The .gif above shows a two lane road so wide, this must be an alternative Britain.

Awesome, wonderful road trip. But good luck getting 98 fuel in Norway...More than 90% of gas stations stopped selling that quality fuel a few years ago.

Yeah, I like it, too, it’s just so incredibly ugly.

Yes, the interior is horrible, I agree. From the outside though...what a massive step up from earlier cars. And I normally defend logical, pragmatic design.

Suzuki’s designers are killing it. They went from ugly utilitarianism to chic utilitarianism quite quickly.

After reunification my communist uncle replaced his Moskovich with a Yugo Florida. He had it for a couple of years, and I think it played a major role in slowly curing his political conviction. My other uncle, a liberal in the real, not American sense, got a used Kadett, known as Pontiac LeMans and still built as a…

My mom bought the related Kia Shuma new when I was a teenager. At that time, I convinced friend’s families to buy Volvos - I bend away four parents from Mercedes, and two from Volkswagen. Earned me a weekend job at the local Volvo dealer, and I eventually became the only 18 year old in town that could test drive…

That would be a “Frontblende”.

Nice article, but why do we need to scroll down three full pages before fill gets replaced by content?

That spare wheel mount...that’s quite the one-upper.

In Central Asia, the RAV4 carries a stigma as the car for the mistress and/or second wife. Odd, you say? Most definitely!

BMWazon FTW

“Trim is mostly complete. It is also of structural importance.”

Early OBD systems were made to display their codes right where they sat:

This is what happens when you put 12 year olds in charge of product development.

Today’s BMW makes a hundred cars that are looking the same. If they think the only change they can do now to get noticed is a change to their ancient common front fascia, we might as well say they have jumped the shark.

The PRV engine was supposed to be a V8. Enter the oil crisis, two cylindres slashed, and one of car history’s oddest mass produced V6's was born. Found in cars like the Volvo 260, Renault Safrane, deLorean DMC-12.

Funny how you compare Cadillac to Volvo. In brand building, embracing who you are and where you come from is key. Not just cars, but in everything: Show confidence. Volvo did that after 1 1/2 desastrous decades of chasing BMW. They made a decision to only build and offer I4's, focus on interior quality, and families.…

We have a 35 degree steep driveway - technically a danger zone for avalanches (30+ degrees). It’s long, too, and hard to get into. So no stretch limousines or cars with eco-programmed engines (like 30% less power when cold) or long first gears.

Butthorns and -wings are out, here comes the buttstache!