God drives a Volkswagen Thing

Our previous Cadillac Car compilation generated a lot of response and therefore it made sense to continue this theme.

However without realizing I had already planted myself a seed in the comments which would give this theme a different twist…

 

‘Do you think there ever will be a lot of songs about present day cars? Toyota Blues? Pink Suzuki??’

 

That send me down the digital rabbit hole tracking down ‘other’ type of car songs.

I was pleasantly surprised to discover heaps of songs about non American brands as well as present day cars in various languages by at times not particularly well known artists, but overall intriguing enough to be featured here.

Whether British (the ‘naughty’ Ballad of the Mini Cooper), French (2CV, my mom used to drive one, great car!), German (the hilarious Volkswagen Thing), Japanese (Police In Toyota reggae!) or general (You're Still Not Safe In A Japanese Car & Tiny European Cars), you’re bound to have a good time here!

Featuring the following artists: The Beggarmen / Gilberto Gil / The Sports / Jumpin' John Goldsmith / Lloyd Cole & The Commotions / Taj Mahal / Arthur Adams / Clem Snide / Hugo Matthysen / Joseph Arthur / Fountains of Wayne / Henry & The Bleeders / O Martim / Asylum Street Spankers / Russell Dickerson / Media Suela Rock / Neil Camm / Plastic Tones / Savoy Brown / Andrew D. Gordon / Us / Buccaneer / Mads Kinen