Our next feature is one of the coolest third-gen F-body specials and easily one of the sneakiest fast cars GM sold in the late ’80s. Pontiac took the turbo Buick V6 (related to the one in the GNX) and shove it into the front of a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am and put some Indy 500 […]
Our next feature today is a ’96 Mustang SVT Cobra, the first Cobra year to get Ford’s new 4.6-liter DOHC 32-valve Modular V8, replacing the old 5.0 pushrod engine from the ’93–’95 Cobras. The new Modular Cobra engine was rated at 305 hp at 5,800 rpm and 300 lb-ft at 4,800 rpm, which was a […]
The Arrow was a captive import, essentially a Mitsubishi Lancer Celeste wearing Plymouth badges for the U.S. market. The Fire Arrow was the enthusiast trim: stripes, louvered quarter-window treatment, sport wheels, graphics, and the larger four-cylinder engine in stock form. But today’s Fire Arrow doesn’t have its original 4-cylinder or the typical 350SBC…no, it has […]
Todays next feature combines the mechanicals of a Chevy El Camino with the front end styling from a 1950 Studebaker bulletnose and the result looks like a Looney Tunes land-speed car that learned to haul mulch. Studebaker used the bullet-nose aircraft-inspired beak in 1950–51, and it remains one of the most recognizable faces in postwar […]
This is a first-year Ford Probe GT, which means peak Ford/Mazda collaboration from the era when Ford briefly considered replacing the Mustang with a front-drive turbo hatchback. America responded by saying: absolutely not, but the Probe itself was still pretty interesting. Underneath, the first-gen Probe shared major DNA with the Mazda MX-6/626 platform, so it […]
Our next feature is a Ford Mustang SDS, short for San Diego Special, a rare regional special-edition version of the first-year S197 Mustang. The SDS package took a basic rental spec V6 Mustang and added regional badging, special stripes/graphics, spoiler, wheels/trim touches, and that limited-production San Diego dealer-special personality. Find this 2005 Ford Mustang SDS […]
Today’s next feature is a Saturn SL, the basement version from the original S-Series line that made Saturn feel like a different kind of GM experiment: plastic body panels, no-haggle dealer, and owners who waved at each other before realizing they were still driving lame economy cars. The SL was the basic sedan version, not […]
The original Cord 810/812 was front-wheel drive beast powered by a supercharged Lycoming V8 that fed into its famous external exhaust pipes. This one goes in a very different direction with a 440 Six Pack Mopar big-block and rear wheel drive. The SAMCO (Sports Automobile Manufacturing Company of (Tulsa) Oklahoma) built cars where not kit […]
Our next feature today is a 1950 Buick Sedanette, one of GM’s best fastback shapes from the postwar era, with that long sloping roofline, big chrome, porthole fenders, and serious “mob accountant leaving a smoky jazz club” presence. Stock, a 1950 Buick would have been powered by Buick’s straight-eight, but this one has gone full […]
Our next feature today is a big red 2nd generation Dodge 3500 Dually with a 24-valve Cummins inline-six paired with the NV4500 5-speed manual. That is the work-truck enthusiast combo: mechanical toughness, big torque, and no fragile automatic to fear. The seller calls it a 6BT, but technically the 24-valve version is the ISB 5.9 […]