The E23 was BMW’s first-generation 7-Series, sold from 1977–1986, and the 735i was the big-engine version most Americans saw near the end of the run. These cars have aged into a wonderfully angular combination of executive sedan with styling that looks good, safety that is acceptable, and reliable enough to be a daily driver. Today’s […]
The Volvo 780 is what happens when Volvo hands its fundamentally rectangular 700-series sedan to Bertone in Turin and asks them to make it look expensive. The result is still clearly a Volvo, but every panel from the windshield back seems to have spent a semester abroad at an Italian finishing school. Unlike the earlier […]
The original Daihatsu Midget was a strange 3-wheeled, single-seat “mini-truck” resembling a fusion of French, Polish, and Neptunian design language. It was discontinued in 1972, as the realization dawned that cars should ideally accommodate at least two, if not four, passengers. Fast forward to 1996 when Daihatsu reintroduced the Midget, this time with more power, […]
This next car comes as a tip from Jeff who writes: Love this car. Bang for the buck it’s hard to beat and how can you not love the Knight Rider dash. Pricing is a little brisk, but looks nice. If I didn’t have an ankle replacement I would jump on this. Find this 1986 […]
Under that enormous hood is a gnarly aluminum intake manifold that feeds a 6.0-liter twin-turbo W12, making roughly 550 hp and 480 lb-ft, driving all four wheels through a 6-speed automatic. Performance was absurd for a 5,400-pound luxury sedan: about 0–60 mph in ~5 seconds and a top speed around 190+ mph. When new this […]
The Ford Maverick is an interesting car because it had most of the ingredients of an early Mustang, only packaged in the car Ford originally marketed to people who thought Mustangs had become too expensive. Today’s example is powered by the 302 V8, and has an interesting hood scoop setup which was part of the […]
I’ve gotten obsessed with 80s/90s Mercedes-Benz product in the last few years — partly because they were amazingly engineered machines, but also because they are dirt cheap on the market today. Don’t expect Japanese car reliability or American car used part prices, but availability of replacement parts (OEM or aftermarket) is strong and diagnostics isn’t […]
Most of the cars we feature around here are photographed by folks with potato phones in settings such as rotting in a barn (that’s a barn find), parked at the gas station at night (no low balls), or parked on a flatbed (bring a trailer). So it is with some degree of fanfare that we […]
We featured an ugly SRT-4 powered Dodge Caravan a few days ago and this next car looks like the perfect alternative if your prefer sushi instead of mac n cheese. It started life as a basic family hauler Isuzu Oasis, which in case you didn’t know is a rebadged Honda Odyssey sold in the US […]
