The Chevrolet Lumina was released for the 1990 model year as a competitor to the “aero-designed” Ford Taurus. Today’s example is an upmarket “Euro” trim version…but it isn’t clear what is “Euro” about the Ontario Canada assembled Lumina. But that doesn’t matter, because this is probably the nicest Lumina Euro you’ll find for sale with […]
The W116 chassis Sonderklasse (S-Class) is known for its low buy-in price, incredibly durable interior materials, tank-like build quality, and stately appearance. We old school car nuts will laud the durability of the aging Benz, but even I don’t believe that a 43-year-old German car will be as trouble free as a few year old used Kia. However, this next car is a Euro import, which means it has all of the plusses of the US Market S-Class, but with smaller DEATH-TO-ALL bumpers and sealed beam DEATH-TO-ALL headlights. And probably a non US-Emissions compliant DEATH-TO-ALL inline-6. At least this car is over 25 years old, so US Dept of Homeland Security will no longer stop you from buying/owning/driving this literal rolling tomb on the street. Enjoy your premature death! Find this 1978 Mercedes-Benz 280S W116 offered for $5,200 in Worthington, OH via craigslist. Tip from Cory.
I feel the need for a manual gearbox equipped European sport sedan…and I want it big enough for a family. And don’t give me some domesticated import that has had its European mystique neutered, I need something without airbags, that only shows kilometers on the speedo, is grey market and unregister-able in California. Oh. Here. […]
This next car might not be the barn find big block muscle machine that you’ve been searching for and it will probably never be featured on some Velocity Channel TV show…but it does have a certain combination of utility, cheapness, and cool-factor that makes it worthy of a feature. Find this 1980 Mercedes Benz 280TE offered […]
Back in the 1970’s through the early 1990’s euro cars from the motherland were often fitted with more powerful engines than their USA exports. Euro 1982-1984 Porsche 928S’s were conservatively rated at 310hp (published reports were more like 330hp) versus 240 hp engine for the USA spec engine. The most obvious way to spot a euro […]
Not too many years ago, you could pick up a clean BMW E30 for reasonable money. It is a completely different market for these cars in 2018. Nice condition plastic bumper cars are very difficult to find under ten grand. Today’s feature is a interesting euro import that could be a really nice car with […]
The American spec Porsche 928 wasn’t a bad piece of metal back in the mid 80s — trust me, I owned a 1984 edition of the famed V8 Porsche — but those stingy Germans saved the best version for themselves and shipped a low compression, single cam versions to the USA. However, this next one […]
Ford has never had much of a reputation for building small cars in the USA. The first generation euro import Fiesta was only sold over here from 1978-1981. These cars were wildly popular in Europe and seem to be a far superior drivers car than the Escort that followed it. Today’s Fiesta seller has one […]
Almost all Mercedes W123 E Class cars sold in the USA were diesel powered. The OM617 diesel engines move these cars at a snails pace, but have the reputation for being nearly un-killable. The rest of the world had much greater choice in both engines and transmissions. Large USA spec bumpers were an definite eyesore […]
The E30 generation 3-series was the gold standard for a compact luxury ride for the yuppies of the 80s/90s but is driven by a totally different demographic these days. Those yuppies have aged and moved on to Lexus/Mercedes/Tesla suvs and now those old 3-series are driven by their kids…hopefully not into the ground. Today’s E30 […]