By 1990, it just wasn’t done for Detroit to build its own really small subcompacts. Instead, badge-engineered cars designed and/or built by overseas subsidiaries or partners got the job done. GM had the Suzuki-based Metro, Chrysler still had the Simca-based Festiva. You still see the occasional Festiva on the street, what with gas prices being what they are, but most of them were crushed long ago. Here’s one in Denver, sitting in the limbo between the street and The Crusher. (Read More…)
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Tagged as 1990, 1990 Ford Festiva, 1990s, Badge Engineering, Denver, Down On The Junkyard, Ford, Ford Festiva, junkyard, Junkyard Find, Kia, kia pride, Mazda
Tagged as 1990, 1990 Ford Festiva, 1990s, Badge Engineering, Denver, Down On The Junkyard, Ford, Ford Festiva, junkyard, Junkyard Find, Kia, kia pride, Mazda
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