1980-2000
The Porsche 944 (1982-1991) was a fun chapter in the watercooled front engine Porsche sport coupe saga that started in the late 1970s with the 928. The 944 is a beefed up replacement for the 924, and actually one of the better cars of the 924/944/968 extended family to pick up from a cost/drivability/fun perspective […]
This next car comes as a tip from Cory who writes: someone please save me from this tempting 1991 Alfa Spider. DT: Don’t look at me, I’ve got enough problems without having a straight piped 90s Alfa in my driveway. Find this 1991 Alfa Romeo Spider offered for $6,000 in Pawtucket, RI via craigslist. From […]
In these strange times of global conflict and economic uncertainty, people need heroes. No, not those idiots in tights from Marvel or DC, no not at all. The hero we are looking for is the builder of custom El Caminoized things all of all kinds. Like this next thing, which is a Mercedes-Benz W123 chassis […]
The W126 generation Mercedes-Benz was the flagship of the flagships -and its long wheel base version was a favorite of African dictators and American country music stars. If you had cash (or were Johnny Cash) the long wheel base version of the W126 was the perfect car for you to drink directly from the bottle […]
This car might have a title that says it was built in 1998, but it really reminds me of a certain late 70s Saab 99 that owned for a few years. Although this car was released after the ill fated GM take-over, it still maintains much authentic Saabiness, such as the between the seats ignition […]
Do you know what the typical Volkswagen Rabbit owner wishes he had? A long bed pickup. Because the little Rabbit isn’t great for hauling a bunch of construction debris or making a impromptu hot tub or other things pickups are good at. Volkswagen did make a Caddy truck, but it didn’t have back seats and […]
Quick room check — are we still saying that the Pontiac Aztek is the worst thing to ever come with four wheels, or has enough time passed that we can say it is interesting? Unique? Cool? Sure, it had the ugliest face on the road when it was launched, but BMW destroyed that record like […]
The Pao was part of Nissan’s Pike (don’t ask me why they were called Pike) car series that included the Pao, S-Cargo, Figaro, Be-1, and K10-Micra. Goofy names aside, the Pike cars were retro-styled econoboxes from the late ’80s and early ’90s that combined simple Nissan mechanical front-drive parts with funky styling and cool interiors. […]
The seventh and penultimate generation of the Cadillac DeVille shared the K-body platform with the Seville from 1994 through 1999. The big front drive DeVille continued where the previous version left off, but it had big shoes to fill with the cancelation of the rear-drive Fleetwood, which it did well with its Northstar V8 and […]
When was the last time you saw a Type44 (aka C3) Audi on the road? These things were purchased by yuppies back in the day, but they were less funky than a Saab, and more funky than a BMW. The 3B inline-5 engines made a decent amount of power with the help of a turbocharger […]