This reminds me of my own trip to the USA last year from the UK. I’m sure I got a few weird looks while car spotting.

The thing is, most buyers don't care and BMW have got more than 20 years experience designing FWD cars.

I seem to recall the Audi a1 rental I drove a few years ago had a fold down screen which is a good idea (I don't think it was a touch screen, just a largish colour display)

The smart car was a cool idea but it didn’t really translate to the reality of most markets. People just don’t buy 2 seat cars (that aren’t sports cars) even if they never carry passengers. Heck people don’t like buying cars with out back doors.

I’d heard US trains were bad but didn't realise how bad until I rode from New York to Newark last year. So hard to believe there's worse rolling stock than northern rail. 

I think being a track car will mean it's more likely to get used than if it was a road car because collectible road cars are more valuable the less they're used. I think track cars suffer less from that. 

I think the real question is what is the end game for Tesla? Will they become the main form of transportation? I wouldn’t bet my lunch on it.

They were garbage cars but they looked cool and still do.

I wouldn't buy one but NP. There's a guy near me who seems to own a couple of these and they still do look great. Ever since they were new I always thought they should have made an MR2 rival instead of a front wheel drive family coupe. 

Dacia Duster. Colleagues who've been said you want something good for rough conditions. 

I would counter that with Mini, Fiat 500 (And it's weird spin offs) and at a push the Golf apes it's 1970s shape. The Mini was Germany's 8th best selling car last year so retro style cars are definitely still popular in Germany. 

People were asking what VW were getting from the deal. Suddenly it all makes sense...

As a 31 year old I’m a millennial by the quoted definition so my vote is ditch that car and drive John Clelands 1999 Vauxhall Vectra BTCC car.

You missed c. Already hopelessly out of date

The fox is a lot smaller than the golf and designed to be super cheap. I really wouldn't want to put Golf R power down with its suspension. 

It took me a while to realise VC stood for venture capital and not Vietcong. 

Id much rather see a separate awd sports car half a size bigger. 

If you can make cuts at anytime with out negatively affecting your business then it’s a good business decision. People losing jobs is bad but the purpose of a private company is to make money not to offer jobs.

My mum had a PT Cruiser and so did my aunt. Both from new, both getting only mild use, both fully maintained to a high standard. Both had constant warrantee repairs and on its 5th birthday with about 40k on the clock my mum’s car needed £4k of repairs so they basically gave the car away top the dealership.

I don’t understand why they didn’t make a hatchback. In the UK it was pretty much exclusively bought by older people because you couldn’t get a hatch/wagon and the entry level engine (1.8/115bhp) bumped up the insurance and fuel use too much for a normal car. Didn't help that it was sold against some really great cars…