Toyota sold their wedge shaped TownAce/MasterAce R20/R30 van with the names Toyota Space Cruiser in parts of Europe, but because Americans love American cheese and ketchup on fries, they called the Toyota Van for the US Market. The repercussions of this decision reverberates across the automotive landscape to this day. Find this 1987 Toyota Van […]
The Volvo Amazon wagon was already one of the coolest-looking bricks ever fired in a Swedish kiln, but this one has been sliced into a two-door shooting brake. Factory Amazon wagons were four-door estates, so this is not some obscure trim package — this is custom metalwork meant to create the car Volvo never built […]
The W124’s greatest asset is that it still feels like a Mercedes from the era when the E-Class designation meant something very specific: heavy doors, excellent seats, restrained styling, superb highway manners, and the vague impression that somebody in Stuttgart expected the car to remain in service until the sun burns out. A used driver […]
As a self-designated connoisseur of classic wagons, I find myself attracted to this next car. Sure, it has a few hundred thousand miles on the odometer and some cleanup needed, but for the asking price it seems a million times more interesting than a similarly priced late-model Honda, Toyota or Kia. Find this 2002 BMW […]
The next feature is a seller submission from Art who writes: I’ve decided to list my TT LS wagon for sale. Ive come to the conclusion that any fun car I own needs to be a manual. Found a 72 442 convertible 4 speed ive got my heart set on and Ive got to send […]
The Audi 200 20V (twenty valve) Avant combined a turbo five-cylinder with a 5-speed manual and permanent quattro all-wheel drive. It was essentially an early template for the fast Audi wagon formula that later produced the S4 and RS models. This thing started life with a 217 horsepower Audi 2.2liter 3B inline-5, but it now […]
This next car comes as a tip from MCB who writes: LS swapped manual transmission longroof. Price seems a little steep, but the heart wants what it wants. I can’t tell for certain, but while this keeps a BMW transmission, it appears to have given up the all-wheel-drive system for a rear-drive burnout setup. Find […]
I’m not a big fan of mid-nineties vehicles with lackluster slushbox automatic transmissions, but this next car might just have enough cool factor to overpower the slush deficit. The wheels are cool, the black paint is dark and shiny. Power comes from Volvo’s 2.4-liter inline-five, paired here with a 4-speed automatic. It is not the […]
Today’s next feature is a second-generation Chevrolet Cavalier wagon, part of GM’s front-wheel-drive J-body family, which also included the Pontiac Sunbird/J2000, Oldsmobile Firenza, Buick Skyhawk, and Cadillac Cimarron. Cavaliers were everywhere in the ’80s, but most were coupes, sedans, or later convertibles. A clean surviving wagon is much less common, especially one that has not […]
The Aero was the hot version of the 9-5, using Saab’s turbocharged four-cylinder B235R with strong midrange torque instead of big horsepower. It is not a screamer, it is a roll-on power car that rewards you for short shifting and pouring on the torque. Most 9-5 Aeros were automatics, so a manual long-roof Aero has […]