Decades ago I read an article about an old doctor who was absolutely smitten with his blu olandese Giulia saloon. I think the story started with him owning a Giulia GT or GTV and buying the saloon with the idea to drive it into the ground, dismantle it afterward and keep the mechanicals for the two-door.

Much in the same way of the original Mini, the Citroën AX had door pockets specifically designed to hold a bottle of mineral water.

Before jumping to conclusions you should really, really try a Mini, some day.

Don’t forget the much nicer dashboard! And leather seats, if I remember correctly.

That’s how old cars used to be, in fact.

And both kinds of booted versions were called “the pimp’s Mini”.

Wine? In late 50s Britain?

Allegedly Issigonis specified door pockets ample enough for a bottle of his favourite gin (Gordon’s). A different version of the same anecdote says a door bin should be able to hold a bottle of Gordon’s and a bottle of vermouth.

And much better directional stability too, also thanks to its carefully studied aerodynamics.

Well, the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance is the oldest military treaty still in force... and that predates even the existence of the US, correct? By a few centuries.

Could it be you are actually thinking of Mers-el-Kébir?

I understand that by “dulcet” you mean “proper”, my dear?

Similar to what PJ O’Rourke famously said about rental cars.

It seems Estonia in particular has a lively truck rallying scene. The .gif Rallye-Magazin posted on FB may be from one such an event, but I am not sure.

Good for you, at least we can agree on a couple of things then.

Electric scooters may sound like and even be a wonderful idea in sunny California. But the amount of money invested in these ventures could and should be more appropriately used in actual public transport infrastructure, don’t you think? (I don’t live in the US and I am not American so my perspective may be, shall we…

Let’s not forget also:

Unfortunately not everyone has the mindset of a pubescent teenager and lives in a bubble which also happens to enjoy a very mild Mediterranean climate.

Excerpt taken from http://sportscarinsider.com/the-edge/2011/3/14/the-2011-season-starts-here.html

Jason - is this the minute Škoda that was spirited away from Czechoslovakia quite a few decades before the Velvet revolution? That was a rather adventurous drive... Or am I confusing it with another little Škoda racer? For some reason I seem to have in my mind the image of a little orange thing, not red.