Jason talks about just America and the EU as if there are no other markets out there.

Volvo are one of the few makers who fit side markers where they're not required and so far as I recall they're orange front and red rear.

Back in the day cwt were often used for bags of something - cement was an example and was sold in cwt bags, later 50kg which is much the same. Not any more though because people used to do in their backs lifting them and so now it's in 25kg bags.

Too cold there for salt.....

Trucks are very much slower than that as they have the required 90 kmh limiters and even so the limit in Germany is only 80. 

It was only recently that I discovered that the Americans have their own ton of 2,000 lbs so presumably their cwt actually is 100lbs.

15cwt isn’t roughly a three quarter ton, equivalent, it’s exactly three quarters of a ton....

(checks local VW site)

Why, how would you spell plough?

How about his colleague?

Sophisticated in relation to the Ecosport I guess. Anyway the Puma got good reviews and it sells well - much better than the Fiesta here which should be good news for its maker.

You’ve broken your Google? Try under Ford Puma.

Well, yes it is but 90km is still very short. It's more of a PHEV.

No. The Nissan system has a very small battery which is recharged very frequently. This is a PHEV or range extender, depending on how you look at it.

So, you’re going to get the Puma instead?

Don’t think I've ever seen a car rev to 4,000 that fast. The benefits of having hardly any flywheel, which would also explain stalling about 4,000 times.

Er…the rest of the world already buys SUV type things .

Or maybe not. It’s only the size of the i10 which doesn’t exactly leap from the showrooms.

But…to get a five star rating now you must fit items which make little difference to actual safety - lane keep assist and so on. The days when making a car that just did well in crash tests was enough are long gone.

Bits of Turkey are in Europe it must be said. Only because they invaded what had been Greece, it must also be said.