This next car comes as a tip from Johnny Bouncewell who writes: A car with a face only an engineer could love. Man, this was so radical then, but now, grill-free cars are everywhere. For likely under 2k all fixed up, you’ve gotta Radwood car that everyone will have forgotten existed. I agree that the […]
The W123 generation Mercedes-Benz E-Class is a slow and steady beast that is typically powered by a 4 or 5 cylinder diesel engine that pushes something sub 100 horsepower into the rear wheels. These are slow cars, but they will outlast the apocalypse because they are built like tanks. This next example, however, has been […]
The first generation Infiniti Q45 packed a surprising amount of performance & technology when it was released into the wild way back in 1990. Competition from ze Germans (BMW/Mercedes, etc) included a lineup on inline-6 engines in cars like the 5/7-series and Mercedes W124 E-Class –but in comparison the Q was indeed Quick. Parent company […]
The BMW E30 3-series is a popular car for modification — it was produced in great numbers, has a huge fan-base, and handles like a modern car. This means that all kinds of engines get shoved in the front, mostly larger/better/later BMW inline-6s, a few BMW V8s, LSX V8s (of course), but this one is […]
Welcome to another edition of DT’s Thursday Twister, the game where the rules aren’t the only thing that change each week. This week, lets talk $500 race cars…which are in no way actually $500 race cars, that is only a fraction of the cost to build one…but the rulesets of 24HrsofLeMons, Chumpcar, AER, etc all […]
The Y33 generation Q45 (1997-2001) was a slower and steadier luxury cruising version of the venerable Q-car to come out of parent company Nissan for their Infiniti brand. It was slower and less apt to turn than the previous G50 generation, but it did add some road hugging isolating mass that helped it drive more […]
Ever since the release of the first generation in 1990, Infiniti’s Q-ship has been a sleeper hit. The Q45 competed with the Lexus LS, Mercedes-Benz E-Class and BMW 5-series, but sales have always been skimpy versus the competition. The low sales had nothing to do with the quality or performance of the Q and in […]
The first generation Infiniti Q45 packed a surprising amount of performance when it debuted in 1990. Competition from companies like BMW included a lineup on inline-6 engines in cars like the 5/7-series and in comparison the Q was indeed Quick. Parent company Nissan was pushing the performance mantra on all ends of the automotive spectrum […]
Imagine that you are interested in replacing your BMW 540i wtih something not quite as common as a 5-series and your ‘car expert’ friends will tell you a good alternative is an E-Class, Audi A6 or Lexus LS…but they are idiots as the thinking man’s choice is clearly the Infiniti Q45. Get new friends and […]