So apart from the question whether she'd speak Hakka with a weird accent 'in universe', I'm not sure that imposing the lowest common denominator norm for the US market on the remaining 95% of humanity is a recipe for authenticity.

Weirder yet, they made her a historic Hakka who speaks English?!

That’s not a Mini. It’s a tyre shredding machine wearing a disemboweled Mini’s scalp.

I guess I’ve been more blessed than I thought. My 32 year old hoopty's oil level hasn’t visibly moved at all in a year...

I’m not sure about sure the Ro 80 quite fits in this category, but the Lancia Fulvia probably does. Both the Berlina and the Coupé, funnily enough, but in different ways.

So you carry oil on long trips?

But the Oldsmobile is very sad about what the 4th of July has been turned into.

I guess the alternative reading is that there is no substitute for government regulation.

In reality, it'd be a thousand or two less than a GTI. Converting sticker prices is grossly misleading.

Converting car sticker prices across currencies is completely useless.

We think the French come up with weird-ass constructions, but, man, those Brits. Engineering on acid.

Bingo!

Funny you should mention that. Japan-only mobile phones, from before the 3G onslaught, are known as ‘galapago’. This is not a compliment, and that generation of Japan-only phones was the last.

63hp, so engineers put superchargers and turbochargers on them to make more torque. They even add sophisticated AWD systems to some models.

Or, alternatively, “Hey, look at me- I’m not going to be a wage slave so that I can buy pointless status symbols"

All the best designs are all function, no styling.

Hmmmm, ekiben!

I think we can all agree that riding the train is objectively bad.

It’s great that cars like this still exist, and are still loved and cared for.

And