Torch, I’d hate to correct you on anything pertaining to old VWs, but the four-wheel-drive Kommandeurwagen was indeed built during the war. Those big knobbly tyres (from the Typ 166 Schwimmwagen, which also donated the bigger engine, transmission, etc) were used by the Afrikakorps in their Typ 87s! Postwar just a few…

Excellent work, hadn’t realised about the pad.

I know, I was being facetious!

I wonder... could that car be a bitsa - a 911 SC or Carrera 3.2 which has been “updated” with 964 stuff over the years? I mean... who in his/her right mind would change the retractable spoiler in the 964 for a fixed Turbo wing (not even a Carrera one, as in the RS America), particularly with a narrow bodyshell?

As a certain Jaguar commercial points out particularly well, Hollywood prefers baddies to be British (or at least to have a British accent). Therefore making her a Brit gives makes her a (much) darker character than if she were American.

The first one yes!

This one appeared as a“suggested” thread and I forgot to check the dates. My fault. So sorry to have upset you so terribly.

Well, Mr McLaren was definitely not a Brit so maybe he was more open to the idea than you are.

And you have just described what would be a very expensive (but probably very effective) solution to the self-destroying idler gear in so many transverse-engined BMC/BL products.

Could very well be the reason why. Gandini has a penchant for doing things... differently – for which we shall all be forever grateful.

You seem to imply that Rolls-Royce can still be considered British automobiles? Interesting thought.

Do you? I don’t find it particularly questionable, but to me it is just a styling gimmick which most likely won’t be there for long.

On printed matter – or on a screen – it is easier to see the ressemblance to the old logo thanks to the shadows. On the hatch of a contemporary Citroën the new “chevrons” look really, really curvy, and to my 53-year-old eyes, impossibly bland.

Very nice article, thank you.

Let’s put it this way: Mr Piëch may or may not have known about the cheat. But if there is anyone there able to turn this impossible situation to his advantage, that’s him.

Dennis Simanaitis, of R&T fame, once went coast to coast in a BMC Mini Moke.

Yes and no. First of all, in this particular case motor is short for motor car (or, given the fact that we are being truly upper-crust and old-fashioned, motor-car). Second, we all talk about “motor vehicles” (see above) and even “motorcycles” – and most of those are indeed not driven by an electric motor.

“A Fish Called Wanda”

Er, you are confusing things a bit. “Spain” is the traditional way in English to refer to the country their citizens and all speakers of Spanish call “España”; and “Spain” and “España” are linguistically related. On the other hand, “Germany” and “Deutschland” are not. “Germany” is an exonym (“Wales” is another one).…

The right crowd say “a Royce” – never “a Rolls” or (god forbid) “a Roller”.