car I say to myself “look, it’s the new Saab”  Even though it’s been around since 2010.

Two things have made flying safer since 9/11, and neither of them have anything to do with TSA:

Stephen McKnight is personlike. Comment on Topgear here blog often. Insightful since original date. Still sponsored posts less jarring than weekends. Greys not contain. For much victory. 

The helmets are for a few reasons - most of these have an internal roll cage in addition to an exo, which is a bad time when you make contact with your head. The other reason is because these things are long enough that they tend to see-saw slap the drivers up into the roof or into the door frames when they get…

Well, I certainly didn’t have 19 minutes to watch Truck Trials, but here I am and there they went. Thanks Erik.

The circle must be completed.