My father bought one of the new Dacias back in Hungary in the eighties (not a ute, just a 4 door sedan). From the dealership, he drove it to my grandfather's garage, they worked on that car for 3 days straight to make it somewhat useable, mind you, brand new, just out of the factory. The testament for workmanship of…

Saw one today, smaller and uglier than the pictures, but probably fun.

Dusty in here, something in my eye...

Yup, both wheels are driven, very cool design and a working in execution.

Because it says "automatic" it doesn't mean you can't do manual override, it isn't an automatic transmission, it is a clutch that lets you make gear switches without pulling the clutch lever in, but if you want to you can still do it.

You can manual clutch with it if you want.

Well the article was about "Coolest", an AWD 450 is cooler then a diesel 650, oh wait this is jalopnik, never mind, also not a station wagon, double whamy :)

Sorry, this whips #8 hard (all wheel drive dirtbike on patrol in Afghanistan):

Exactly, and I bet he pulled the Mondeo out too. Just watch "Long Way Round" and you'll see how much people rely on these drivers on that part of the world.

Thanks, instead of doing this:

The bottom picture should be:

Then:

I drove these in the Army (Hungarian), the militay version had much smaller seats, the back rest was very low. It didn't go fast but it never left us stranded, and boy, did we try.

Probably not the greatest, but one of the coolest, while lowriders are not my cup of tea, this one just cool:

And the blackjack...

20,000kms, I wish, a softer compound tire on my motorcycle last for about 3200kms

What a squid!

I did, it was fun, hopefully they keep the format and don't bring back the interview/celebrity driving small car sequence - those always seemed forced. Without it the show has more time to focus on whatever else they doing in the episode.

Isle of Man TT:

In this particular case a motorcycle would have been beneficial :)