TIL: St. Tropez is NOT the name of some Carribean island, but rather seems to be taken from the French city Saint Tropez on the Mediterranean coast.

Or maybe the GMC version on that same platform. The Terrain?

Somebody on this site somewhere (I think the Alpina B7 article?) made a comment that the stuff Tavarish writes is much more interesting and entertaining than “those Torchinsky articles,” or something to that effect.

“[O]ne of the worst cars of the 80s.”

Agreed. My Mazda3 i Touring hatchback is the perfect car for my purposes, and with the features it has was a hell of a deal at around $20k.

“Well-sorted” is subjective.

Hot Pursuit was great, but IMO, the subsequent NFS game, High Stakes, was more awesome.

That’s about $7,000 too much. Seriously, when did these appreciate so much?

Hmm first year of production? Have fun with N54’s revenge.*

Don't let Tavarish hear you say that.

Is that the Opel/Vauxhall version of the Chevette?

RWD too, IIRC.

That guy in the Suburban is my hero.

It's stories like this that gives me faith in humanity. I too have only heard good things about Mr. Branson; he seems like a magnificent individual.

They forgot Poland . . .

I love how the forklift shot is filmed at night and the "acid pit" shot was filmed during the day, yet they try to cohesively piece them together as one scene.

Predictably, the manual version weighs about 50 lbs less than an automatic.

Wow I didn't realize they were ceasing production entirely after the 2015 model year.

I thought they dropped the manual option from the Mazda5 last year?