Surprised at all the ugly comments.  I am not going to argue it's beauty, but overall I think pretty innocuous is how I would describe it. More or less a two box wagon design, not as clean and boxy as an old Volvo, but certainly not over styled either.

I think this is easy nice price, trendsetter in good condition and I can’t imagine it being hard to keep running. A surprising number of these come up regularly on my local Craigslist and Facebook for less money, but not near as nice as this one. I like the interior, both condition and aesthetics.

“mods" sorry

Eagle Talon, great name even, I was pretty impressed with these when they came out.  Considering they are a contemporary of the first generation Miata, you sure don't see many of the Diamond Star cars in the Midwest anymore.  I think rust and questionable nods did them all in.

You get a star, but it is not a happy star.

Early 90s, sorry typo

Username checks out, but I agree with you.  

My view on these are tainted by the memory of the early 99 Diamond Star cars that were small and sporty and 4 wheel drive (where did they all go? Modified all to hell and blown up I suppose).

I forgot those existed then a few weeks back I saw one parked in my neighborhood all beat up and looking kind of awkward as some kind of small operation contractor's truck.  Wanted to snap a pic but the guy was standing by it, and didn't want to creep him out.

I have never heard them called a Caddy except hear on Jalopnik.  A Caddy is a Cadillac in my mind, and most other auto minded Americans.

In my opinion the sharp two contrasting color seats don't look good in anything, they look like something you would get at Wal-Mart or Pep-boys.

I was already leaning no dice before I read about the hail.  I think the Z4 coupe looks much better than the roadster, and wouldn't mind a nice used one at a reasonable price.  This car doesn't meet either of those criteria.  Hard no dice.  Also obligatory user mods do not add value statement.

First, I see this is going down in flames, when I hit the No Dice button on the poll I was a little curious, I mean I knew it was a loser, but didn’t know how big. My faith in the Jalopotariat is renewed and restored.

My favorite is this.

Has Rob been broken of his habit of presenting us with a nearly endless string of fright pigs that call to mind the old verboten but catchy title this feature used to have?

This Looks like a steal to me. Lately we have seen cars with 160,000 miles on the odometer for similar prices. Always thought the Clubman was interesting and made the Mini into a practical daily proposition. If this is near me may go buy it.

Looks nice, I think maybe the catalyst and some other updates was a midyear change in 77, so maybe that explains your car. Here is my current 924S. When I got mine I pulled parts from two or three cars at local junkyards, as the inop ones were pretty hard to sell for any price just a few years back. I think they are…

I had an ‘81 for about a year. Bought it for $1000 in 2015 or 16 in Wyoming and dive it home 450 miles in January to Nebraska. It had no heater, but otherwise did fine. Mine was about like this except the cat was fine but it needed paint because of lots of dings all over, but no rust.

Yeah, you hit on a point I shouldn’t have cared about as much as I did, but nevertheless really bugged me on the test drive. In my mind a sports car dash is a big round tach and a big speedo in front of the driver, with lots of little gauges scattered around in supporting roles.  I had no idea the S2K was different…

I test drove one of these once it was an AP1. I had huge expectations because from everything I read it was exactly the kind of car I like, small, light, agile and quick. I have to say I was a little disappointed, but I don’t think it was a bad sports car at all, it was just like going to a movie after everybody and…