This next feature comes as a tip from Scott T who writes: I know, I know, not rare or unique. EXCEPT 1. Fire sale price at this condition, they’re only asking $2500 2. Looks solid from above, especially for New England 3. Somebody dumped a bunch of money into it recently, but has to sell, […]
The Mini Comtesse Super Coupe was a microcar launched in 1978 by a small French company named Acoma. It was one of those LSD induced 1970s visions of the future, where the future was as much about style as it was about being totally uncomfortable and miserable. It was as if the futurists from the […]
There isn’t much in common between an R107 SL Benz, Honda S2000 and Fiat 850 Spider, except that they all actually look cooler with a hardtop in place of the folding top. That and they all have 4 wheels. On this Fiat, the hardtop isn’t an aftermarket piece that you’ll find on something like an […]
It’s easy to sell a car short based on what it isn’t. This Festiva isn’t powered by a Chevy V8. It isn’t a 1.6L turbo-powered race car, or an AWD conversion from a 323 GTX. Put simply, this funbox is just a ratty hatch with double its stock output thanks to a sideways Miata engine. […]
The Nissan Figaro we posted on Monday was admittedly overpriced, especially considering that it is persona non grata for licensing in the state of California for at least 2 more years, and we found a much cheaper example in Vancouver, BC Canada for $7500 CAD. Still, the Figaro offers little useability, but its strangely named […]
In the late 1980s Nissan launched a series of retro-styled cars was called the Pike series and sold them in Japan at a dealership network called the Nissan Cherry Store. Everything in the Pike series (Be-1, Pao, Figaro and S-Cargo) looks like something that would be perfect next to a pink Hello Kitty purse […]
In 1962 BMC (British Motor Corp) launched the development of a new family car under the name ADO16 (Amalgamated Drawing Office project number 16). This ADO16 would be the basis for a family of larger than the Mini vehicles including the Austin 1100/1300, MG 1100/1300, Austin America, Riley 1300, Wolseley 1100/1275/1300 and Morris 1100/1300. Combined […]