The Patriot was an abomination. The Dart has a suspension largely lifted from the Alfa Giulietta—it does handle nicely, though it’s a shame it had to suffer Dodge marketing. It would have been better as a Fiat.

That’s awesome. In the Detroit market there were a lot of these that sold on GM employee pricing and were extremely cheap on resale. I grabbed one with 9K miles for just $13K.... almost $20K off sticker. It was an ‘11 and not the best built machine ever but it was still a great highway car.

Agreed. Even a Webasto-roofed turbo model with a cool color, tape stripes, and perfect TRX alloys destined for Radwood might not fetch this much in perfect condition. This dull silver 2.2 is a useful old oddball at sub-$5K but no more than that.

I remember going to a state fair in NH as a very young kid and seeing a new Fuego at Renault’s exhibit tent (I guess that was a thing then?). It was cool-looking for the time and electric stuff like sunroof, windows, keyfob were uncommon on a small car. Also, it was *very* French, as in designed by a team led by…

I used to daily an AW11 in Maine and winter was tricky. I had issues with trucks on the highway not seeing it and trying to merge over me.

The Concept-E was a great-looking concept that sadly didn’t translate—the production car’s proportions were off.

This is one of those cars that helps explain why Porsches are so popular. $25K will get a much nicer Carrera, probably newer, with manual trans and probably an IMS fix.

I’m fairly sure both of his parents were Italian. However, his first jobs were with several French automakers after early success in Milan. His first major job was with Lorraine-Dietrich in the Alsace region of Germany (later France), which helps explain why he set up his factory there and became a naturalized French…

Also, having also had a ‘01 SE, it’s important to understand that the oil drain screen can clog, lunching the engine. It’s actually important to run it at WOT on a regular basis and to use full synthetic. Most surviving cars probably have had this fix (or a new engine).

One of the main reasons to buy this particular NG900 is the engine. It’s the last model year before Saab/GM started to make some efficiency changes like lighter internals and flywheels, as well as, eventually, a revised PCV system. Trionic is different, too. B204 holds up to 600whp with the right upgrades while the…

Most likely it was bad timing. Isdera was reasonably successful in the 1980s building very small numbers of Spyders and Imperators, but Schulz was never employed by Mercedes and his CW311 had little to do with Mercedes the company other than using one of its engines. Mercedes didn’t seem interested in building sports…

The Diablo also had a similarly cab-forward look, though with a flat windshield instead of the Zonda’s Group C-like curved glass.

This car, along with the mid-size A-platform, really saved GM’s bacon after the twin small-car disasters of the ‘70s: Vega and X-platform. It’s main virtue was simplicity and reliability, which was the best GM could possibly hope for from it’s early FWD experiments.

Normally I’d agree with you, but BMW isn’t perfect and this car is a good example. It’s likely an M56-equipped 325, which means it has all the smog/emissions/fuel system gear to qualify as a SULEV in California for the 2003 model year. That system is not friendly to repair (and esp. tuning) and can be very costly to…

The E46 predates the turbo cars. Speaking of unreliable, this car likely has the uncommon M56 SULEV engine sold in California and three other states starting for the 2003MY. From what I’ve read there are no cheap fixes for that engine, especially with regard to the cooling system. I’d rather have the turbo.

I agree, this car would have gotten lots of press attention without the Mustang name; it’s really the first mass-market USDM competitor to entry-level Teslas.

The narrow tires don’t help either.

I think it’s a Washington state plate, actually. It could still be Black Bear Pass, though the background doesn’t look quite right.

Hmmm, last I checked the Roadster was Tesla’s design. Yes, it’s on a Lotus chassis (with a longer wheelbase) but the styling is Tesla’s own. And it’s not as nice as the Lotus...

Just adopting the Mini Cooper color palette would be a huge improvement and would add a nice green, blue, and orange.