I have to side with the others. It warrants an inspection, but it would be remarkable to get a well-built Lamborghini in 1972, the year in which huge labor unrest and a financial crisis compelled Ferruccio to sell control of his company.

Available? Oh, sure. The LP9 variant is sort of unique to Saab in the U.S., but there’s certainly a lot of high-feature V6 parts that are shared with other GM models. Same goes for the XWD system.

It’s all about the style, I think. The car hasn’t aged perfectly but it’s hard to find another droptop of that era that has such attention to form on the exterior and interior. It still looks cool and seemingly nobody doesn’t like it. But the later cars are far better to drive.

I don’t think Ford was any worse than others in coming up with new nameplates, and most of them were phased out because the vehicles they represented had gone out of style. Thunderbird... out of style, twice. Crown Victoria... inefficient and old as dirt. Focus/Fiesta... market disappearing. Escort... phased out in…

As someone who used to daily an MR2 I agree, but let’s not forget a lot of people are shopping as parents on a budget. Does the Mini baby? Every day? The Volt is small and cramped inside compared with the more spacious Prius. Compare the two side by side and it’s not even close. The Bolt is much better as well.

It could be different with the stronger 2-liter. I had a Scirocco with a rebuilt 2-liter that pulled strongly to redline but basically ran out of revs at ~130 mph. The 1.8 had way more miles on it but 125 mph was all it could do.

Southeastern Michigan seems to have a lot of Saabs thanks to the GM-era Saab HQ in Royal Oak. New England probably still has a lot of Saab indie shops still plying their trade, and NJ/NY has a fair share of shops, too. I even found one in LA.

Parts are generally easy, but some stuff specific to the 9-3, and particularly V6 and/or Haldex models is expensive. A wiper assembly, for example, is like $500 or more. But there’s so many 9-3s still around that junkyards have lots of parts.

I have one just like this but an ‘08. The OEM coils were certainly problematic, but the replacements would last much longer. Still, it’s info I would want.

Why did the filmmakers feel they had to fudge the top speed? As it is, the ‘66 Mk II regularly ran up to 200 mph on the Mulsanne in both testing and competition. The stock Smiths gauge read 200 mph. 220 wouldn’t seem that much more impressive for the general public.

I had an ‘88 GTI 16V and it while it was decently quick it didn’t have much left past 90 mph. Short gearing helped it, and it felt much quicker to rev than the old 8-valver. But 0-60 times are in the 7-second range, at best.

Felt faster than a Porsche maybe? It was definitely not faster than a Porsche. Unless that Porsche is a 356, 914, or 912.

It’s definitely a collector’s item (unlike the nice but boring A3). It’s a fun-to-drive version of an economy car, sure, but it’s also about the style. It’s a lot like an old Alfa Giulietta Berlina. It was a cheap and unwanted old Alfa for a long time—the coupes were coveted—but look at prices for nice ones now. This…

How long before one appears with the license plate “Avelli”?

It must be something about small-volume Audi-powered sports cars from the aughts. The Gumpert Apollo was also visually challenged, and the Spyker was pretty in some ways but odd in others.

True, and conveniently enough the number ‘12' also served to highlight the big Merc V12.

It’s a solid idea. The only strong brand that has a sensible lineup is Jeep—Chrysler and Dodge desperately need more selection. Toyota doesn’t need FCA to move inventory, but maybe a brand that is struggling a little over here, like Mitsubishi or Mazda, would contribute vehicles. The Pacifica is fine as is, but…

It’s just interesting that Hyundai bundled so much into a single package. The tech pkg (with mandatory DCT) is a whopping $5K more than the base manual, which is getting a little close to GTI territory.

The bummer with the N-line, aside from no LSD option, is the absence of the Tech pkg, or any pkg at all, in the manual-trans car. It also doesn’t offer mpgs to write home about compared with bigger 2-liter cars.

Ferrari’s production runs varied widely, though. Some models only lasted a year or two, particularly in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Models like the 250, the 308, or the 365/400/412 lasted a dozen years or more. Many models were little more than a change in displacement and bodywork.