Expect constant questions if you buy this next car. Random people at gas stations and Costco parking lots will ask you what you are driving. Don’t expect any of them to understand why it is important when you tell them it is Giorgetto Giugiaro’s seminal Japanese car design, and don’t be upset that most of […]
The Saab 9000 was built on a shared Saab/Fiat platform that was also used in the 1984-1998 Lancia Thema, Saab 9000, Fiat Croma, and Alfa Romeo 164. This next example of the Saab/Fiat Type 4 platform features an unbeatable combo for a sub $5k car — executive class luxury, front drive safety, and Giorgetto Giugiaro […]
The Isuzu I-Mark (I Mark, you Jane!) is part of the GM ’80s compact car family, built by Isuzu but marked by GM, known as the Gemini. The styling was started by noted Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro noted for such designs as the DeTomaso Mangusta, Iso Griffo, ‘the’ Delorean, Ferrari 250GT. The little I-Mark wasn’t […]
The Mazda Luce isn’t just another random Japanese classic from the early 70s…because it was styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Bertone Design Group and looks more Lancia than Mazda. Unfortunately the car was a flop when it was new and only a few where imported and a smaller number have survived the rust over the […]
Toyota got into the miniature pony car game with their 1972 liftback restyle that looked suspiciously like a 69/70 Mustang, but there was another Japanese company building fastback styled 2+2 pony cars way back in 1968 — yes, from the company that time forgot, Isuzu. Find this 1978 Isuzu 117 Coupe XC here on eBay […]
The Isuzu Impluse was such an unlikely combination of Italian styling (Giorgetto Giugiaro), Japanese durability, & British handling (Lotus baby!) put into a turbocharged rear-drive hatchback that it almost caused a singularity in the space-time-continuum, ending life in the galaxy as we know it. Thankfully that didn’t happen, but it is no small coincidence that […]
The Saab 9000 was the final vehicle designed in house at Saab and brought to market by the funky Scandinavian OEM before it was fully acquired by the monstrous machine known as General Motors. GM took a 50% share in Saab in 1989, subsequently forced GM global platform based garbage into lineup by 1994, exercised […]