1980-2000
The Fiero hit the streets for the 1984 model year as the American answer to cheap mid-engine sports cars from Japan and Europe. The Fiero started with some cheap parts bin suspension (and the iron duke 4-cylinder engine) but GM finally fitted the mid engine Fiero with a proper suspension for the 1988 model year […]
I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that $8k is a lot of money to spend on an aging Mercedes-Benz sedan…and that you think perhaps you want a cheap project version of the same car. Mmmm. That is an interesting idea, but I can tell you (from personal experience) that you are going […]
The Citroën 2CV was a French “people’s car” that provided simple mobility to the unwashed masses, with a staggering production that lasted from 1948 through 1990. However, that didn’t mean you couldn’t take an existing 2CV and cover it in spiffy bodywork and make it a three wheeled thing called the “Lomax”. Find this 1991 […]
The Saab 9000 was launched in the 1984 as the Trollhättan based car company’s foray into executive car business. Styling was a two-punch combination of Björn Envall and Giorgetto Giugaro, and today’s example is the “CD” sedan version. These old Saabs aren’t getting less rare, so you’d better get them before they become cool and […]
The F31 generation Infiniti M30 was essentially a Nissan Leopard re-badged and upgraded for the US luxury grand touring market. This meant that you got a rear-drive sports car sold as a competitor to the Toyota Supra and Mitsubishi Starion, instead of the typical front-drive junk you would expect from a re-badged Nissan. Today’s example […]
I see a fair number of cars where the seller makes some crazy claims about his car being rare, and most of the time it ends with a yawn and some boredom, but here today we’ve got a car that has Racoon badging on the side. Actual, real OEM Racoon badging that goes with the […]
(by CFlo) The V6 engine is smooth, responsive, and nearly silent. It gets 30 mpg on the highway. Hundreds of miles of American scenery can pass through the windows, and you won’t even feel a little bit tired – there’s no wind noise. Stretch out – there’s plenty of room for 4 or 5 other […]
The W210 chassis was marketed by Mercedes-Benz with the as the E-class from 1995-2002. It offered an expensive and elite ride for the wealthy and well-to-do. Mercedes offered some versions with 6-cylinder engines where the E stands for executive, but in 1998 they turned the E up to 11 in something called the E55 AMG. […]
My own personal taste in automobiles can be peculiar at times and I don’t often find cars that are unversally admired by the random people that come and go in my life. However, the W124 chassis Mercedes-Benz might just jump the gap between eclectic tastes of my friends and family…in particular the wagon version is […]
This next car comes as a tip from Rock On who writes: Just in case the Mercury Lynx Diesel from last week wasn’t slow enough! Wow. Let’s compare. The Lynx came with a 2.0 liter Mazda RF diesel that put out a blistering 52 horsepower into a chassis that hit the scales at 2300 lbs, […]