I know what you’re thinking. A 5th generation Chevy Nova. Really? That is the best you guys can find? Can’t you feature another Volvo or some modified BMW… Keep the pitchforks in the barn for a few minutes while we talk you through the logic on this one. Suppose you have a friend…we’ll call him […]
The first generation Dodge Colt (sold from 1971-73) was a re-badged A50-series Mitsubishi Colt Galant. The Colt was a simple front-engine rear drive sedan with aspirations to be a competitor to the Gremlin, Pinto, Vega, 510, Corolla & Civic. It isn’t necessarily a bad car, but it suffers from the general perception of Chrysler products […]
People joke about modern cars all looking and driving the same — which wouldn’t be bad if they were cheap and fun to drive. Typically, the conversation meanders to how it was much better in the glory days…but it wasn’t better back then, in fact the 1980s had some of the worst examples of automotive […]
The Toyota Blizzard was a Suzuki Samurai sized vehicle built by Daihatsu for Japanese light off-road needs but was never officially exported to the USA. A few have found their way onto the American continent, but usually sell for something below $10k even in good shape. Find this 1986 Toyota Blizzard LX – Turbo-Diesel for sale […]
Before the 21st century fixation on global warming, climate change, debt crises, zombie invasions and the heat death of the universe, people in general had a much more optimistic vision of the future. Japanese car designers in the ’80s, specifically, had the best vision of the future and it included electronic shock damping systems, digital […]
In 1984 Nissan was having an identity crisis in the US Market. The Datsun name (taken from a 1930s DAT Motorcar Company) had been used on Nissan’s exports to North America since 1958, but the Nissan brand had taken over in Japan and Europe in the 1960s. Eventually the Nissan executives decreed that the Datsun […]
Subaru had been selling family cars for years before the introduction of the turbocharged monster known as the WRX, but most offered mediocre performance and reliability that was not on par with Honda/Toyota (with a few exceptions). Subaru introduced the Impreza in 1993 as a sporty compact sedan but it was not until the 2.5RS […]