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Turbo, Manual, Orphaned Brand Wagon: Saab 9-3 Sportcombi
Maybe you’ve never seen one, but Saab did indeed offer a wagon er- SportCombi variant of the last generation 9-3. This example has a manual transmission mated to its tw-liter, turbocharged I4. This is a Saab, so the front wheels are driven – perhaps the only strike against this car. A turbo V6 was also available, but…
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Celebrate the Failure of Socialism in Style!
The Trabi – does it really need an introduction. If you lived in East Germany and were lucky enough to be chosen to get a car; but not lucky enough to be of the ruling class, who didn’t follow their own rules, this was your car – either in sedan or wagon form. This example…
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Pontiac What?? Yes, it’s a Laurentian!
The Laurentian was Pontiac’s full-size car in Canada for decades and usually based on a large Chevrolet platform, although the sheet metal made it look like US Pontiacs. Why all the work to create something so similar? We don’t know. Presumably, plant capacity played a role. This 1970 Laurentian is essentially an Impala in Pontiac…
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1976 Monte Royce
Okay, it’s not called a Monte Royce, but this is a “Custom Cloud”, which is a Rolls Royce wanna-be based on a 1976 Chevy Monte Carlo – convertible, in this case. The Custom Cloud was a strange project in the 70s, with the owner supposedly patenting Rolls’ grill design in the US, as Rolls had…
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Interesting Car, Strange Choices: Custom Triumph TR8
The TR8 was a short-lived, V8-powered version of the famously wedgy TR7 sports car. Being British and having eight cylinders in the 70s/80s, you know the Buick-engineered, Rover-purchased 215 CID (3.5L, if you must) all-aluminum V8. These are highly-regarded sports cars, but this owner decided that wasn’t enough. The seller says this done in the…
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70s Peugeot Flagship Sedan
The Peugeot 504 was to top of the Peugeot range for many years and, like so many unusual European products, was in production – in one form or another – for over 30 years and on various continents. Of course, it wasn’t in the US for long, as the entire brand pulled out in the…
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An Urban Legend Lives? Alleged Shelby CV525
The seller claims this is a Shelby CV525, which is basically an internet rumor, and that is it one of ten, with only two in the US. Why would ANY Crown Victoria exist outside the US? Why is this interesting, you ask? Because it claims to be a Panther with supercharger and manual trans. Unfortunately,…
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Rare 6MT Jaguar X-Type
The Jaguar X-Type was based on the Ford Mondeo platform, but was offered only with all-wheel drive in the US to help it compete with RWD offerings from BMW and Mercedes (and later the Japanese luxury brands). Although it was panned by most when compared to the Germans and Japanese, enthusiasts know this platform and…
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French Family Hatchback
Today’s feature car is a Renault 16 (R16), which was Renault’s large family hatch from the mid 1960s until 1980. After all, it wouldn’t be a European car from that period if it wasn’t built for fifteen years… The seller claims this one runs and it certainly appears original. What’s the downside? It has been…
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The Warrior – A Delightful Combination of Hideous and Creepy
What do you get when you add murals, mods, tufting, custom cabinets, a Vista Cruiser roof and far too many LED lights to an Astro van? This – THE WARRIOR! The seller is both the 4th and 2nd owner of this van. Apparently, he sold it and then traded something to get it back. Somewhere…