This next car comes as a tip from Rock On who writes: Just in case the Mercury Lynx Diesel from last week wasn’t slow enough! Wow. Let’s compare. The Lynx came with a 2.0 liter Mazda RF diesel that put out a blistering 52 horsepower into a chassis that hit the scales at 2300 lbs, […]
The other day, it was announced that California is banning the sale of new internal combustion powered passenger cars after the 2035 model year and I wish I could say that I was upset or going to protests and try and save the V8 with manual gearbox. But I don’t buy new cars, so I […]
Call me old fashioned or a fuddy-duddy, or whatever you want, just don’t call me Shirley…anyway…where was I…oh yes, call me persnickety, but I think this is a lot of coin to ask for an old diesel Mercedes-Benz. It might be the older (and stately…er?) W115 generation Benz executive car (instead of the more common […]
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 […]
Mercedes-Benz used the W123 chassis platform to build a staggering 2.7 million cars in 4-door, wagon, coupe, and limo configuration from 1976 through 1986. This next example has the small 4-cylinder diesel engine, manual roll up windows, and a 4-speed manual gearbox — and there is nothing wrong with any of that. Find this 1982 […]
Few cars are slower than a vintage Rabbit Diesel, trust me, I sold the one I owned about a decade ago and seller still hasn’t gotten home. Anyway, the Diesel passenger version of the Rabbit was noticeably slower with a passenger or four, but I can’t imagine how slow this Caddy would be with a […]
Ah yes, another classic JDM Honda Passport diesel, just like they made them in Japan…wait a minute. The C58 generation Honda Passport was a rebadged Isuzu Rodeo built in Lafayette Indiana, so I’m not sure you’d have ever gotten something in Japan called the Passport in 1995. Hang on…lemme hit the internet real quick…duckduckgo…wiki. Apparently […]
The Volkswagen Corrado was a oddball in VW’s 1980s/90s lineup. It somewhat replaced the aging 2nd gen Scirocco, but not really and it wasn’t much sportier than a Golf GTI…so what was it? A VR6 powered Golf chassis based 3-door with a 179 horsepower 12-Valve VR6 motor was a strange vehicle, but today’s example has […]
If you read, listen, or watch the news, you might be concerned that the world is going to end soon. Or at least that civilization might end soon…but don’t start chewing that cyanide pill just yet, but you might consider becoming a prepper. Or buying a sweet prepper vehicle and just driving it around like […]
Mercedes-Benz diesel engines from the 70s/80s/90s are noteworthy for their ability to outlast all of the other parts of a Mercedes-Benz vehicle, even though those vehicles were built to a high standard. The legendary Daimler quality reputation took a hit during the Daimler-Chrysler era but the diesel engines still seem to last longer than their […]