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I’m At A Villa In Germany With The Keys To 50 Awesome Cars. Which Should I Drive?

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TOSSABL
TOSSABL
1 year ago

Whateverthehell an Ora Funky Cat is, ya kinda gotta drive it. 911T caught my eye-as well as the Polestar2 and the Ionic6

Edit: Ora is Great Wall Motors. The car I like the look of—and, I’ll leave off right there

Last edited 1 year ago by TOSSABL
NosrednaNod
NosrednaNod
1 year ago

Whatever, James Bond.

ScaredOfGeese
ScaredOfGeese
1 year ago
  • BMW iX1 xDrive 30: would appreciate the comparison with your i3
  • Ineos Grenadier: duh.
  • Mazda RX8: only rotary on the list, right? that’s mandatory.
Maine Maine
Maine Maine
1 year ago

Volkswagen ID. Buzz LWB! And please imagine sleeping and hanging out inside [with hopefully inevitable] camper and weekender versions, and report back! Danke.

Mike Smith
Mike Smith
1 year ago

1) Volkswagen Classic Beetle GSR – if you don’t, Torch will never forgive you!
2) Microlino – because cute!
3) Opel Astra GSe – Stellantis PHEV hot-ish hatch, platform may make it to the US in some form
4) Peugeot 3008 MHEV – because mild hybrid is the way I thought electrification should have gone (at least at the start) instead of the ‘skip to the back of the book’ path the US ended up trying to take
5) Ineos Grenadier – new-old school range rover
6) Ora Funky Cat – because funky cat
7) Aiways U6 – how close to legit are the low cost Chinese EV’s coming into the EU?
8) Audi TT RS – pour one out for the last of the turbo 5’s
9) BMW M2 – is it the last of the ‘ultimate driving machine’ BMW’s, or has that already passed?

Stef Schrader
Stef Schrader
1 year ago
Reply to  Mike Smith

if he doesn’t drive the Microlino, I will never forgive him

Tim Beamer
Tim Beamer
1 year ago

Ineos Grenadier!

Stef Schrader
Stef Schrader
1 year ago

MICROLINO!!!

If you don’t drive the Microlino, I swear to parsh I will hock a kidney on the internet, buy a gott dang plane ticket, find where this is and go drive it myself.

I am also interested in that Cayenne, but not at the expense of a Microlino drive. MICRO. LINO. MI. CRO. LI. NO. DO IT OR ELSE.

Last edited 1 year ago by Stef Schrader
Arrest-me Red
Arrest-me Red
1 year ago

Tough choice and they won’t let you see “Which keys do yo want?” “Yes”.

While other people’s Alfas are fun, I would go with the Alpina.

DadBod
DadBod
1 year ago

Wait what are those Hyundai vans??? VANS!!
also please drive the Ineos Grenadier because the Tour de France

Dave
Dave
1 year ago

Top 5, in no particular order:

  • BMW Alpina B5 GT
  • Mazda CX-60 Diesel
  • Audi TT Gen 1
  • Toyota 2000 GT
  • Ineos Grenadier

Or drive them all. After all, sleep is for the weak, right?

Jack Beckman
Jack Beckman
1 year ago

I guess I’m the outlier; I want reviews of stuff we *can* get over here. Because maybe I’ll be interested in getting one. Stuff I can’t get? While somewhat interesting, I’m sure I can find Euro reviews of those if I care to look.

Drew
Drew
1 year ago
Reply to  Jack Beckman

I think a mix of both would be good. Especially since there are European readers who can get some of the stuff we can’t get here.

Matt Hardigree
Matt Hardigree
1 year ago
Reply to  Drew

Looking good, Drew!

Taargus Taargus
Taargus Taargus
1 year ago

I see a picture of the Hyundai Staria, but it’s not on the list. This is what I want.

Also the Funky Cat and of course the Microlino. And why not the latest Opel Astra?

Maybe you should just drive all of it.

Last edited 1 year ago by Taargus Taargus
Amberturnsignalsarebetter
Amberturnsignalsarebetter
1 year ago

YES! Staria, Microlino and Funky Cat were on my list.

