It turns out that the usual excuses for denying consumers a station wagon variant of a given car – the regulatory hurdles, lack of demand from the market and expense of homologation – can be circumvented with one simple item; cash.
In the kind of Plate-O-Shrimp moment that happens all the time in the car-writing business, I ran across a genuine, one-of-8,515-build Volvo 780 Bertone Coupe in a Denver self-serve wrecking yard just days after writing about this fine Swedo-Italian machine. (Read More…)
We’ve seen a fair number of outstanding engine swaps in 24 Hours of LeMons racing— the Saab B Turbo-powered 300ZX comes to mind— but most such projects tend to have reliability and/or performance issues in the car-slaughtering arena that is LeMons. At the frozen Campaign To Prevent Gingervitis race a couple weeks back, the much-anticipated radial-engined MR2 ate its drivetrain after a single lap, but there was one outlandishly butchered machine that actually contended for the overall win: the Alfa Romeo quad-cam V6-powered Bertone X1/9 of Team Launcha Splatos. (Read More…)
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jhefner - Believe it or not, a car does not have to be an uber luxury or sports car to develop a fondness and sense of attachment to it. Golden2husky is right. I remember when the first...
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dmf - After someone else ran a stop sign at me, I ended up stuck with one of these as a rental while my car is being repaired. I have been able to fit some nice and...
Beerboy12 - I agree the Logan’s ride is very good. There are two benefits to having the wheels far back. One is cabin space and the other is ride,...
sunridge place - ‘Thanks for bringing up the loan covenant and DIP financing. I didn’t want to get that explicit since someone would have taken exception to my comment and...
TAP - The button trans was very reliable. My ’66 Saab had 4-on-the-tree also. It never hung up like my ’63 Nova shifter- I would...
28-Cars-Later - Well put.
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highdesertcat - Thanks for bringing up the loan covenant and DIP financing. I didn’t want to get that explicit since someone would have taken exception to my comment and...
oldowl - If you live near Ft. Myers I sympathize. The Kia dealer there is ultimately obnoxious. And always on.