I always thought the pre-production one that’s in Brazil was the poster girl. Oh well.

Here in Brazil we get a long wheelbase version so the rear seat and trunk are actually useful. But it’s because the Up is a cheap general family car here.

Oh come on, how can you say crap about the Calibra? Sure, the wrap is weird as hell, but the owner probably did that to mess with people, and the Calibra itself is an awesome machine. One of the most aerodynamic cars ever built, without being overstyled (and quite pretty imo), and the C20XE and C20LET (2 liter turbo…

There’s a company in Brazil, Tropical Cabines, and they specialise in this kind of stuff, like an old F350 with dual cab and a wood bed:

1998 VW Gol.

What this actually looks like to me is if someone raced a Miura back in the day, it would look like this, well, minus the stretched tires. With a period correct racing livery and an actual functioning wing, instant racecar.

Mk5 Ford Fiesta manufactured in 2012. Powersteering, air con, electric locks and front windows. Rear crank windows, no ABS, no airbags. 0 to 100km/h in s e v e n t e e n seconds. I love it because it’s roomy, the pedals have a really nice weight to it, the shifter is exacly where you want it. It’s an econobox for the…

It’s so much better because that’s a Fiat Uno, a late 80's to 90's econobox.

I read on a brazillian car blog, the guy driving is american. He bought it to drive it on the nurburgring, then import it into the US. He also has an orange VW Fox with the brazillian front and rear.

It has a brazillian license plate, so it’s visiting someone.

I remember when the previous gen Azera was being sold in Brazil. Boring looking, but with a V6 and loads of equipment, ant the same price of the base model Corolla. It sold pretty well. And then Hyundai killed the mojo with this gen.

Jason, you really need to research brazillian one liter car history. My mom bought one in ‘98, the heater was an optional extra. Up until 2014 we had all kinds of stripped down cars, or just olp platforms, like the Chevy Classic, basically the 1994 Corsa Sedan. Everything on that thing was manual. They even kept the…

A brazillian blog (flatout.com.br) analized the video too. By the inside thumbnail, you can see there’s no passenger seat, roof trim, door trim, or dash trim. They also said the tires sound awfully like slicks.

Well, “the one that got away” would be the car I grew up on, My mom’s 1998 VW Gol (brazillian market). It had a 1 litre engine with barely 50hp, and the only luxuries were a heater and rear window washer. That means no powersteering, no A/C, no power windows/mirrors/locks. But my family bought it brand new in 1998 and…

Last year a brazillian police officer died during the police olimpics, which was happening in the US. He didn’t die in the line of duty, but the american police still made the full honors to a fellow police officer before sending his remains back to Brazil. You should know that the police and armed forces don’t like…

Dad?

Well, Actually, the mk1 Ecosport was created when all the other manufacturers in Brazil had “city offroaders”, basically normal cars with loads of plastic on them (google Palio Adventure) and sometimes raised suspension to make them look like offroaders. So instead of raising a mk6 Fiesta, they made this little SUV…

Meanwhile in Brazil, the up” TSI being sold since last year has 105bhp and 16.5kgfm of torque on alcohol. R$46000,00 , about 12000 USD. Also longer wheelbase so normal people can fit in the back.

Well I know Fiat does that a lot. When they launched the Marea in Brazil, the top of the line 2-litre 5-cilinder engine (dat sound) was shipped from Italy for assembly on the car here. Fiat still does that with the 124 engine (euro spec, 150hp) here, only with our Punto T-Jet (4 door Abarth).

Not just doors, but economy cars should have interesting features in general, even if they are “hidden”. Here in south America, Fiat sold the Uno (their cheapest car) with argentinean Sevel engines. With some considerable tuning, people got those 1.5 and 1.6L 4-bangers up to 9000 RPM while still being reliable.