I was wondering about that, and got as far as recognising the Euro Ford Granada doors and doorhandles.

+1

see whether nibbles wants to play this time: that's the same dashboard, I think. Nearly all controls are placed on those 'satellites' next to the wheel- no stalks and very few console buttons. Not visible is the scrolling drum speedometer and sundry other visual weirdnesses.

It's a Citroën CX- big, but not that huge

Agreed on the Prius, but for one thing: why would it be Beige?

That's interesting!

Funnily enough, the thing I remember most clearly from that first, early '80s documentary I saw on hydrogen cars was an experiment where a Texas marshal fired a single rifle round at a regular petrol tank, and one round at what was then a state-of-the-art hydrogen tank. The petrol tank exploded in the expected Michael…

It gets worse: I was listening to it 25 years ago

Hydrogen cars.

Don't think it'll happen then: CVT's have been in production cars since 1958

Amen, brother!

Nothing outruns a Libyan with freedom on his mind, and a HiLux under his butt.

The man's a poet

What? Oh, that one!

The first is a 2CV, possibly a post '55 Slough built AZ

Why apologise?

I thought I'd seen that sort of precision wheel sawing somewhere before.

I love the 1st generation Insight - still itching to get one, in fact - and it certainly was daring in its two seat lay-out and all-aluminium construction. Your comment made me wonder, though, who was first with daring to mass-market a hybrid:

2nd gear: or it's just a result of the fact that, for some unfathomable reason, a popular range of sensible Korean cars come with a brand that might have meant something to granddad 50 years ago

Nope, sorry. Love this site and most people on it, but I also like me some Prius (Mark III, preferably). How can you not? It's the most innovative and daring departure in mainstream motors in decades. It's probably the most distinctive machine on the roads, this side of a 911.