Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Jag V12 in the Range rover, prototypes of the Range with a bmw v12 engine and another with the V12 Aston engine. Range does come with the xf engine...that has more torque and bhp than the toerag?

But you'd have to be seen in a Range Rover. No amount of torque is worth the indignity.

hahaha, space.

Also time and money.

Even now that there is a 120k one?

Can see where you are coming from.

What else is there in the V8 estate vein?

MG ZT

Wasn't there, briefly, a V8 Passat?

There was a W8, don't think there was a V8.

The W8 wasn't especially powerful - 270bhp I think

Chrysler 300c in either 5.7 v8 (Hemi but not hemi) 350bhp and the 6.1 that was 430 odd but could go more. Built by Merc/steyr using merc chasis/suspension but it was rear wheel drive.....

Chrysler 300c. Fucking awful, but available with a V8.

Sold!

How about a non RS A6?
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/audi/a6/audi-a6-c5-quattro-4-2-quattro-estate-1999/6576103

2007 M5 touring is pretty much the same price as that Alpina B10 wagon.

So why are they awful?

Ha!

Cyclist hit front right wing, some body work needed.

If you get a 300C you must do this to it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Passat

Looks like you are correct.

Passat R36 is very nice. 295 bhp, only V6 though.

If they made a Phaeton estate I'd have that with no qualms.

R36 passat very nice. The dsg in them is beefed up and gives no issues if given fresh oil and filters every 60,000 kays or so. Reserved and rapid enough. Not sure if low down oomph would be enough. It almost sound like dammit wants a diesel...

I'd also suggest a vxr8 estate if they sell em over there.

Not sure that they do, or they came here in large numbers.

E39 M5's are very cheap these days, shame they never made an estate.

My skoda was hesitating and a bit jerky under heavy acceleration this morning, then engine light flashed up. Plugged in the little obd2 reader and the code it's giving me is:

P0302 Cylinder #2 Misfire

How expensive is this gonna be? For reference, it's a mk1 octavia vrs.