Which is how they began of course. The Neue Klasse of 1962 was a four door model which preceded the 5 series and was shortened to make the 1600/02, later shortened to 1602, which in turn became the 3 series, and moved upmarket to produce the 2000C/CS which became the 6 series.

There are elderly Volts? Your definition of an elderly car may differ from mine.

Which Anglia was that? They were more commonly like this:

Same supplier in each case? Meantime, I live in a place where we don't yet need reversing cameras.

Top trivia: you could have the Vedette with the Cotal semi automatic gearbox.

PSA still use the factory in Poissy and I think it's what Simca really wanted when they bought out Ford France.

Nissan already have steer by wire with a mechanical backup so it can be done. Also, you're assuming that all markets require this.

As it says in the article, some markets will get the yoke. It's not just a concept.

Toyota announced several months ago that they were going to fit this non-wheel wheel in selected markets so it’s interesting that we’re only getting this article now.

Audi do the same so it’s not that. It’s probably to do with the requirement to have some lights on a panel which isn’t obscured when the hatch is open. That doesn’t explain why every other maker doesn’t do it of course.

Looks fine for me.

Ah, but that allows Porsche to create even more expensive models which those envious can tell apart.

I was in Dresden a couple of years ago and came across a soft drink that contained carbon, so it was black, as in really black.

Also, and rather newer than the Moskvitch:

It’s to do with the size of the elements making up the indicators. As I understand it US legislation requires that each element must be a minimum size, not the entire light when fully lit. Not a lot that car makers can do about that.

Top trivia: the VW Up was originally intended to be rear engined until the company did their sums and found that it would be cheaper to move the engine forward, partially because of the cost of water pipes running to and from a front radiator.

Technically, more Minis. Not many were Coopers.

Only if SA was driving on the right at the time....

Opel and Vauxhall were both sold in the UK (and other markets) until I think the late 70s so maybe they just didn’t bother showing a RHD one? Or maybe the ad is for North America? They sold some Opels there.

The small one might be, the large one is a Citroën Jumpy/Dispatch.