The Paul Bracq designed E23 generation BMW 7-series was released in 1977, right in the middle of the malaise era when American companies were trading performance for float and fancy stickers. Domestic cars might have offered luxury in the form of a vinyl top or total isolation from the road, but the German version of […]
If you causally mention you have a Volkswagen Caddy, a normal person would assume you had some sort of golf sponsorship…but a not-so-normal person will ohh and ahh for they know how special VW’s front-drive water-cooled leisure activity vehicle (LAV…not kidding…that’s an actual marketing term). Today’s example needs some work before you can cruise around […]
This next car comes as a tip from Johnny Bouncewell who writes; This Merc is so classy it parks on an oriental rug…or wait, if I read between the lines on this ad, it really sounds like 2 dudes had to bail on this project. Also, why does this thing have a mattress toupée? Find […]
The BMW 2002 shouldn’t need much of an introduction to any car guy (or gal), but if you’ve been living under a rock — let me explain. German styling, good reliability, good handling, rugged 4-cylinder engine, daily driveable classic…all for a decent price. Today’s 2002 is on the high end of the price we’d like […]
From the seller: 1995 mercedes-benz s600condition: goodcylinders: 12 cylindersdrive: rwdfuel: gasodometer: 149000paint color: whitesize: full-sizetitle status: cleantransmission: automatictype: coupe Increasingly rare 1995 Mercedes Benz ‘OG Maybach’ S600 (MB Model: W140). Initial research leads me to believe there were only 189 Coupes made this year (vs. 3181 Sedans) at a price of ~$147,000 in 1995 (Original […]
There was a time when Autotrader was the best game in business when you were looking to buy a cheap car…at least it was better than your local newspaper. The world changed and Autotrader’s print magazine went the way of the dodo bird and AT lost most of its best deals to craigslist…but in recent […]
The second generation Volkswagen Scirocco took the original Giorgetto Giugiaro design and stretched it into a car that looked less like a hatchback and more like a coupé. It was still based on the VW A1 platform shared with the Golf/Jetta and in the USA you could get an 8-valve or a 16-valve powered version. […]
The average person who builds a rally car starts with some 4WD thing and then lifts and adds some power…but nobody wants to be associated with things that are average. What you want is a car built by some eccentric weirdo who thinks that a 2-wheel-drive E30 BMW is a good place to start an […]
I never thought that these words would leave my fingertips, but this New Beetle looks cool. I guess I could have written those words about the turbine powered New Beetle that was featured last year, but that car was more terrifying than cool. But a lifted New Beetle with a TDI and 6-speed manual…that is […]
This next car comes as a tip from MNMunky who writes: Corrado in not so mellow yellow. Long time since I’ve seen 3 spoke alloys and not minded them. Criminally underrated car IMO. Find this 1990 Volkswagen Corrado offered for $5900 on the faceface faceface. From the seller: About This VehicleDriven 148,864 milesManual transmissionExterior color: […]