The title of this is a joke that possibly only British readers will get. No. I'm not going to explain it.

Anyway, when I lived in the UK, my last car was a Rover. It was a great car, very fast, very comfortable, very reliable. Rover cars have always been that way, with the possible exception of their 1980's incarnations.

After the BMW ownership debaclé, the company was bought out by the management, who are trying to make it great again.

Well done chaps! I'd hate to see the last British car manufacturer go away.

Anyway, the point of this post is show you a picture of their new Touring Concept Vehicle.

Unfortunately, as with most car manufacturer websites, you'll need the very latest Flash plug-ins, but they provide links for that.

But look at that front view! Can you say Cadillac? Those headlight clusters are pure Caddy.

I'm sure the fine British chaps who designed it came up with the look off the top of their heads, but sometimes two people can invent the same thing, quite by accident.

This at least was Oasis' defence when accused of stealing plagarising Beatles tunes (and others). The fact that Oasis are a minimally-talented pub band at best, with the manners and education of a couple of badly shaved gorrilas, is neither here nor there.

But back to the car. I like it!

We have similar 'types' of vehicle in the US already. The Nissan Murano. is one, and the Infiniti FX45 is another.

I like the (frightfully British yet cooky) claim that you can carry a washing machine in the back of the Rover TCV without folding any seats down! American readers are no doubt boggling at why the hell you would ever want to do such a thing!

I also particularly like the fact that the floor of the back is flush with the bottom of the tailgate, thus allowing easier loading, and the fact that all the seats fold totally flush with the rear floor for extra cargo capacity.

Now all we need is for Rover to get a clue and start marketing themselves in the US. I think they'd be successful, given the generally luxurious nature of their cars, but only if they get some Americans to do their marketing for them.

After all, the British suck at promoting themselves.

Toodle-pip chaps.