I’m going to make my second submission with the Bedford Green Goddess. Procured in the early 50s as a contingency water pumper for post nuclear attack, these were stored around the UK in their thousands, only coming out to play in the hands of the military during the times the fire brigade went on strike, first in the…

Chevy Firenza Can-Am: a small Vauxhall coupe with the Camaro Z28's V8, built for South Africa.

I feel the same about rust. Something about its creeping, inexorable progress really eats at me, much as it eats at my cars. I hate that I feel guilty every time I drive on a salty road, but I can’t seem to help it.

Didn’t read the whole article, .but when is this new and improved Bentayga going to start hitting the showroom? Imho, this one looks way better than the first gen.

4L sold more than 5 millions during their run. They’re neither obscure nor terrible.
There is still A LOT of them on the roads today. Mostly in France and africa.
They aren’t even expensive either, you can find a fully functionnal 0 rust 0 repairs needed one for less than 3 grand.

This brochure was clearly made by and Englishman, as they seem to be obsessed with putting their dogs in the boot. 

Follows on from torsion bar suspension and a feature of several other Renaults as well.

If France has ceased to exist by this time next year, I will eat one (1) whole escargot.

The transmission is between the front wheels, the engine is mounted longitudonally behind it.

The “flying car” ad is an interesting premonition to the Weasley’s Anglia in the Harry Potter movies

Ooooh, a 100E! Exciting times.

I’m telling you, modern trucks are just three box sedans only with bigger tires.

They use rejected BMW/Mini motor mounts. Cross threaded at the factory - just a small upcharge.

There are far fewer moving parts in an electric car than in a gasoline engine car. Aside from tires, consumables like brake pads last longer. There are Nissan Leafs (leaves?) that are ten years old and while they suck, they don’t suck more than any other decade old economy car.

If you consider hybrids, the oldest…

missed one:  my guess is this is a Peugeot PX-50

The Boogy Moors - That’s my new band’s name.  

Nikola says the Badger will outperform every electric pickup on the market. Which is convenient, because there are no electric pickups on the market.

I will give you a pass as you are both not English and very young.BMC and Pininfarina were closely linked for years, indeed the Austin A40 was marketed as “The Austin Farina”

Her name is Chen Tao, but the Cult is 真道 Pinyin would be Zhen Dao. So they are not even the same words. The Taiwanese used an older romanization, hence the spelling is not the same as the Pinyin used in the mainland.