The Mercury Capri was always the Fox-body Mustang’s slightly weirder twin — same bones, same drivetrain, but with Euro-ish styling cues and a dash of Mercury badge engineering that made it the “continental” choice for people who wanted a Mustang but didn’t want to actually buy a Mustang. They were sold as a hardtop coupe, […]
The ASC/McLaren nameplate comes from American Sunroof Corporation (ASC) and McLaren Performance Technologies, which was a totally separate entity from McLaren Automotive in the UK. This American McLaren was originally spun off from McLaren Engines, a Michigan-based engineering firm that supplied performance parts and racing engines for IndyCar and IMSA in the 1960s–1980s — founded […]
The ’90s was an awesome time if you were a Pontiac fan who loved to cruise to his local dealer and check out the GM badge engineered junk that was covered in Pontiac specific plastic body cladding. If that wasn’t rad enough, you could dig deeper into your pocketbook and buy a Pontiac that had […]
Here is a 1990 Pontiac Grand Prix Turbo ASC-McLaren bidding for $6,500 on eBay in Mapleville, RI with auction ending on Sunday. *As an eBay Partner, DT may be compensated if you make a purchase.
The fifth generation Pontiac Grand Prix was available from 1988 through 1996 as Pontiac’s mid-sized personal luxury coupe. The fastest Grand Prix in 1989/1990 was the ASC/McLaren version that added a turbocharger to GM’s 3.1 liter V6 engine for a total output of 205 horsepower — plus ASC added enough plastic glue-on body cladding to […]
The 2nd generation Mercury Capri (1976-1986) was a variant of the Fox-body Mustang and shared many body parts, glass, mechanical components and just about everything under the Mercury specific sheet metal. From 1984-1986 the American Sunroof Company (ASC McLaren) chopped the top off of about 550 Capris and sold them with a big markup. No […]
It never fails to happen. Whenever we feature an oddball car, like the Mercury Capri, we get tons of tips for additional similar cars in the next few days and while most are cool, we feel a bit awkward featuring another similar beast so soon. We are going to ignore those awkward feelings because this […]