I'd go with the fuel filler cap is on the wrong side of the SAAB - so I would guess to get the LHD SAAB the have inverted a picture of a RHD car. Am I correct?
Some american thing ?
The Fiat Punto II was never on sale in the US thus your deserted American street scene makes no sense.
No, not really. The wheels themselves aren't that heavy to compress the springs much.