No, I think I know what you mean, but the modern champion of that sort of style is, IMHO, the Peugeot 508:

Miata?

they perfected car design in 1999, why change perfection?

That’s because you are 97 years old, Freddy.

Just so you know these came with a 2.3 liter Mercedes engine (M11.970) or a 2.0 liter diesel engine. Both with around 150 hp.

No, it was a flying success!

I’ll see myself out

Fortunately for all of you, I’m only allowed to use pictures I have the rights to, which means you’re stuck looking at my friends instead of yours.

You’re missing the Focus of the story. The SVT model was the first Fusion of the UK and USA performance teams making a global product. It was a bit of an Excursion into unknown parts, but the resulting product was in Transit across both sides of the pond. The true petrolheads of ford were allowed to Flex their muscles…

Then the Land Cruiser, who’s been out working all day, walks in and says, “Did I miss something?”

Meanwhile the Samurai gets over the mountain. (With mutual help from the XJ) :-)

Coke? Charlie Sheen has always preferred it over Pepsi.

there was a vanden plaz trim interior option on the maestro for the up and coming petit-bourgeoise.

Heh. This is the zeitgeist of the British business 80s and 90s.

You’re just never going to beat the Allante for complication. There was another step in there too, that involved subframes and other components first being flown from Michigan to Italy to be incorporated into the body shells, which then got flown back to Michigan for the final assembly.

Currently? I have no idea. All time, the Cadillac Allante has to be in the Hall of Fame. After assembly by Pininfarina in Italy, Atlantes were flown to the U.S. where final assembly was performed at Cadillac’s Hamtramck assembly plant.

No joke, my friend is a teacher and his students had no idea why the phone logo on their iphones had such a weird shape.

MORE LIKE ALFA-LATE.

‘Ring lap times measured with a calendar...

Meh. This will forever be what NFS was for me since I was a kid, unlike that clown fest that was Underground 2.