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A Golf TDI is nice but not even near competitive in that spec in Europe.

Not sure if it counts - it's very similar to the '49 - but still one of my favourite American cars.

... and swallows lungs, stomach and guts back to their designated positions. Yowza.

Such a shame. With a just bit more support from the General, it coulda bin a contender.

One striking aspect of car tests in German media is the prominence of brake tests: distance to 0 from various speeds, behaviour under various split surface combinations, etc. If the car doesn't make the grade, it's called out, no matter how good in other disciplines.

Snap!

I like to pay taxes. With them I buy civilization.

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Which is fortunate, because they're pretty much the same thing these days

Cooler than the Ark of the Covenant

Hey, Hamster! That was the best hatch from the '80s you're gratuitously insulting there. Or do you seriously prefer this prime specimen of proud British engineering?

Are the absence of safety checks and insurance requirements really that desirable?

Yep, that, and former owner Lord Rothermere's charming notes to a certain Mr. A. Hitler:

Brits call it the Daily Fail for a reason.

Yup, managed the coasting out of the driveway trick too at a very tender age. This being Europe, my folks had a flyweight Citroën Dyane, so a neighbour who saw it happening, gently nudged it back with his car, with no harm to either party.

Can't say I agree; I've done many miles on mine, and it's been solid as a rock. It's just that these extreme racing machines have weird geometry and virtually no scope for lateral stabilisation.

The HY is yet more proof of the genius of Citroën- even if the execution wasn't always as great.

Heh. Not sure where that is, but it certainly looks like the bits of the UK I know; bike is the quickest, and most reliable means of getting from a to b.