Fiat Pandas used to come in this pale custard yellow

Ah, nationalism. The surefire way to give the unelectable power and make the unconscionable policy. And sell the unsellable, it seems.

And regardless of power, cars of that age also have the ‘memento mori’ ABS and traction control.

Japan: hold my sake...

To my eyes, the Mazda Luce is what the Lancia Fulvia Berlina should have been, but wasn’t.

These things are small, though.

For public roads, that seems a whole lot easier and safer than any ground rail...

Or the guy with the Pikachu powered 1990s Peugeot 406?

That’s nice.

True, that. The Zagato Sport version is even more psychedelic, but might well tip you over the edge:

A seriously big ass bidet 😉

As near as I can tell, a Mazda 2 fascia should bolt right in:

Well... You can still get manny trannies with four different engines in the new Mazda 6...

That CMC Veryca looked oddly familiar, and, sure enough, it’s a Mitsubishi Minicab with a nose and bum job.

Yup. Cars are a deeply flawed transport technology, but magnificent human artefacts.

While you’re budgetting, don’t forget that there is epic driving near Edinburgh too. The North Coast 500 is legendary for good reasons, but also a bit busy.

Well, this is from the country that gave the cutesy Eurovision Song Contest its most satanic winner evah

So in, the beginning was Fiat.

I fear that will take about as long as the US joining the rest of the world and using standard weights & measures.

That’s not going to be fun in an RHD car in an LHD country, or vice versa.