Taking a trip to Linengrad, Comrade?

https://jalopnik.com/this-impossible-vw-quiz-is-the-best-game-on-the-interne-838786314?
Because of the link showing up in my FB feed, I had to look up THIS THING. I never took the quiz and the link for it’s evidently been dead for a while.

Odious is right!

“I needed a change of...screenery.”--Max Headroom

In 1978, PM Magazine sent one of these Astres through a car shredder live on national television.  Probably the only brush of fame it deserved.

I’d link to the Thugs on Film review of the reboot movie, but it’s nowhere to be found.

I did my own Googling.
1) This video is from the end of 2018.
2) I found another article that says that the Veyronish car is from “Blue Sky New Energy” “蓝天新能源” who also make other body types with the same mechanical platform.

BTW, according to Wikipedia the Fluence ZE is still in production in two Far East nations. Perhaps savvy owners can arrange importation of their own replacement batteries.

Electrons are electrons.  How difficult can it be to retrofit one of these with a more modern, more efficient battery suite?

Not particularly, no. At about the same time this was happening, Michelob was doing a similar run of commercials featuring Eric Clapton, Genesis and Steve Winwood (one of the latter set with a young Rob Morrow as the hero!).

You forgot Lou Reed!

BTW, does the Isuzu Stylus count in your opinion?

I have to agree that the Lotus Carlton is an excellent choice. I’d be tempted more along the lines of the Droopsnoot Magnum myself, or the South African Chevy 1900 cousin.

I was glad to not see this when it happened, and even more relieved now in light of how you described the direction of the coverage.  I’ve had a lot of gripes lately with sports coverage in general and motorsports coverage in particular, and this attitude about crashes is one of them.

Nobody’s talking about droptops?

And why not DUAL bike tires on each front corner? Lower contact area but more spread out.

1) Keep my current car running till this time next year, when it qualifies for Antique plates.
2) Get a new-to-me daily driver.

Invisible Monkey Time

Back then it wasn’t just Chevy. Look at the Vauxhall Viva/Magnum and how well that did in Canada.
If some time-travelling adventurer stranded me in 1972 and I had to buy a small, GM built car, I’d go to a Buick dealer and order an Opel.