Beretta GTZ....I had a poster up on my bedroom wall and everything.....I was 10 years old......no surprise that I never ended up owning one as most were LOOOONG gone once I got my license in 1998, but upon turning 20 years old I did end up buying an almost identical Camaro to the one that caught Tom’s eye, so I think…

Am I the only one who read this whole article with my own re-mix of that Jim Carroll Band song playing in the background??

My daily driver Volvo s60 has the 3.0 inline six turbo in it, exactly 300hp/300tq, and is a prime example of your assessment being spot on. Fantastic motor that makes an innocent looking Volvo fast enough to get you in trouble, but not SERIOUSLY STUPID trouble (Polestar tune fixes that tho).

Your GTO suggestion is spot-on!

Was really hoping this thing would have an aggressive, throaty exhaust note coming from that turbo V6. A quick search of YouTube videos seems to show that is not the case.....

Have you given any thought to a pre beaten on pre-owned Chevy SS?? A quick search revealed this tidy looking silver one in Butler, PA. Its on your side of these 48 states and has the requisite amount of pedals. Looks like its also a certified pre-owned model which apparently means a 6 year/100,000 miles powertrain…

The twin-turbo AWD iteration certainly seems worthy of a test-drive if/when I decide to replace my Volvo daily-driver, but the price would need to come down substantially, and even then I’m not sure I could stomach the idea of owning a KIA. At the risk of sounding like a snob, the brand to me (along with Hyundai) is…

Been very happy with a CPO 2012 Volvo s60 T6 that I bought a few years go. So far I’ve only had to use it a handful of times, mostly for suspension issues, all fixed for free with no questions asked. Still under warranty until next summer, 7 year/100,000 mile coverage. Combined with the fact that most Volvos are…

The ZR2 was my dream vehicle approx 20 years ago when I got out of high school, but alas I never ended up owning one. Basically was just a tad out of my price range at the time, and then a few years later when I could easily afford one they suddenly (and maybe as expected) had all been beaten into oblivion. Every…

If said $12,995.00 car was any of these above examples then I’d consider breaking out the nice price......the silver one has t-tops and dammit if that burgundy example isn’t freakin gorgeous......however, as it stands, that white roach rocket could have its price cut in half and it would still be a smoldering…

For the most part it seems like the whole “no haggle price” thing is really just another marketing gimmick used by dealers. Its so easy nowadays to do a few quick internet searches to see if the price a dealer is selling the car for is fair or not.

“Yeah with one foot in the grave, and one foot on the pedal, I was born a rebel”

Owned a 1996 Monte Z34 back in 2000. The 3.4l DOHC motor made decent mid-range torque, but was a complete dog under 3,000RPM. Oh, and to boot, when it was warm it would hard start from time to time. So in addition to bland styling, you’d get the embarrassment of having to crank and crank your car to get it to start…

So what your implying here is that if Chevy was being honest in the mid-90s they would have badged the top tier Monte Carlo as the Zzzzzzzzzzz34

If I was suddenly thrown back in time to the late 1980s, and somebody told me I could pull into a high school parking lot driving either a Daytona Turbo Z or a Beretta GT......I’m taking the keys to that Daytona every single time. And I’m speaking as somebody who at the age of 9 had a poster of a Beretta GTZ hanging…

Drove an MX-3 with the 1.8L six banger and a 5-speed a few times back in the late 1990s. Can confirm that it basically felt and sounded like a 4-cylinder. Was a fun car to toss around and the motor definitely liked to rev with that 5-speed, but it lacked much of the charm that I felt the 2.5L V-6 found in the Probe…

My buddy’s brother had a ‘96 Probe GT 5-speed back in the day and it was a ton of fun to drive. However, my brand loyalty to GM kept me from ever actually buying one, really dumb logic on my part in hindsight.

Think the perp was hoping he could pull off some “Stow N Go” action on top of that van?

Damn, there are WAY more people on there defending the dealership than I thought there would be. If I was in this couple’s position I would be absolutely livid. The debate over whether or not this is a “special edition” Camaro or not is irrelevant, this is THEIR Camaro. Most every car is just a car, until its YOUR…

Much like rear window louvers and automatic seat-belts, the pop-up headlight is something from a bygone era that I never really noticed had gone away. And when I think back to 25 years ago, it feels like more than half the cars I’d see rolling around with pop-up headlights would have one of them or both of them…