Bring A Trailer rarely disappoints, but today is an exceptionally fruitful day. Not one, but three delightfully kitschy relics of the Reagan era are on sale, offering something for a broad spectrum of tastes, whether you like new wave, metal or the burgeoning urban genre known as “hip-hop”.
Tag: Ruf
German tuner Ruf is coming to China. He did what everybody should do who is setting up shop in another land: Do thorough market research. When he asked what Chinese like, the answer was: “Long!” With that in mind, Ruf made what the Chinese market (possibly) wants: A stretched Porsche Panamera. (Read More…)
Yes, the world is officially crazy enough for Siemens and Ruf to consider building an electric Cayenne. Er, excuse me, eRuf Stormster. Range is about 110 miles, but the top speed is only 92 mph, presumably to prevent unseemly snickering at the prospect of running out of power after an hour of spirited driving. Let’s be fair about this: if the Stormster ever made it to production it should be good for about 90 minutes of “enthusiast” range to go with its nine second zero-to-60 time. Jerks.




Recent Comments
NoGoYo - I’m more of a first gen Intrepid kind of guy. My friend’s mom had a sweet ’93 and I was amazed by how good it...
30-mile fetch - Reading your comment, it just hit me how few Cirrus and Stratus I see on the road now. They used to be everywhere. You...
LeeK - Fed up with the truck-like 92 SHO I was driving, I ordered a 98 SVT Contour from my dealer on just a handshake based on the...
Derek Kreindler - If you are ever in town, let me know. I don’t get up to Ottawa much but I’ll be in Perth at the end of July to visit my old summer...
LeeK - I replaced a 92 SHO with a brand new 98 SVT Contour, which I ordered sight unseen from my dealer. I was not happy with the SHO —...
JSF22 - When I lived near Detroit in the ’90s, my next-door neighbor worked for Ford’s ad agency, J. Walter Thompson, and my...
Derek Kreindler - As much as it pains me to expose my Miata to road salt, there is nothing more fun than using the throttle to steer the car just after a fresh snowfall…
LeeK - I don’t really understand that — I hauled by family of four around comfortably for eight years in an SVT Contour. I am...
Slave2anMG - I had a ’97 V6 SE…a company car with an auto transmission. The seats were crap so I put a Recaro on the...
LeeK - Mine leaked in the trunk, too. I finally found the issue — tree detritus had collected around the tail lights and blocked the...