5th gear: as someone yet to see any nascar racing outside days of thunder (yeah yurpian here), i might be going out on a limb here, but - are there any differences between ford and dodge in nascar? I mean i though the body was just a dress-up on the frame and propulsion, which were basically the same across the field?…

That's an exceptionally awesome truck at a seriously uncool price. Sad CP is sad.

Boats? Cartels? Why not send the secret agents from the City?

Not a bad idea, but just ain't worth dat sum.

Is it bad that i want the Porsche 918 to enter too?

I get that, but "advanced" can also mean that it gets copied for a long time, even ever after - like the Cadillac, or the NSU Ro80 in this list. That's why i nominated the Fiat 127 - every economy car gets to be built to the template set by that.

I am not of US residency, so cannot really answer this, but if i were you i would be all over this baby: Lancia Y10 Turbo.

Not that i'm complaining about leaving my nominee out, but this list is properly American in the sense that there are no small cars on it. I mean if a car has such a long shadow as does the Mini or the 127 for example, they must have done something right there. But with this said, i am really not complaining, nothing…

Obligatory.

The 'Sweet Little 16' did in fact do a lot to popularize hatchbacks, however: its engine is longitudinal, in fact it was behind the gearbox in a front-midship layout - good for handling, bad for packaging. Also, rear torsion bar suspension meant the rear wheels were not aligned - something you'll struggle to find in…

It's wasn't that modern when new in a tech-laden way, but bear with me, when i say the Fiat 127 has to be the most advanced car of the '70s. It incorporated the right ideas to instantly become the blueprint of how a family/economy car has to be built: FF layout with transverse engine and independent front suspension,…

No, its not just about that. Hooning is about driving the car you got, any car, at its limits.

The Renaultsport hothatches do drive better, but the DS lineup is still something that makes me feel good about Citroen. There were so many traps, they could have abused the mighty DS moniker, they could have gone down memory lane, but no, the did it just right - avantgarde design, proper, working internals, at a…

The Miata supposed to answer all automotive questions, but hey - it was very surprising, when first sighted.

Even more surprising was the fact, that they pulled all the parts from other, mundane models, but it still works - it has struts from FWD econoboxes at all four corners, but it still handles well, it is small on the outside, but you fit inside this side of 195 centimeters, it is relatively weak, and not that lite…

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I do live by the rule, that anything with lambo doors, that isn't a lambo is automatic CP.

I love you for that. Just this morning my wife berated me for putting cars in front of a kitchen rebuild. But this car? I cannot fathom how anyone can say, "new sink or old Lotus"?

I think what Ford is trying to do here is enter the market of executive vans. In Europe, there are two of these: VW Caravelle and MB Viano. With the right budget, these can be optioned with every conceivable luxury from a normal sedan - something that cannot be said about the Tourneo (= Transit people carrier de luxe)…

I think commercial vehicles work better in the snow with RWD. Because the load is on the rear wheels, FWD vans sometimes have problems climbing slippery uphills. I have experienced this myself, when we filmed on a glacier in the alps - the crew cab was a renault traffic, and it couldn't get up the snowy uphill strech…