For $5,500, 1977 V8 Eclat Says Eff-You to Larded-Up Lotus Elite

Lotus is introducing an expensive new at Paris, implying the new Lotus position is bent over. However, today's Eclat gives you most of the bragging rights at a fraction of the price. Yesterday was more like it, with none of that too close to call baloney for the , a...

Nov 17, 2024

For $13,900, Open the Door For Your Mystery Eight

There are certain expectations inherent with a W123 Mercedes- it'll be incredibly well built, it'll never go out of style, and, if a diesel, it'll be slow. Today's V8 300TDT gets two out of three. Like Clint Eastwood, the seller of this Benz is a man of few words, however...

Nov 17, 2024

For $3,500, This Could Almost Be An Impulse Purchase

All-wheel drive, handling by Lotus, 16-valve turbo motor, the Isuzu Impulse seemed to have it all, but it wasn't enough to ensure the company's eventual survival. Today's '91, however, is . Benzedrine can get you high, but sadly yesterday's was a real downer, culminating in an 81% Crack Pipe loss....

Nov 17, 2024

For $10,500, This Ford F100 Ain’t Your Father’s Oldsmobile

Back in the day, Oldsmobile was America's best selling car. More recently, Ford's full-sized pickup has held that top spot. Today's F100 is a melange of those brands, but is its price America's best? The 411 on yesterday's was that 75% of you thought its price was 10-4. Hey, did...

Nov 17, 2024

For $19,997, You Can Get A Hummer, Sort of

A Hummer can represent the highlight of just about anybody's week. Should however that Hummer turn out, like today's candidate, to be a knockoff, its price would likely determine if you're getting a happy ending. Trucks, they're like cars only bouncier, and like the Crab Shack, you don't feel bad...

Nov 17, 2024

For $7,999, This 2002tii Goes Topless So you Can Too

In the U.S., as Johnson gave way to Nixon, so did the last of BMW's microcars give way to cars like today's 2002tii. But would you give away nearly eight large for it? Bayerische Motoren Werke is a company that has established, over the decades, a reputation for building some...

Nov 17, 2024

For $9,900, You’re Still Not Tom Selleck

One of the Pontiac Fiero's touted features was a plastic body that could be changed for another. Today's Fiero Mera has had its body switched for that of an italian, but is its price lira-cal? ASCII Art is imagery created from the 95 printable characters in the ASCII compliant character...

Nov 17, 2024

For $3,295, This Porsche is Hot, Black, Maroon and Chrome

It's a Porsche, it's a Volkswagen, It's a... If they ever make a movie out of Today's 914, Faye Dunaway could play the lead, and hopefully Jack Nicholson would driver her. Like today's candidate, yesterday's sported a mid-mounted engine. Unlike today's so fugly-it's-endearing original's body, that Mera attempted to strike...

Nov 17, 2024

For $3,500, ɹǝʌo ǝɯ dılɟ 'sıɥʇ pɐǝɹ uɐɔ noʎ ɟı

They say the two certainties in life are death and taxes. While the latter comes annually, the former's arrival is usually a mystery. Today's Samurai could certainly speed that up however. Speed was on the minds of the 75% of you who voted Nice Price for yesterday's . As the...

Nov 17, 2024

For $17.00, Prepare To Get Grabbed

Indecisive home invader, Goldilocks always settled on the middle choice, after having befouled the other two. Today's Maverick sits in that median, between Pinto and Mustang, but for Goldi, this one may be too hot. Today's candidate sports Ford's tried and true small block in its most ubiquitous displacement, 302...

Nov 17, 2024

For $6,500, Become a DAFt Punk

As far as eternal struggles go, ranks right up there with good vs. evil and bong vs. blunt. DAF finally won that original fight, but will today's 66 trucklet extend the streak? Headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands, DAF has long been known for their commercial trucks, military vehicles, and the first...

Nov 17, 2024

For $5,000, Get Ready to Take Out the Euro Thrash

With Mercury moribund, not only does its slate of badge-engineered American cars fade into history, but also a series of Euro imports. That makes today's Merkur an orphan's orphan, and it's seeking a Daddy Warbucks. The Dutch wear wooden shoes. And heel and toe action in pine clogs is neigh-on...

Nov 17, 2024

For $16,000, Pick Up an Italian Hot Wing

Even though considered a budget exotic, the Pantera's wicked styling has always managed to turn heads. Today's be-winged example might fit your budget, if you're able to turn a wrench. Ever since the late 1600s the chemical element mercury has been used to extract silver from ore in what is...

Nov 17, 2024

For $11,500, Pick Up a Drop Top. . . Pick Up

In the Native American Lakota-Sioux dialect, Dakota means friend, or friendly. You might make some friends with today's Dakota convertible, especially with its non-native 360 V8. An affable 70% of you wanted to make friends with yesterday's , in fact, if that landslide vote is indicative of anything, it's that...

Nov 17, 2024

Chevrolet Volt: First Drive

After four years of planning and three years of hype, we've finally driven a production plug-in "hybrid." We expected some character from the most obsessively engineered vehicle in GM's history. We didn't expect so many personalities at once. Full disclosure: General Motors wanted us to drive the Volt so badly...

Nov 17, 2024