1980-2000
Two grand doesn’t buy much in supercar from the 1990s, even in the case of a twin turbocharged all-wheel-drive Japanese car masquerading as a domestic. I know that the 3000GTVR4/StealthRT platform is known for being costly to repair, but even if there is a rod poking through the block of this next car, I think […]
In 1994 the Buick Roadmaster got a massive powerplant upgrade when it ditched the old L03/L05 V8 and replaced it with an LT1 V8 that had more horsepower, more torque, and better fuel economy. It shared the LT1 with the Corvette, but you couldn’t fit 6 people into a Corvette. Find this 1995 Buick Roadmaster […]
This 8th generation Buick Riviera was the launch vehicle for GM’s new G-body platform (GMX690), which was based on Cadillac’s K-body architecture and lasted until 2011 when it was superseded by the Eurocentric GM Epsilon platform. The William L Porter designed coupe marked the end of an era for GM’s big luxury 2-doors and is […]
This next car comes as a tip from Matt V who writes: Today’s Edition of “I never knew they came in a Coupe”…aka Tempo Superleggera. Yes, the Tempo did indeed come in a shhhhporty two-door version and a manual gearbox. It looks like a 3/5th scale ninth generation Thunderbird. Find this 1989 Ford Tempo Coupe […]
Stepping into a Buick dealer in 1992 and looking at the 2-door coupes must have been a strange experience. Starting at the bottom end of the cost spectrum you could get an ugly compact thing called a Skylark based on the N-body. Too small– so you upsize to a mid sized Century coupe and maybe […]
Back in the mid 1980s if you wanted a Mitsubishi with a turbo engine in the front and rear wheel drive, you had four cars to choose from — the Mitsubishi Starion, Dodge Conquest, Plymouth Conquest, and Chrysler Conquest…but they were really the same car with different badges. Today’s next example of the Conquestarion has […]
The Bronco II was released by Ford in 1984 as a “compact” version of their large Bronco SUV. But unlike modern compact SUVs that use cars for their basis, the Bronco II used the Ford Ranger pickup for its platform. This means that the little Bronco II could scale mountains and hills like a goat. […]
The original Daihatsu Midget was a 3-wheeled single seat “min-truck” that looked like something designed by the French and built by the Polish, but was discontinued in 1972 when people figured out that cars should carry at least 2 people, maybe even 4. Anyway, in 1996 the guys at Daihatsu had forgotten about their family […]
The 2nd generation Honda Prelude launched in 1983 was a big step up in refinement from the previous generation, which always looked like a child’s toy. The pop-up light equipped Prelude also picked up the cool 2.0 liter B-series Honda motor known for its tunability and reliability compared to the older E-series junk. Find this […]
There was a time when the Chrysler TC by Maserati was just a bad joke. But now I find myself smiling when I see one of these like it is a funny joke. It wasn’t the first time that the passage of time made something obscene into iconic (see Eiffel Tower, Pontiac Aztec, etc) but […]