10001010
10001010
1 year ago
  • Volkswagen ID.3 Facelift
  • Volkswagen ID. Buzz LWB (static)
  • Ora Funky Cat
  • Microlino
A. Barth
A. Barth
1 year ago

As others have mentioned, it would be great to hear about models we don’t get in the US – an additional vote for the Microlino, bitte.

Having said that, I would like to see your feedback on the Tonale.

Viel Spass!

CSRoad
CSRoad
1 year ago

I vote for a selection of vehicles we don’t see here in North America, but might be suited to US conditions.

Toecutter
Toecutter
1 year ago

My top 5 picks:

-Toyota 2000 GT
-Volkswagen Classic Beetle GSR
-Mazda MX-5 RF
-Microlino

…and because you are the one driving them, something you would probably enjoy driving

-Ineos Grenadier

Last edited 1 year ago by Toecutter
MrLM002
MrLM002
1 year ago

Honestly if you’re in Europe, drive all the sensible diesels you can while you still can, bonus points if they don’t take DEF

As far as what’s on the list Mazda CX-60 Diesel

Boxing Pistons
Boxing Pistons
1 year ago
Reply to  MrLM002

I remember buying my ‘11 Jetta TDI and being impressed that it didn’t require DEF. I thought to myself “Man, these VW guys have it figured out! Why can’t anyone else get their emissions to an acceptable point with DEF?” We all know the answer, now!

Drew
Drew
1 year ago

How many do you have time for? I’m interested in the new gen Polestar for purchasing reasons, but that feels like a missed opportunity with all the cooler things.

The Cayenne prototype, the CX-60 diesel, and whichever Peugeot interests you would all be interesting, I think, and at least a couple heritage.

PresterJohn
PresterJohn
1 year ago

Priority on stuff we don’t get here along with the Grenadier and the RX-8 of course.

Rich Hobbs
Rich Hobbs
1 year ago

Please to drive all the classics! And any supercars, and call it a good day!

MATTinMKE
MATTinMKE
1 year ago

I don’t know what many of those are (yet), so drive things we can’t get in the states. I like to learn about things like that.

Mike
Mike
1 year ago

Does “static” mean you can’t drive it? Aw… who cares… HOON THE ALPINA!

Otherwise, I’d just go for the Giulia and the 911. Then maybe some of the more interesting forbidden fruit we don’t get in the states.

Taco Shackleford
Taco Shackleford
1 year ago

Whatever the Maxus cars are, drive those! The Ineos, and the Microlino would be cool to see also

The Stig's Misanthropic Cousin
The Stig's Misanthropic Cousin
1 year ago

Another vote for the Microlino. A modern electric Isetta sounds interesting. My assumption is that it sucks, but I’d like to read about it nonetheless.

(Incidentally, Microlino’s website says it has enough space for two adults and three beer crates. How much beer does the average Microlino owner drink??? Is this a car for alcoholics? Maybe it should be renamed the Microwino?)

Last edited 1 year ago by The Stig's Misanthropic Cousin
Taco Shackleford
Taco Shackleford
1 year ago

I used to have a mazda3 hatchback, and did liquor runs for the restaurant I worked at in it. The 3 could hold 45 cases of liquor with 2 passengers, and one time I got 52 cases in using the passenger seat. So as interested as I am in the Microlino it has way too small of an alcohol capacity.

ES
ES
1 year ago

sorry, spent the 90’s as a bartender: are you talking a standard case of liquor, twelve .75 Liter bottles? i’m trying to wrap my mind around fitting seven of those boxes in the passenger seat of any compact car, and i can’t. Never mind the 45 boxes in the rear area, as i’m never been inside a mazda3, but maybe folding the rear seats and leaving the hatch ajar…

Stef Schrader
Stef Schrader
1 year ago

Sometimes you’re just the poor sucker who ends up going on the group beer run.

Boxing Pistons
Boxing Pistons
1 year ago

Grenadier or Funky Cat.

Tyler Anderson
Tyler Anderson
1 year ago

Literally drive anything that we can’t get in America.

The Miata RF owner will give an exception to the Miata RF, though.

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