Isn’t that how that always ends up? They design and market a vehicle to the “hip, young, urban, outdoor crowd”, whatever that may be, and then the boomers wade in and buy them. Given the fact that, besides fleet deals and company cars, they are the only demographic actually buying new cars in larger numbers this isn’t…

Except one very little minor aspect. The Megane looks good, the Velo-whatever was just beaten hard with the ugly stick to make it stand out.

The “Gone in 60 seconds” remake with Nick Cage is exactly how old now?

On my old ‘94 Mazda 626 I had that plate on the key ring all the time. Never thought twice about it. Came in handy when ordering new keys, which I had to do several times as they were made out of some very flexible metal that could bend when sitting down with the keys in your jeans pocket.

Yep, just a tad larger on the inside.

Same here. Picture of the car for reference. It’s an older version of that shifter but it goes into P once you kill the engine. It took me seconds to get used to, and I had a manual before.

Jason, this isn’t the only Standard Superior. A fully restored example is at the Heimat- und Technikmuseum in 99996 Obermehler, Germany.

“Lastly, I need something that I wouldn’t be embarrassed driving to the office if the CEO saw me getting out of my car. Unfortunately, living in Southern California, image is everything.”

Why am I not surprised that it’s on a Chevy truck/SUV?

“This vaguely, sorta makes sense, as GM’s been pushing Chevrolet more in Europe...”

Just my $0.02.

Did nobody notice that he simply left out the beams connecting the A and B pillars? He had a full-on convertible and then simply welded on the roof SKIN, nothing else. Try driving this car over a bumpy road and see what the roof looks like then.

Ach mit den Amis kann man es machen. Finde die Idee eigentlich ganz süß, denen noch mehr Scheiße ins Hirn zu trichtern. Weiter so!

First of all I am German. And then there is no “Hohendeutsch”. I think you are talking about Hochdeutsch. In Hochdeutsch, the pronunciation isn’t badge, neither with Maybach nor J.S.Bach. You are right in that they are pronounced the same way, it’s just that there is no equvalent in the English language as to how the…

Seen in rural Bavaria some years ago. Imagine driving something so far off that nobody gets the reference.

Same here (Germany), might be a US only thing for now.

No it just isn’t.

Torch and Orlove played it live a few months ago.

Ladas, Moskvichs, Volgas, Skodas, Zaporoshezs, Polski Fiats, Zastavas and the likes were available. Most of them could be ordered through the official auto stores (I wouldn’t call them dealerships, as all they did was take a deposit and put you on the waiting list.) At times the waiting time for a Zastava (Yugo…