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Outsider's Perspective: Law of diminishing returns
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If you spend about eighteen grand in a new car, you’ll end up with a reasonably equipped (if perhaps labeled as a base model) subcompact. If you spend that same amount of money on options on a mid-size car, you’ll end up with pretty much all the kit you could ever possibly want. Spend it…
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Outsider's Perspective: Will the Mini Clubman suceed?
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When I first saw the new Mini Clubman had transitioned from a stretched,unconventional wagon with three doors to a more traditional wagon whose only reference to the original are barn doors, which incidentally would totally work on a Suburban but they don’t quite do so here, I was ready to dismiss it as yet another…
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Outsider's Perspective: The Ford F-150 I want doesn't exist
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Like many of you, I spend some time building imaginary cars that I can’t afford but that would be very nice to own. And like you, I find out that the particular combination you want isn’t on the builder and it would take a particularly insane dealer to do negotiations with the manufacturer. The Ford…
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Outsider’s Perspective: Of BMW and its dipsticks
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Because it was about 2:30 P.M on a completely normal weekday, my brain decided that it was a perfect day to change what car I was lusting after. For the last…hour or so it had a been a Volkswagen Golf GTI with plaid and a Sunroof. Incidentally a combination that it’s impossible to purchase (insanity,…
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Outsider’s Perspective: The Top Gift that keeps on giving
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I’m guessing we’re all outsiders on the whole circus that is the show formerly known as Top Gear. The BBC is keeping their cards close to their chest partly out of the fact that they want the transition to the new show to go as smoothly as possible, but mostly because it doesn’t matter who…
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Outsider’s Perspective: I Believe in Paul Elio
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Since 2008 Elio motors has worked hard on delivering an 84 MPG three-wheeler vehicle that would provide the commuting public that’s not inclined or capable of riding a motorcycle with a cheap and efficient method of transportation. So far some developments have surfaced here and there. Especially regarding the continued development of prototypes as the…
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Outsider’s Perspective: The most hateful car in production today
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After the statute of limitations by Mazda expired everyone has agreed: The New Mazda Miata is the single best vehicle in the planet must own one. Yes, even if you need a seven-seater SUV what you must buy is a Miata. Personally I think that the rumoured Fiat 124 will add a little bit of…
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Outsider’s Perspective: The Gearhead consumer paradox
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I feel your pain in the Hooniverse, I too shed a tear when Nissan went ahead and confirmed that the Nissan IDx was dead. Not just dead dead but “dead as a disco-music-loving vampire who got staked through the heart in 1980” dead. Deader than “Peanut Butter Jelly Time”. Deader than any chance of a…
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Outsider’s Perspective: Homage cars done right
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The BMW 3.0 CSL Homage concept has to be BMW’s biggest missed opportunity this year. Every motoring journalist in the land would’ve waxed lyrical about it and about how BMW still has it despite seemingly selling their souls every day they release a new vehicle to fill a gap that doesn’t exist (Not that they…
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Outsider’s Perspective: Sorry Lancia, we’ll have to let you go
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A couple of days ago I was doing my ordinary perusal of eBay, because my life is extremely exciting and interesting, when I noticed that a beautiful Lancia Fulvia had been posted up for sale. And yes, it did got me to lament the slow and excruciatingly painful death that they’ve experienced over the last…
