Available on eBay right now : http://r.ebay.com/59i1yu

While that's true, you forgot the first part of that. The 2.5 liter V6 with a whopping 185 ft-lbs of torque and sloppy, lazy handling can't be the result of passionate engineering at any level - unless all the engineers that got fired from Mercury and Oldsmobile went to work for Lexus and this was the best they could…

Except that Cadillac has made cars with passion and an honest-to-god three pedal stick shift in the last decade.

Yeah, they sold a bunch of them here in Charleston, SC too. I didn't think they were rare at all - but based on how that Suzuki/Kia dealership sold cars, I bet a clear title without a massive 24.9% interest loan on one is pretty rare indeed.

Acura sold 3211 TSX Wagons in the US in 2011 alone. That's ten to twenty times as many as most of the cars on this list. Try again.

They did come to the US with a manual transmission, roughly 1 in 5 were manual according to the Saab guys over on a forum I visit.

http://www.usedcarking.com/used/Saab/2011…

Last I looked, those were like $115,000. Maybe "normal" in your tax bracket, but not mine I'm afraid.

Low mileage, with a manual, good colors - for sale in NY : http://www.usedcarking.com/used/Saab/2011…

I see your point - I just have a hard time seeing ANY car from 1948 as "common", even if they made quite a few (comparatively speaking). Thank you for clarifying.

I'm going with first generation Volvo C70 coupes. Swedespeed says that only 144 were made with the hardtop and a stick shift. I'll take it in the original Saffron Orange Pearl, please.

Yes, but I submit that most Chevy dealers had an easier time selling 390 HP, 5.4 second 0-60 time, and 15 MPG (for the mid $30's) than most Saab dealers with the same performance specs and a well over $40K price tag.

How is that a "normal" car?

I commented above discussing this before I saw your post. If yours or another stick shift RWD E91 comes up for sale - will you let me know? I'm as serious as a heart attack.

You. I like you. Please find me a stick shift, RWD, E91 (wagon) BMW 335i.

Manual or Automatic?

Autotrader finds a plethora for sale if you look nationwide.

Hard to imagine that Saab's got better looking right before they died, but that is proof right there. Is the key still in the center console?

There were a couple years where the 9-7x Aero (top line trim) came with the same 6.0 LS2 out of the Corvette and Pontiac/Holdens (GTO, G8, etc). Those are pretty rare, and probably more fun to drive than any other Saab Sport Ute.

I drove a GXP with a manual and the factory GM Stage II upgrade kit (bumped the output to 290 HP and 340 ft-lbs) and it was an amazingly fun little car. Much like the Cayman/Boxster, the addition of the room made a far better handling car - I kick myself that I didn't buy it - because they are rare and somewhat…