1980-2000
In 2011 Honda launched the much anticipated Honda CR-Z. It was lauded as the return of the lightweight form-follow-function minimalism that was so succesful in the original CR-X. Except that Honda shoved a bunch of Hybrid crap into the car and it pushed the scales at over 2700 lbs. You might as well just get […]
What do you think Santa would drive during the off season? Do you think he’d have late model electric car…nah. What about a 50s Chevy? Maybe. But I think the car that Santa should have is an 80s iconic classic like this sweet TPI V8 powered Camaro. Find this 1985 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 bidding for […]
This next car comes as a tip from Cory who writes: This is one of the more blatant copies of this W140 rear end I can recall seeing. Find this 1992 Nissan Cedric Gran Turismo offered for $12,000 in North Smithfield, RI via fedbook marketwatch. From the seller: 1992 Nissan 300zx Cedric gran Turismo$12,000Listed 5 […]
Japanese manufacturers assaulted the US market with a bevy of transverse mounted front wheel drive cars that created a packaging architecture that was far superior from something like a Citroën or Audi — where the entire engine sits longitudinally in from of the front wheels. Imagine the surprise when Acura started selling a longitudinally mounted […]
What do you get when you put faux wood siding on the sides of a Y30 generation Nissan Gloria? I’m not sure, but what I am sure is that this is as close as you can get to a Japanese made Buick that you’ll ever see. Although the seller lists it as a 1992 model […]
Oh sweet. A B13 generation Nissan Sentra SE-R offered in stock condition from the original owners offered for a small amount of money put up on craigslist 6 days ago…how long could this last? Maybe another year? Find this 1993 Nissan Sentra SE-R offered for $4800 (down from $6950 in Jan of 2022) via craigslist. […]
The second generation Volkswagen Golf was a significant upgrade to the original Mk 1 Golf in the safety, comfort, and refinement categories, but it is still slow compared to anything built in the last 20 years. However, today’s Mk 2 Golf has been given an injection of speed with a 2.7 V6 BiTurbo swap from […]
The E34 generation of BMW’s 5-series was sold from 1988 through 1995 with a wide variety of available engines. The collection of available motors included the beastly S38 inline-6 in the M5, the sweet sounding M60 V8, a bunch of slilky inline-6s of various displacements, a few junky inline-4s for Europe (including a 103 horsepower […]
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me…four awesome Saabs! Find this 1995 Saab 9000CSE Turbo and 3 Saab 900 Convertibles offered for $8950 to $14950 via craigslist in Naugatuck (say what now?) CT. Tip from Rock On! From the seller: 1995 Saab 9000fuel: gasodometer: 83000title status: cleantransmission: automaticAmazing 1995 Saab […]
The last feature was a sweet white hatchback with a forced induction engine and a billion miles on the odometer…so what’s the logical thing to follow it? How about a 3-cylinder powered hatch with a meaningless XFi designation on the side and only 69k miles on the odo offered for cheap. Find this 1992 Geo […]