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Behold the 2002 Multiwagon, the little Euro van that does it all.

 

For absolutely no reason, it has a turbocharged, 200 horsepower 4 cylinder engine, with an AWD manual transmission. Yes, it is a sports car and powerful semi-off-roader all rolled into one.

 

It's 1.5 tons, or tonnes, whichever is the metric one - there are leaf springs in the rear (bad decisions time...), the top end of the engine is cast iron, I didn't make a record of how much this thing costs but it must be something stupid.

 

On the doors are plastic grilles that are basically fake vents. These are for wiping muddy boots on to get the dirt off! There is also another one on the rear hatch door for some reason.

 

It also has side running boards, plus some grab handles so if there's someone elderly or just unsteady on their feet they can hold on and have an easy step up. They would also be useful for if it was really slippery with mud or ice as you could hold on and have somewhere safe to stand up on. Alternatively you could just stand on the running board and hang onto the side of the car as it went along.

 

The rear doors open backwards so you can basically open the whole of the side of the car up, which would probably be useful in some way.

 

As well as the roof rack, there is a rear spoiler because with 200 bhp it has to have something sporty about it, oh and a big, massive, shiny exhaust pipe too.

 

On the rear the number plate is offset to make room for the all-important TURBO badge, plus a door handle for the boot lid. You may have also noticed the side door handles are absolutely massive. Other features are side mirrors with the indicator repeaters incorporated into them, plus a special little point on each corner that you can tie stuff like banners or flags to in case you're the head of a medieval battle reenactment society and need to tie your banners to something to hold them up at the village fair.

 

The car even has some normal features such as lights and wheels, but being the type of car it is it also has to have some seemingly pointless squiggly, orange graphics in several places all over it, just to go nicely with its metallic lime paint finish.

 

And it's not terribly huge either, so it can be a city car as well as a sports car, family car, off roader, car for old people, first car (2nd hand maybe), last car (8th hand maybe), and if you fold the seats flat a small van. You could probably sleep in it too, two in the back on the folded seats and one across the front two - the gear stick would fold flat or something so you could put a sleeping bag across. There's no tow hook on this one, but fit one and it'd tow trailers and caravans and stuff too.

 

The only car you'll ever need!

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Uploaded on December 31, 2019