Er.. no.

I wonder does Rob think that "cheerio" is a greeting?

Nope. It's a fairy simple system and parts can be got.

It’s a simple car and anything that goes wrong can easily be fixed, quite likely by better bits. Same applies to any other car of the era. Calm yourself with the “Lucas!” rhetoric.

Could they have made it uglier if they tried?

Brass warps more than plastic?

To be pedantic, that's a Taunus Transit, which gave its name to the actual Transit some years later.

slightly more practical and extremely unique model

Why would something with that engine have an automatic gearbox? That's not a thing you'd often see.

Mk1 Discovery with I think the 2.5 diesel. No discernable power. I'm guessing the turbo was gone.

Nope. The 917 was slightly famous for having one.

I have, and to my surprise at the time, driven on it. Outside race weekend it's just the road from Le Mans to Mulsanne. This was just before the race weekend and so they had the trackside ads up which added a certain something to my trip along it.

Another emerging trend: fancy sequential indicators. Audi began with straight ones but now we're getting wavy lines. Exciting times.

The comment was "stopped producing" though. They haven't so far as I can tell.

Honda have stopped big scooters? They still offer the Forza 750 which they describe as "new".

Watch again. There is a cold start system but it tends to flood the engine and it's better to use the brake cleaner.

Large marine engines are like that too. You have to warm the oil and water until the engine can safely be started.

Tariffs do nothing to make your exports more competitive though, unless you expect them to be subsidised by the tariffs.

It’s actually Porsche, but even so they have 58.2% of the shares, but that does not necessarily correspond to that percentage of the voting rights. Porsche do not control Rimac and therefore do not control Rimac's votes.

Yes, I’ve noticed. Out have gone, from here anyway, the Nissan Micra, Peugeot 207 and 308, Opel Astra, Mitsubishi Mirage, Ford Focus and probably several more that I’ve forgotten.