As Opel Insignia here in Europe they are great. Excellent value for money. Smooth, quiet and well equipped. The only issue is size. It is huge outside (Doesn’t fit the standard parking lot size. Not a problem in America, I assume) but not as roomy on the inside. The rear doors are thick and heavy as walls of an…

I tried this method a couple of times. Learned it from my grandpa. He had a set of chrome blades on his Beetle so he just replaced rubber strip. But for me it’s not that much cheaper than buying a whole set of blades. You just click a new one onto an arm in two seconds. 

I drive a small manual hatchback through some narrow streets here in Europe and it can be pain in the butt. Especially during rush hour. Automatic with torque converter would be a godsend, but it is prohibitively expensive in a small economy car. Those single/dual clutch gearboxes are a bit complicated and not that…

I think they use this as a prop in third season of Future Man.

I think they use this as a prop in third season of Future Man.

This was a concept they had years ago. A strip of led light right on top of a dashboard. When you are driving closely behind someone or disobeying speed limit the strip would turn from green to yellow/red.

Border regime was tightened in the 50's, but there was still semi-free passage between East and West Berlin. They probably hid the parts under rear seat or something. In 1961. after the wall was build they became trapped on their side.

It could be a special sealant for tyre sidewall to hold it from slipping on the rim.

I was expecting it to have some kind of HUD projected on windscreen. Thought they were saving that feature for the reveal. Bit of a lost oportunitty, imho.

I’m not too bright myself, and counting triangles confused me. But it took me few minutes to deduce that number of triangles is either 21, 24 or 27. These people were powerless after half an hour of drawing lines in the sand. 

Explain to passerbys how you plan to do the stunt. One of them will feel sorry for you and give you their phone.

Ssangyong is Korean.

Neither that Platypus guy or whatever his name is. I actually didn’t lik any of the presenters.

Soil erosion is a bitch.

Better to burn out than fade away!

In one of the pictures you can see that it is a spiral spring attached to the driven rear wheel. My guess is that it prevents front end from lifting while driving.

I liked the idea of a car mall. Every car manufacturer with his offering in the same building. You walk from shop to shop to see what you like. Test drives available on the parking lot.

I like it. But I would still buy soft top rather than this. They should have made either a normal coupe car with fixed roof or targa with manual opening (to save weight). This feels like too much compromise for aesthetic purposes.

It will probably have better color choices. Miata is all: white, grey, white, grey, white, blueish grey, red.

Journalists always insist on that it was Soviet bloc. I don’t understand why, but then again it doesn’t really matter to average westerner.

That looks very nice. But of course it’s not available in my country. There is also Yamaha sr400 which I like, but that is over 7000 dollars. I think the days of cheap motoring are way behind us.