Trabant works rally cars and a few Isuzu pickups reportedly had five on the tree!

Aftermarket companies sell lots of parts, and most custom cars use manufactured aftermarket parts. So, even if a car was built by somebody in his garage, it probably still contains parts that aftermarket companies would like to show off. Many custom cars either have sponsor decals, or list on an info board which parts…

I can’t speak for reliability, but AMC made some pretty cool unibody 4WD’s. The Eagle wagon is the popular choice, but you could also get a sedan, coupe or Spirit hatch (basically a 4x4 Gremlin). These were all based off the 1970 Hornet and produced until the 1988 model year (all shared the same doors IIRC).

A cheaper way to get a dogleg would be a 1960's three speed column shift. And it’s an even better theft deterrent! Everyone will think it’s an auto, but once you see the third pedal, you still need to know the shift pattern because it isn’t marked. There’s no lockout for reverse, either.

Now add this to a 70's Aussie ute burnout.

Too busy cheating in WRC to care... ohhh! Sick burn!

Baby, don’t hurt me. Don’t hurt me no more.

That is fantastic. What good friends you have!

Top Gear already did that with gas cars. Haha

Your van is amazing. I’ve long wanted to paint one of my cars in graffiti, and came pretty close to doing so once, but ended up with dazzle camo instead. Do you have any other photos?

Flat green paint? That’s definitely gloss. Did you mean “muted”?

He quite clearly says “taller”, “baller” and “call her”.

Impaler.

Have you ever even listened to the damn song? Not once does he pronounce it “Impala”. It’s got to rhyme with “baller”.

Would you rather have a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a six-four Impaler?

Oh, ok. Well, there have been a lot of sketches like that floating around in the past ten years. Only a few made their way into the light of day.

Are you comparing the 2009 Vision Efficient Dynamics show car to the 2011 Saab Phoenix? In my opinion they were two iterations from a popular styling trend that is generally too expensive to implement on normal cars.

Right? It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it was definitely a “true” Saab, previewing their now-stillborn platform iirc. They even had a new Sonett in development.

Now you’re going to try to tell me Toyota built the engines for their 2000GT’s!!! What is this madness?

This is a Saab 95:

You can’t say someone’s expectations are invalid just because no other cars satisfy them anymore. I can mark the lack of yellow paint against the RS regardless of whether other cars in the class are yellow. Maybe yellow just works for me, maaaan.