Even rarer than the one in the listing is one of this generation in 2-door form. Definitely a unicorn.

Oh I wantwantwantwant this, so much...been looking for a 2-door Jetta in halfway decent shape for ages. Would like it better if it had full bumpers. Always wanted to shove a 1.8t (oooh, or a 2.0t!) in one of these.

Oh I wantwantwantwant this, so much...been looking for a 2-door Jetta in halfway decent shape for ages. Would like it better if it had full bumpers. Always wanted to shove a 1.8t (oooh, or a 2.0t!) in one of these.

That’s the vacuum reservoir...my brother’s ‘81 had it mounted to the underside of the hood.

Oh. Your. GOD.....how the hell did all of us forget the frickin Corvette L88?!?!

Have to remember that everything on those cars was for homologation, and performance. The wing was so high because it had to be mounted to the fender (there is structure inside to pass forces down to the frame) and if it was lower you couldn’t open the trunk. The ‘vents’ on the front fenders were to provide clearance…

Wow, there are some really good ones...and a lot of them are represented in the comments (even if some aren’t really ‘hot rods’ but just actual models...for example, the 959 was not a hot rod 911, it was a whole different beast).

“BMW’s First M5 Might Still Be the Best of Them All” No, no, no...

And I’m honestly sick and tired of all that fucking orange smoke.

One of the first things I’ve done in any car I have bought, or even rented, was located the instrument dimmer and turned it down...creates far too much glare for night driving...

Wow...very hard to pick just one. I mean, there are several anthology books of Peter Egan’s writing, on motorcycles AND cars, that could fill a Top 10 list, not to mention some other auto journalist anthologies that should be ‘required reading’ for auto enthusiasts.

Alfa has several big problems, but the biggest is...well, their cars are beautifully designed, the major engineering seems to be pretty darned good, they have the ‘desirability’ and performance/driving aspects down...their cars are just unreliable and expensive. That’s NOT a good combination. And it’s not just…

Could be fun...but I will say that nobody will ever do ‘the smirk’ better than Christina Ricci. This one’s affected the rest of her face a bit too much, a bit too close to real emotion. Ricci managed to keep her face so mask-like, with just the slightest crinkle around her mouth...such a small expression that said so…

My girlfriend was car shopping last year and we drove every mid-luxury crossover out there...and the BMW X1 sounded TERRIBLE, both inside and outside the car. Inside it sounded like a poorly tuned British econo car from the 80s...actually, I think the average Allegro sounded better. It was very un-BMWlike. Outside it…

My ‘99 and ‘01 Audi A4s both had this tiny little flip-down visor above the rear-view mirror, to account for that one little letterbox that the sun always seemed to find on my morning commute, back in the day. No other car I’ve had had that...and I missed it when it was gone.

I’m glad this was posted so I could see what other States have for Premium. Around where I live in NJ, all of the stations are charging over $1.50 more for Premium than Regular...my guess, so many cars around here require Premium, so they can LOOK like they are at or under $4/gal, but aren’t really.

I vote you should get a bonus point for the stringback gloves (mine are black, but a proper roadster deserves the original tan & ivory).

I got to drive an E-Type, a Series 1 4.2, around 1989 that the mechanic who restored it was trying to sell my grandfather...top down on a gorgeous late spring day. Being tall, my eyeline was actually right at the windshield header, and my legs were a trifle cramped. I cared not. It was so...visceral. The steering was…

I almost bought a Swift GT back in the day (mom gave me the hurt-puppy look because she thought I’d get run over by a truck in it, so was guilted out of doing it), it was a ludicrously fun car to drive. Closest I ever got was my 04 MINI Cooper S...a bit faster, but much bigger (really!), and just about the same amount…

Wow...”best car” is such a loaded and vague thing. Best at what? Best single drive? Best ownership experience (which is as much on the dealer(s) as the car)? Best performing? Best luxury?