The Volvo 780 is what happens when Volvo hands its fundamentally rectangular 700-series sedan to Bertone in Turin and asks them to make it look expensive. The result is still clearly a Volvo, but every panel from the windshield back seems to have spent a semester abroad at an Italian finishing school. Unlike the earlier […]
Labor Day is a strange holiday. It is another example of America doing things our own way — most of the world celebrates the strange co-adoption of the workers’ protest movement in May on something called May Day, but here in the USA we celebrate it in the first Monday of September. And here at […]
This next car comes as a tip from Matt who writes: Low mileage poverty spec accord manual coupe. right what it says on the box. Not much needed to introduce a 9th-generation Accord with a 2.4 liter K24 and a 6-speed manual. Find this 2012 Honda Accord LX Coupe offered for $14,500 in Palo Alto, […]
The W123 generation Mercedes-Benz comes from the era when Mercedes built cars to survive wars, bad roads, cheap fuels, and owners who considered maintenance more of a suggestion. Under the hood sits the M110 twin cam straight six paired here with a rare four speed manual, a combination that makes this W123 coupe far more […]
The Oldsmobile Toronado is one of those 90s era Olds oddities that makes you stop and remember GM used to build big, comfy coupes for people who wanted luxury with comfort. In the 1986 model year the Toronado was downsized and front-wheel-driverized with the rest of GM’s E-body, which at that point was essentially the […]
If you grew up in the ’90s and wanted something with the comfort of a personal luxury coupe but the guts of a muscle car, the Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe was your answer. This one’s a rare bird indeed—factory 5-speed manual, supercharged 3.8L V6, and just 98k miles on the clock. All original and finished […]
The Hornet was launched from AMC for the 1970 model year, taking over from the Rambler American as the go-to compact family car from the company that was the other other white meat. The Hornet survived until 1977 when it passed the baton to the AMC Concord and the strange AMC Eagle crossover. The Hornet […]
When somebody sells a “celebrity-owned” car, you’ve got to tread carefully because sometimes the price premium of owning a PDiddy-owned party bus isn’t worth the cleaning bill. However, if you want something owned by the Godfather of Shock Rock, you’ll be happy to hear Vincent Furnier is selling a ’36 Ford Coupe, probably a car […]
During the dark imperial ages of the Daimler/Chrysler merger, the product offerings from Mercedes compromised quality for short-term profit, and the Chrysler cars could barely be considered rental fleet material – but a few shining gems stand out from the crowd. Chief among them is one of the examples of the German DNA being re-constituted […]
The B8 generation (2007-2012) of Audi’s S5 platform was released in coupe and convertible versions and later added a Sportback (fastback sedan) and Touring (wagon) version. The Coupe (or Coupé if you are fancy) was powered by a 4.2-liter FSI V8 shared with the earlier 2005-2009 S4, while the Sportback/Wagon versions had the 3.0 TFSI […]