Thank you - I could never remember the Fiat name for the damn thing. 

There’s a number of them still rolling around here (and our winters aren’t kind to cars either). Suzuki’s automotive engineering is decent.

NP - for somebody - just not me.

This is a second generation version - I think that overhead console widget only existed in the first generation.  The clock on this one made its way down to the dash.  

Hmm - interesting. They didn’t seem to be any worse for engine failures here than other comparables - but I didn’t pay particularly close attention. By the time I was of driving age, these things were already aging out, so you kind of expected a bit of blue smoke now and then. 

1) I love the car - these were a really nice quasi-luxury cruiser in their day, and decently well-made as well.

*eh* - I’m not wedded to the idea that a WRX has to be any particular body style. This isn’t one of Subaru’s best efforts by any means, though - were I critiquing it, I’d point out that it’s a hodgepodge of different design languages, some elements of which clash with each other.

Since it was derived from the Kubelwagen, it comes as exactly zero surprise that it looks like one.

Argh - to my eye, this looks more like a fastback than a sedan. The rear deck lid really doesn’t level out enough to convince my eye that this isn’t a fastback.

Back in the 80s, Chrysler was first out the door offering a 5 year / 100,000 km powertrain warranty ... which, on further inspection only really protected you if your block happened to crack and you could absolutely prove that only the dealership had ever touched the engine for any reason.

These were also assembled in Halifax, NS and sold as a “Volvo Canadian”

I imagine a pissed off seabird could do quite a bit of damage to that build ... 

I’m not a structural engineer, but the chassis underneath that thing looks like it would turn into a nasty collection of sharp pointy objects sticking out at bad angles with any kind of impact.  

ND - that’s basically what this thing sold for new. 

... and as gets pointed out here regularly on NPND, for the most part, all of those modifications are worth somewhere between very little and zero when it comes time to sell.

Kind of the point isn’t it. Just about every marque that British Leyland ever owned is now owned by either the Germans or the Chinese. (Oh wait - Jaguar and Land Rover are now owned by Tata, so India)

Humans are good at dealing with approximate (incomplete) information. So, if we see flashing lights in the distance, we mostly tend to slow down a bit, maybe move over a lane, whatever.

Unlucky for whom?

I somewhat disagree with the upcoming Nissan Z - here’s why:

Any early 90s Civic is remarkably tossable and fun to drive without being stupidly expensive.