The car was sold with the notchback hatch, but for about $600 you could buy the “Sportbak” hatch. Swapping the hatches was a ten-minute job. Pop off two covers over the hinges, insert an included prop-rod to hold the hatch up, disconnect the shock struts, then unbolt the hinges.
Have a friend help you lift the…

It’s been on Jalopnik before, was dissed, then redeemed. The Nissan Pulsar NX SE with the optional Sportbak.

Discovering Jalopnik, then wondering how the hell the ‘pending-comment’ system works. Do I need to be specially approved by every single writer?

Its headlight count was far out, and let you see far ahead too.

CP.
The only hearse I’d be seen dead or alive in. (and I’ve been seen alive in it).

I agree with you and user Goofnik above: The 80’s was a time when the automakers had some cool choices for the ‘young, frugal, and wants something sporty’ market. I appreciated that they offered some choices, even if they were sporty-looking but not actually sport performance cars.

The ELR is nice, but as others say it’s a $76,000 tarted up Volt. And in the process of adding all that fancy crap to the Volt they swung and missed when it came to the details. Read about ELR owners’ frustrations over all the silly little stuff GM whiffed over on the GM-Volt.com website.
The CUE system is annoying,…

That one visible fastener. It destroys the illusion.

I wouldn’t say ‘ripoff’, rather I think the were an homage to the Mustangs. The fastback version of the late 70’s Celicas looked strikingly like the 69/70 Mustangs. The notchback version of the 80’s Celicas looked, oddly enough, like the 65/66 mustangs.

Not me, but my brother. Jacked-up on 19-year-old testosterone and stupid, he decided buying a Pontiac Astre (re-badged Chevy Vega) was a good idea and a great bargain, because it ‘just needed an engine rebuild’. My brother was not a motorhead, but his two best friends were, and promised him how easy it would be and…

“and having something that (hopefully) everyone else will enjoy too.”

Whoa, they made wagon versions. I am kinda interested now...

How did the tach & boost gauge work? Was there a tiny needle that traveled left-to-right? Did it use LED segments? Or was there a mechanical bar of some sort that ‘grew’ from left-to-right?

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I hit a deer on my Yamaha Seca. I was doing about 60, never saw the deer. Riding down the road on a beautiful and crisp fall day, friend behind me a hundred yards or so. He saw it on the side of the road, and had just enough time to say to himself “I hope it doesn’t hit Dr A”. Then Whammo. All I recall is a blur in…

Not sure how to embed images here, so please enjoy this IMGUR link. Tamiya scale RX-7 I built in high school, back in the early 80’s. My first Tamiya car model. I never owned a real one, but perhaps some day...

That’s okay, but the Pontiac Firebird Kammback (wagon) was way, way cooler and more practical. If they sold this I would buy it.

Thank you.

Here’s the report on when and why the tapes went missing. It also details why the original broadcast resolution was so poor. It was not intended that way. The original mission control employees recall that the images were quite crisp and clear.

One of the best hidden features of the BRAT (or BDRATT) is the optional center hidden headlight! Can’t believe you didn’t mention it.