The original ran for two seasons, albeit in the shorter season format that british TV uses (6-7 episodes per season). But I don’t mean to nitpick, the american version was its own thing, no discussion.

Yeah, and I think it’s what we have right now in terms of nostalgia for the 90s. It’s organic, and has that dirtier edge that probably won’t be there when we get a second wave of 90s nostalgia.

Yeah, I was going to say the same, born in 82, nostalgic for the 70s from some point in the mid-90s onwards, especially with cars and music. And I loved the first wave of 80s nostalgia back in the early aughts, not gonna lie. This second wave of 80s nostalgia feels concocted in marketing briefings, it’s much cleaner…

You may want to fix that title. For a moment there I thought Nissan UK in the 80s came up with a slightly different name for the Bluebird (which sounds like the most British Car Industry thing ever this side of a bottle of Lucas Wiring Harness Smoke).

I don’t see myself as old, I’ve yet to turn 40, and I’ve preferred old, used looking cars to shiny marvels of modern technology fresh out of the showroom since I was a kid. And this is about aesthetics, not a tech thing; I love rowing my own gears in my 34hp Renault 4 but I’d do an EV swap in a heartbeat if I could…

Yeah, not dire enough sadly. Briatore managed to have a French court overturn his indefinite ban from any FIA-sanctioned event, and just last October there was talk of him making a return to F1 soon. As a Renault fanboy all I can say is: fuck that guy.

Literally my first thought. That this would spark conspiracy theories, not that there was one, mind you.

This is the one advice that matters above all others. It’s ok to be really into some specific area in car culture, just don’t let it blind you to the point that you outright dismiss any or all other areas as inferior. Taste is subjective and people are different, which is awesome.

Yup, still one of my favourite rally cars ever, but a Group B Panda would be next level bonkers. But still, I can’t even decide whether I like the 131 Abarth best with the iconic black and yellow Olio Fiat livery, the iconic tricolore Alitalia livery or the iconic plain white and blue. I love it pastel pink too.

I love the OG Panda so, so much. There were actually a few rally Pandas, mostly 4x4s doing the Paris-Dakar back in the 80s and 90s.

I absolutely will not give you shit and I’ll raise you: as someone who’s never driven an auto, I’m kinda terrified that I ever have to do it in an emergency, because I will not know how to do it. It has crossed my mind that I should ask someone to give me practical lessons on how to operate an automatic.

Came here to remember which game I remembered the Panoz Roadster from. Thanks. I was thinking it was one of the late 90s Test Drive games.

Haha we do still have some cool old cars on the road. In the course of that same trip I also pass by a restaurant that has a Datsun pickup and two Quatrelles in the most prominent spots in the parking lot, all restored to concours condition and painted in bright yellow to match the restaurant logo, and a few km later…

I pass a fully preserved/restored 4CV - nicknamed Renault “Joaninha”, which means ladybug where I’m from - twice a week, halfway through a nearly 100km trip in my ‘91 Renault 4. Next to the 4CV there’s an equally well preserved Citroën Ami (I think it’s an Ami 6, but I never stopped to confirm). Next time I’ll stop to…

Just to be clear, I only mean model names, nothing wrong with the name Ssangyong for me. But I didn’t know what it meant, that’s a kickass name.

I’m ok with Ssangyong, I mean just their astoundingly ridiculous car names.

Exactly.

I have to take issue with the Quattroporte making it to this list. It’s a comically awesome name.

Absolutely off topic, but this right here:

While we can all unequivocally agree that the answer is a Ssangyong, how do we decide which one is the dumbest of the dumbest? Korando, Musso, Rexton, Actyon, Rodius/Stavic, Kyron, Istana, Kallista. I mean, c’mon. How do you pick one over the others?