1) Andy Palmer succeeding at Aston Martin
He’s a Brit, we like him, we love Aston, and it won’t be easy
2) Daniel Ricciardo winning the F1 driver’s championship
He’ll have his work cut out, but he’s funny, brilliant and not a twat
3) Lotus coming good with any of the new cars it promised in 2010
Dany Bahar, he knew what we wanted. Can Jean-Marc Gales please give it to us?
4) Jaguar not mentioning old cars for 12 months
It’s asking a lot, we know, but… heritage! (Damn, now we’re doing it)
5) A 200bhp Twingo RS
Rear-wheel drive? Check. Rear engine? Check. Power? Ah…
6) Marchionne not screwing up Ferrari
If he builds an SUV and mass produces 458s in the US we’ll be really cross
Click below for the rest of CAR’s top 100 moments of 2014:
The nine best sports cars of the year
Four seismic Nurburgring laptimes
Eight cars that changed our minds about electric power
Top six people we talked about
Six back-from-the-dead stories
Six things we said goodbye to
Top 10 motorsport moments
Seven things we never thought we’d see
Six biggest disappointments
Top five tech trends of 2014
Top 10 quotes of 2014
10 great CAR magazine features from 2014