The fastest new car that you can by from a major OEM right now is a sensible looking 4-door family car that doesn’t spew harmful gasses out the exhaust pipe or use ground up puppies for windshield washer fluid and its a darn shame. Yeah, the Tesla Model S Plaid might hit 60 mph at […]
The Renault R8 (later just called the 8) was a small sedan for the common man launched in 1962 with boxy styling and a chassis based on the curvy Dauphine platform. The R8 used a Beetle style rear engine / rear drive setup and was slow in stock trim, but Renault released a Gordini version […]
Fifty thousand greenbacks buys you a seriously mean piece of steel on wheels, but only if you avoid the garbage like Porsche 912s (seriously…why do these cost more than a similar condition Beetle?) and brand new Jeep Wranglers (newsflash…the car will be worth $5k in 10 years…sorry new Jeep buyers…I didn’t make the rules, I […]
Collecting orphan oddball cars usually starts with honest intentions. Perhaps someone gives you a neglected classic and you mean to restore it and sell…but then you get 2 or 3 more…and the next thing you know is that you are the neighborhood cat lady for neglected French cars. Find this Collection of French cars offered […]
The Renault R8 (later simply called the 8) was a rear-engine rear-drive small people carrier produced in France from 1962 through 1973. It shared its architecture and many components with the Dauphine (the successor to the 4CV), but featured radical boxy styling penned by Philippe Charbonneaux. You won’t see one on the road anytime soon, […]
This next car was last featured as a seller submission here in Jan of 2014, but it is now offered by a small dealer near the LAX airport for a reasonable asking price. The previous owner and recent builder/restorer of this car is stand up guy and early friend of DT, so I give this […]
The Renault R8 was a squared off version of the curvy Dauphine (from where it borrowed its mechanical components) and is known for its crazy R8 Gordini . The R8 used a Beetle style rear engine / rear drive setup but is an odd car to find on the road today and just odd enough […]
The Renault R8 was a small sedan for the common man launched in 1962 with boxy styling and a chassis based on the curvy Dauphine platform. The R8 used a Beetle style rear engine / rear drive setup but is an odd car to find on the road today and just odd enough to qualify […]