Volvo 144. I'd really like one, but there hasn't been a single one for sale here in the UK for quite some time.

Gosh, yes! It could easily be years since I've seen one.

Great list that totally nails it.

The real reason: no slushbox

Heh, yes; and the 1946 version of the Renault logo at that...

You Americans, you so funny.

"...by a 1.0 liter 3-cylinder gasoline engine, an engine that Hyundai doesn't make at the moment."

This is Ford's mid '90s cheap & cheerful Ka. As a thoroughly practical runabout for European cities, it was - as you can see - explicitly designed to have unpainted, cheap modular bumpers. You can still buy a section for £20.- ($30.- bearing in mind the unfavourable exchange rate) in case you really whack it, but the…

But for the silly name and the fact that it's a CUV, me likey this a lot.

Money beats taste. With a stick. That's on fire.

The hoon is strong with this one.

Yikes. They kept that quiet- I was convinced that there still was a trickle of Town Cars coming out of Canada. Having just the LTI taxi as the last remaining body-on-frame car feels quite disconcerting, somehow.

In the US, I think Lincoln will still sell you a Town Car, but I doubt it will be for much longer.

Absolutely! Those appliances are leaving way too much oil for us to gratuitously waste.

I honestly don't get it. OK, they're not the cheapest, but there's no shortage of people commuting to work in $30k-something cars every day. And for that, plus general running around, they seem pretty well suited. It's not as if petrol is ever going to get any cheaper again.

Before people get too enthusiastic with the Russian jokes: they're Dutch.

Neither: they're Dutch. Though they sound so rural, they're probably only just this side of the German border.

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to be that guy:

Fo'shizzle, it's like the '90s in here. Only thing missing are the linux fanbois.

I think it's more a supplier than a country issue. My supplier, for example, only buys in from renewable sources, but my neighbour could well get his electricity from mostly coal powered stations...