I always thought the TR6 had the most disproportionate wheels/tires. Way too large, and for some reason, this one looks like it's wearing it's daddy's shoes.

Eh, it's a tradeoff. The gutless Vulcan will go 300k while the transmission is replaced 4 or 5 times and the rest of the car falls apart around it, while the "Duratec" (HA, what a misnomer!) will only last through about 2 transmissions.

Isn't the Cygnet only available to current Aston Owners, with the justification being that they need a city car to drive and let get beaten up while their true Aston awaits the weekend?

I was dropping my Odyssey off at the dealership for warranty service a few months ago. There was a man dropping off his Fit with the custom plate "HISSY."

They do a bit more than slap a different nose on it for your $20k extra...

The same was said forever about the beloved MX-5, which has only in recent years moved out of the realm of old men.

Three of us.

True, this is less of a party vehicle, more of a visiting dignitary vehicle. I've honestly thought that, when my kids are old enough to no longer require car seats, buying a used moderately stretched limo like this to use as the family vehicle.

Ahh, memories. I had a 1996 960 with this same engine/trans combo. I only remember it being good for 180hp/200tq, but it certainly never felt underpowered. In fact, it was quite adept at high-speed highway cruising. On many late night trips on I-85 in Georgia (I was single at the time, but seeing a girl in Atlanta…

Ever ridden in those seats? All day comfortable. Plenty good for a limo.

Certainly anyone who can appreciate a classic driver (as opposed to a trailer queen) can appreciate the wiles of an experienced woman of the world.

I hope this thing is never driven faster than idling in a parking lot. With mismatched tires/brakes, and an engine with tubular headers on one side, a cast iron manifold on the other, it's gotta run oddly, at best.

Here's what I'll bet happened: This clown hooned the original six to death, neglecting maintenance, and it went "pop" quite loudly. He looked at the prices of a direct replacement, then some idiot friend of his whispered "JDM, yo" into his ear, noting that he could have a more powerful engine for the same cost,…

I looked. Sorry, you're still wrong, though I see where you're coming from. The angle of the c-pillar on this Miata hatch match the d-pillar on a Mazda3 better than a Civic hatch. The glass to which you refer isn't directly lifted, I think, from whatever source was used. I think it was just drawn.

Look closer, you insulting, blind mantit. The photoshopper kept it in the family — that's a Mazda3 hatch.

This is why the fine for bus drivers on cell phones is so steep. When they hit something, it's bad. Very bad.

Fiat 128, you say? So, essentially, this is a high-horsepower Yugo.

The difficulty, Matt, for folks who Jalop at work, is that our IT dept *does* monitor page clicks. So now, while I won't be spending any more time on Jalop than before, I feel compelled to keep out of the comments because looking through them will register a pantsload of unique pageviews if I want to read through some…

I came here to post this. I haven't noticed it much in my adopted hometown of Kansas City, but where I went to school in Macon, GA, people did it everywhere. I nearly hit people several times when they were trying to do this, and it ALWAYS infuriated me.

This is Jalopnik, not Autoblog. It's the language of the culture, and Mr. Spinelli is trustworthy in his opinion because of his experience, not because of how "crass" his language is, which I personally find to be really fucking classy.