This is a good article. I always like the idea of driving a supercar some time (preferably on a track so there is a greater margin for error than on a street). I’m also totally realistic about how talented a driver I am, and will likely never do it. 

Genuinely, I think the Prius rear end styling was an attempt at bringing them back, kind of in a vestigial, hinted-at, testing-the-waters kind of way that would see a more extreme attempt with a next generation if popular. But the car as a whole was so ugly that I doubt it’ll be perceived as anything other than a flop.…

The current trend, with all these “four door coupés” is more for droopy, sad arses. This concept is no exception.

It’s not though. I can see many influences, and Jalopnik needs to stop taking the blue pills when a new Hyundai comes ‘round, because all this enthusiasm, and almost always I’m wondering if I’m missing something. 

I agree completely. And I say this as a Volvo fanboy and lover of anything Polestar has shown us so far. This is a gorgeous design that’s let down by a squat greenhouse, and a shoulder line that kinks upward as it moves to the rear of the car, adding a lot of visual weight to the hind quarters. There is a large…

How did this end up in Ireland? This is the second time a €15k Volvo has come up in front of my nose and I can’t buy it. The other was first refusal on a P1800 ES. 

My dad had the saloon from the following year, with the 1.6 and an Opel badge. Gutless. Uncomfortable. Crap build quality inside and out. Not particularly spacious. Not well equipped. I fucking hated that car. 

I like it. 

It’s exactly the same way Niki Lauda got a seat.

Jesus wept. 

Makes sense, though alphanumerics don’t mean anything to anyone. It’s not even the same alphabet as is used in China. 

We had the Tiida in Ireland, and have the Pulsar now. The Tiida wasn’t sold anywhere else in Europe, but it didn’t sell well here, probably down to dowdy, awkward styling and looking terribly cheap. The Pulsar name here was only seen on second hand vehicles imported from Japan previously. Its introduction has not…

I fucking lolled at the kangaroo video. Autoplay brought me to footage of an Aston crashing after it, which I found significantly less funny. 

It was Kanye. 

The BX has a bit of a special place in my heart. I had travelled to my grandmother’s home in Belfast as a kid and, while taking a taxi (a B3 VW Passat from when they had no grille - and it was fairly new at the time if I recall) we were t-boned by a driver in a Volvo 340. To this day it’s the most serious accident…

My mother doesn’t drive. And for that, we should all be thankful. 

Name checks out. 

We get very little coverage in Europe either. 

Italy at least has motorsport pedigree.