The Elantra competes directly with the Sentra that you referenced, along with the Jetta GLI someone else referenced and is the smallest sedan in their lineup. Pick and choose your battles I guess. Some people will never be happy.

Hyundai Elantra N, Honda civic SI, subaru wrx. I guess depends on your definition of “tiny”...plenty of hot hatches to choose from too, GTI, veloster N, cSI, Corolla GR

This is beautiful, and the example you want. If I was shopping 20k to spend on a weekend/collector type car, stumbling on this would be a no brainer take-my-money.

The very late Saturns were pretty good cars too. The Sky and Astra (which is more of a rebadged Vauxhall/Opel) were great cars but too little too late. 

Interior stuff is pretty easy to refurb though, this is a fairly easy NP from me. Would have been nice to see a fresh air cleaner in there though. 

It is refreshing to see an overpriced car that has at least been cleaned, detailed, and presented nicely. I guess if you’re specifically looking for a turbo automatic volvoo wagon this is a nice one, but there are a lot of cars ahead of line for 10k for me. 

Fortunately, this is the OHV 4.0 and not the terrible OHC edition that came out a few years later.

Nothing on that front end fits together. This has either seen an accident and been really poorly repaired (would check title for washing considering its listed as clear), or dingus decided to take everything apart to smoke the headlamps, lacking the basic competence to reassemble it properly. Both red flags. Might be…

Yeah the pipes and hoses are fine in my book. I have them on my Saturn as they are functional more than dress-up. The valve cover and intake though? Woof.

Always liked and still like these. Not this one though. The wheels are atrocious, hood is silly, and things like a chrome valve cover and pep boys gas cap really give me pause. I’d pay this for a well maintained stock example, or even a tastefully modded one. This is neither. I had a Stealth that gave me many years…

I legit thought this was 3,999 and kicked around NP. Another digit? lol nah. This would be fun to complete and fuck around with -- slam it, throw a 2JZ or something in it and send it. But maybe only at 4k.

I think this would be a SOHC M103 engine (180hp or so), not the DOHC (which would be designated the 300-24), but it is’nt clear in the ad and there aren’t any actual pictures with the badge in it. The M103 was also found in the 300E of the day, the SL got the later M104 engine with the 320SL. Pretty easy to work on in…

What a waste of lentils

Exactly — this is a collector car. It’s for diehard ford people who need to have a “rare” sort of car thats not a mustang and can’t afford something from the 60s and/or want something more modern. Not my thing, but I know people who would jump at this.

The Lesabre pulled off their appearance-only package much better. I guess this is their “midsize” offering in comparison to the regal? I never quite understood the different GM cookkie cutters.

This is a great price, easy NP.

I had an RX8 and it was quite pleasant inside the car. Super smooth and loved to rev, but yeah outside it sounded like a vacuum. With exhaust mods it sounds like a weedwhacker, there’s just no way to make it sound good. The old 12As were even worse.

Brodozers. Pick any of them, preferably diesel. It’ll have a 6 inch exhaust — the driver will punch it trying to aggressively pass...truck will hardly go anywhere, emit a loud BLUHHHHHHHHHH for about 5 seconds, hardly any rev change and then be done. Repeat about 10 seconds later. You can literally hear it a mile away…

But how will it look with super wide (and extra spacers for good measure) chrome rims and extremely low profile tires? Because that seems like the actual market for most of these trucks. Throw in always-extended tow mirrors (and no hitch) for good measure. 

Marketing and branding. There are a lot of V8 purists out there.