GM and Firestone conspiring to buy all of the light-rail and trolley lines throughout the US so they could sell more buses and tires.

they did it well in the early days too. see >

One thing is sure : Peugeot's boring days are definitely over. Bring it on Sochaux !

I still lament the day Peugeot left our shores...

Apart from the citroen DS the Rover was the most technologically advanced car of its day. Worthy of an entire article rather than "cool seat belts". But kudos for mentioning it at all.

It's a real shame what happened to Triumph, Rover and MG. I'm glad Jaguar survived, but I'd have loved to see the rest of the good of the British car industry survive to see the renaissance of the UK car industry.

The Mk X. I know some people call the XJ6 the last "real" Jaguar, but nuh-uh, it was this one. That wood. That leather. That stance that says "Why, yes, I did go to Oxford." The Rover, nice as it is (or, rather, nice as the 3500 would be) says "Um, I went to Leeds?"

I voted for the Rover. My dad had a 2000 single carb manual followed by a 3500 auto back in the 70's and I remember the fantastic separate rear seats, they felt like real luxury at the time. Was the dogtooth upholstery an American option? Rovers of that vintage in the UK used leather, a racy red in the 2000 my dad…

The world would be a happier place if more cars came with houndstooth textiles. And plaid, a la '77 Scirocco. I dare you, modern auto makers. Bet yer chicken.

I'd definitely have the Rover. It's the less obvious choice, it's more interesting, and the upholstery and seatbelts are just beyond amazing.

The Rover. Because DeDion rear suspension and pushrod front (bellcrank really, but it had horizontal springs to give more space in the engine bay).

No longer with us (unfortunately), but...

That Bugatti (Photo 5) was in the pit space next to me. Absolutely beautiful car.

I would love to know what percentage of the overall fleet of federally owned cars that makes up. I am guessing this is not that significant in the scheme of things. I imagine that any business that has a large enough fleet has a couple percent of it sitting idle at any given time.

All you poor sports in the comments saying "all it does is recirculate the air"

'80s vedges

We did. At least, until multiple companies conspired together to drive the rail companies into the ground so as to drive people towards automobiles, via both propaganda and buying up controlling shares of said companies and then shutting down lines. Try looking up the stacks of rail cars that followed, the pictures…

IF we were a civilized country we would have rail systems.

We should overthrow the government! Or at least the 25 year import rule.