Havent they learned yet that a bigger V6 diesel will outperform any 4 cylinder in every measure? Let me tell you about a Van I’ve driven, the 2014 Mercedes Viano 3.0 CDI Lang, a 2.2 ton, 224hp, RWD mid-size van with a sub-9s 0-60 time and a 130mph top speed. Driven normally on a highway biased route it’ll average…

1.9 Turbo D is a religion.

Ish

You know, I was roughly five years old, and watching an old James Bond movie called Goldfinger, and of course my favourite car from that movie was the 64 Continental:

DPF? You mean those things that Peugeot had in the 90s and were mandatory in europe for over ten years now?

Nah. The T4 is best served with the 2.5L engines.

As you can probably figure, the new bigger Tiguan only exists because of America and China, the rest of the world obviously gets a short new Tiguan thats only marginally larger than the first gen.

Technically its a first world car. Built before Czechoslovakia became communist (second world). 1948 to 1950 T87 are second world cars. Third world only applies to those countries that aligned with neiter the “west” nor the communists (so parts of asia, parts of south america and most of africa)

Ah Lancia, a company fondly remembered by many people for their Fiat parts bin specials and Abarth built race cars.

Why don’t more cars have little trash cans?

Neutral: I occasionally drive a mid 2000s Zafira service van at work. Its a Diesel with an automatic. Most notable feature is a sport button that adjusts the shift pattern, most useful to annoy my co-workers.

At least with the V6, they tried position it as something of a sports sedan as they gave it triple carbs that no other factory PRV had, briefly making the Tagora the fastest french production four seater.

GJ, only took them twelve years to bring the Royal limousine into production.

About 310.

Lifted french 4x4 Minivan anyone?

The Simca may have been stripped to the bones, but you still had that 2.4L V8.

I know we’ve been arguing about Diesel many times, and I am not going to start another one here, except I am going to disagree on your generalization that Diesel = shitty engine note. At idle and on any 4 cylinder I’d agree (because 85% of petrol 4 bangers sound like ass too), but once you go beyond the four and put…

How is a W123 TD less antichrist than any other diesel.

You sure it didn’t die when they made Vans...