Not sure if it’s just the goofy camera position, but the proportions seem off.

It’s short for Neckarsulm, the company’s home town.

NSU used to be a bicycle and motorcycle maker (the largest in the world, at some time).

You did forget Tesla and Fisker, but that doesn’t fit in the narrative, does it.

To be fair, the EV1 was a two-seater with (initially) a lead-acid battery which GM produced at a significant loss.

That’s one of these myths. VHS won because it was the superior format (as opposed to Bluray), and designed for recording (a new concept at the time) TV shows and, importantly, movies and football games. Beta could hold only 1 or 1.5 hours at best quality settings. VHS machines were also significantly cheaper (Sony…

You’re probably thinking Arabella. Their other models had alphanumeric designations, I think.

I’ve said it before, but I think we can finally assume the Hofmeister kink is dead for good.

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Opel GT (although it hasn’t been easy to find a good photo of one with the original Stahlsportfelgen):

I beg to differ:

For years and years, car designers have cried for LED technology and the like, because it would give them so much more freedom in designing headlights. Now the tech is finally here, and it turns out they’ve got nothing.

Yes and no. Anthony Fokker was Dutch born (more precisely, he was born in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia), but the company was German until it was moved to the Netherlands after WWI.

The Calibra, one of the prettiest cars ever, and a serious sleeper (especially with the C20LET).

That’s always the first rule of eugenics: “it doesn’t apply to me.”

The sad thing is that most of them (with the exception of the Mustang and Blazer) look better this way.

Commonwealth is just a fancy (and outdated) translation of “republic” (the Latin res publica).

I may be strange, but I think the proportions of the sedan are much better than the Veyron’s.

That should be Lexūs (with a long u as in booze) ;o)

Good choice ;o)