Tipper Jason sent in this next car with the simple statement: Quite rare to see these cars. Indeed, he is correct, because the Giorgetto Giugiaro designed Isuzu with suspension tuning by Lotus lives somewhere in the netherworld between aging scrap metal and future classic…methinks more towards the latter. At least, I hope! Find this 1988 […]
Volkswagen released their “New” Beetle for the 1998 model year with lots of fanfare and flowery marketing from the biggest European auto manufacturer. Ironically, the New Beetle was built on the chassis that killed the old Beetle — the front-wheel-drive Golf. Today’s example started as a simple 1.8T powered 5-speed, but now it has a […]
The Buick Verano was introduced for the 2012 model year as the first compact Buick to be sold in the USA since the Skylark was put to pasture in the late 90s. The Verano was essentially a USA assembled version of the Chinese market Buick Excelle GT and it didn’t sell well so it was […]
The Buick Regal was a G-body coupe from General Motors that introduced the US to turbocharged performance and in 1978 was one of three cars available with a factory turbo; (the others being the SAAB 99 and Porsche 911 Turbo). The 99 and 911 were canyon carvers with small engines and manual transmissions but the […]
This next car comes with an interesting concept from tipper Cory who writes: 2 part submission – buy parts to find a car. BMW 635 + Callaway Turbo Kit = Something noteworthy. The 635csi is a sweet looking car and putting a legit period correct Callaway turbo kit on it would be totally boss. Find […]
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, […]