And it was a TV star too!

For it to be a proper challenge they’d have to hook the tube of a gas mask up to it to make sure the soot completely fills their lungs.

First and foremost, if a dealership pulls anything shady like this on you, DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY.

Or wouldn’t it be 786 flights, since they also had to fly the planes over to Italy to pick up the cars?

Video of VW emissions testing:

The Allanté is also notable for having what was once described as the “world’s longest assembly line” as the Pininfarina-built bodies were flown 4,600 miles from Turin to Detroit for final assembly, 56 at a time in a specially outfitted 747.

Yep, usually just enough to make the car look pretty because if it looks good people will be less prone to actually looking it over thoroughly.

The buy here/pay here lots are predatory as hell. Many people never end up paying those cars off.

But it’s one of only 37 Mustang convertibles sold in 1996 with the V6 engine and automatic transmission in purple with a beige interior and white top. It’s rare! I know what I have!

Why does every retiree with a plastic-bumper C3 Corvette think it’s worth a shit-ton of money??

I like the way you think.

Needs moar rally.

Of course not, McParland! How obvious do you need to get?

Different breeds.

PA lets you transfer plates so it’s likely the plate came from another car the seller owned.

Nissan Bluebird SSS. Back in 1997 I was driving a 1990 Nissan Stanza, my first car. In the US they were just FWD with a 140hp KA24E engine... but in Japan you could get the turbocharged, AWD, rally-ready SSS!

I don’t think they’re going to be inclined to spend the money...

Here in the US I was always a fan of the hatchback version of that generation Accord.