TBH, I picked the RF because it’s kinda sorta coupé-ish, and I assume and hope the next GT86 will continue to be a proper coupé.

yes

Just make it prettier.

What the translated price doesn’t adequately convey is how damn cheap this thing is: less than half the price of a Wrangler (or Defender when we still had those). It costs as much a cooking Fiesta.

You can obviously go faster in Europe, but my experience with the many cars there of the Jimny’s size and power is that everybody will be a lot happier if you keep it to 65ish mph (105ish km/h). Just accept that you’re not going to overtake anyone, and I’m sure the little box will buzz along just fine all day.

20ºF = -6.6667ºC

Meanwhile, in Europe.

And build it on a proper basis.

Because in the condition you mention, fuel would be relatively expensive, and it is now, not 10 years ago?

Except that the technology that improved the fuel economy of CUVs also made sedans and hatchbacks more efficient, maintaining the normal car advantage in perpetuity. It’s just physics. Less frontal area + lower weight = lower fuel consumption.

I just wanted to know what that fetching sedan was. Thought it was a Fiat 1100, but it is its bigger brother: the 1800 / 2100. Also available as a rather nice Familiare longroof.

But wouldn’t a measure that takes in transmission efficiency be useful? If a slushbox loses more power than a manual tranny in what is otherwise the same car, that would be good to know.

Wait, is that a Léon Bollée voiturette?

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the VAG empire,

Maybe it could herald a return to the old specialty assemblers like Checker; platform from VW, body from some other place, generic interior by specialists and purpose designed.

I was thinking that that MEB floor and hip point looked uncomfortably high.

Not when you think that Tesla has just three models: S, X and 3. BMW, Mercedes and Audi in the ‘50s through to the ‘80s generally had just four or five.

It was also a literal centre piece in a gorgeous exhibition on Modernism in the V&A in London some years back

One doesn't trifle with actually putting and retrieving objects. One has people for such tasks. Several people, in fact.

"Interesting" is also a good description of modern Spyker's design...