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    well, exports for the luxury cars I think. Like 40% of Mulsannes go to China !
    "A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'

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    Quote Originally Posted by jcp123 View Post
    So, with less opportunity out there to really explore the ever-increasing limits automakers are building into cars, will there eventually be a point where more performance just doesn't sell anymore? And to compete, cars simply have to be more fuel-efficient, space-efficient, and packed with feature content? Or do you think despite the piling on of traffic laws, there will always be the "outlaws" who will go for the big guns?
    Well it looks like the last “classic” rear wheel drive Commodore is going out with a bang.

    The Holden VF Commodore SS V-Series shown this week has a 6.2-litre naturally aspirated V8 engine beneath its bright-orange aluminium bonnet, 0.2L larger than the engine in the outgoing VE Commodore SS and the same engine used in current HSV models.

    Holden VF Commodore SS gets 6.2-litre V8, HSV to go supercharged |CarAdvice

    I have got such wood for this thing it’s not funny. I can see a manual version somewhere in my future. I hope.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    ...last month's best selling car in Spain was the Dacia Sandero...
    Great news!
    Life's too short to drive bad cars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pimento View Post
    Great news!
    So, James May has actually lived in the southern hemisphere all these years
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    ...last month's best selling car in Spain was the Dacia Sandero...
    Quote Originally Posted by pimento View Post
    Great news!
    Quote Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine View Post
    So, James May has actually lived in the southern hemisphere all these years
    Let me double check, just in case, but I think we are not in Africa.

    No, we aren't.

    Yet.

    Or something.

    (I'm so app-modern, smartphone-genius. Look at my multi-quote skills!)
    Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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    yeah but still failed Ferrer

    James May makes comments about the Dacia worldwide. Thus my new found belief that pimento has been James May all this time
    "A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine View Post
    yeah but still failed Ferrer

    James May makes comments about the Dacia worldwide. Thus my new found belief that pimento has been James May all this time
    Oh, I thought you meant he had bought all the Sanderos in Spain!

    Or something.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine View Post
    yeah but still failed Ferrer

    James May makes comments about the Dacia worldwide. Thus my new found belief that pimento has been James May all this time
    I do have long floppy hair and am rather pedantic...
    Life's too short to drive bad cars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pimento View Post
    I do have long floppy hair and am rather pedantic...
    What about the Nurburgring?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    What about the Nurburgring?
    It's a terrible place and I think thaa... aaaah, I can't do it. It's too much fun!
    Life's too short to drive bad cars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NSXType-R View Post
    I want a 4 door GT86/BR-Z. Preferably as a hatchback. Is that too much to ask?
    Well, I was wrong.

    Again.

    Probably.

    Toyota GT86 engineers explored shooting brake and sedan variants, are they still in the cards?
    Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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    Protesting against Chryslancias with a Fiat Ritmo has to be an irony.

    Lancia Fans Target Marchionne on Facebook for Transforming the Brand into a Chrysler Clone - Carscoops
    Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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    Nah, there is no place for irony in FB.

    Those people are genuinely stupid and can't really help it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Revo View Post
    Nah, there is no place for irony in FB.

    Those people are genuinely stupid and can't really help it.
    A shame. I thought they had a great sense of humour.

    Anyway.

    Could the 2003 Fulvia Coupe Concept Have Helped Revive Lancia? - Carscoops

    There's this also.

    And in case anyone is wondering, the answer is yes.

    And there's no probably this time.

    Or something.
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    Not making stunningly ugly cars might've helped too.
    Life's too short to drive bad cars.

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