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Being a dad doesn’t mean you have to fetch your kids in some godawful minivan. Becoming a father is one of the best experiences in life, sadly it is usually followed by one of the worst. That is the moment when you hand in the keys to your sporty little two-seater for something with sliding doors and more cupholders than cylinders. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are plenty of cars out there that can seat four, perhaps not in comfort but life is full of compromises and a 10-hour road trip in the back of a cramped coupe is a valuable life lesson. Once your kids get older, they will appreciate the fact that their dad is not dropping them off at school in some boxy minivan too. So, we have selected some of the coolest ‘dad’ cars that can fit a booster seat in the back but still draw the kind of attention usually reserved for a two-seater sports car. Toyota 86 The 200-hp Toyota 86 is no dragstrip racer and even the kids at school will know that but it is well-priced, and its han...

FCA says the Roxor, shown, has Jeep characteristics such as a boxy body with flat vertical sides. India's Mahindra and Mahindra is seeking an injunction against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to stop FCA from proceeding with a patent violation complaint aimed at stopping Mahindra from exporting a Jeep-like vehicle to the U.S. Fiat Chrysler filed a trade complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission on Aug. 1 seeking to prevent Mahindra from importing the Roxor in to the U.S. , an off-road vehicle that looks like the Jeep. According to the complaint, certain design features of the Roxor infringed the intellectual property rights of FCA's Jeep design. The complaint was "without merit," Mahindra said in a statement on Wednesday. The company and its Mahindra Automotive North America unit have filed a public interest statement with the trade commission and have begun proceedings in a Michigan court to enforce a design agreement that it executed with Fiat in 2009. ...