What did the Saab Turbo driver say to his passengers? Brace yourself for the turbo kick will make your neck Thor. Okay, that was a bad. But it had to be done because I can’t just post this car with awesome gold Saab soccer ball alloys and not make some joke about the seller’s name […]
I know what you are thinking. A ragged Lotus Esprit Turbo…you must be nuts? But hang on just one minute. We can all agree that the prices for late model classics are through the roof right now. Anything aircooled Porsche, or Toyota Supra, or Acura NSX — all insane $50k plus pricing for junk that […]
The OG Saab 900 classic platform (1978-1994) was a mild upgrade on the older Saab 99 platform. This means you still get an engine mounted backwards AND at a jaunty 45 degree angle mated to the front tires, but the 900 was faster and more refined than the old 99. From a roll, a vintage […]
The Porsche 944 turbo is known to its proponents as the 951, but haters will call it a fancy 924. And the haters had it right for years as front-engine Porsche prices languished somewhere between nill and zilch…but a few years ago all cheap 911/912/914 disappeared, and buyers headed to 924/944/928/968 for cheap Porsche to […]
Reeves Callaway was an aspiring race car driver who ended up working as an instructor at Bob Bondurant’s racing school in the 1970s. He fitted a turbo system on a BMW 320i and loaned the car to Car and Driver journalist Don Sherman who wrote a one page article on the beast. At the time, […]
The Plymouth Voyager was a badge swap version of the legendary Dodge Caravan which was a large people carrier built on the Chrysler K-platform. Yes. Although called a “mini”van, the Caravan isn’t exactly “mini” by any typical measurement, but it did get powerplants shared with the K-car, included the Dodge 2.5 liter turbo-4. It is […]
The cars that become collector cars in the future aren’t always the fastest and most bodacious handling cars from the current era. Just look at all the ill-handling and slow Porsches, Mercedes-Benzes and Austin-Healeys that have become the darling of collectors — nobody cares if their 60s car is fast on a track, they want […]
I’m feeling in a Z-car mood today, partially because I just discovered that you can’t buy a new Z from Nissan for the 2021 model year as they’ve discontinued the Z34 generation 370Z and will replace it for the 2022 model year with something called simply the Z. Power will come from a twin-turbo version […]
This next car comes as a tip from Matt who writes: The first thing that sticks out is the top mounted turbo (literally). But there’s also sketchy wiring, several parts needed, and, well, the fact that he’s slapped this big turbo on a car with 200,000 miles. Find this 1993 Honda Accord EX offered for […]
I’ve never seen a Nissan Avenir before and to be honest, I don’t think I knew they existed. It is a JDM only piece of Nissan history that is based on the 2nd generation Nissan Prairie platform. Today’s Avenir Salut is powered by an SR20DET which puts that power to all four wheels. This is […]