Growl... that would be the most recent generation of Nissan Silvia, also known as the Nissan 200SX in some markets.
Only six cylinders, but rear-wheel-drive and not too heavy, IIRC. This generation is much more gorgeous than the one preceding it (which the US got as the 240SX, I believe)
#7923 is an '88 Opel Manta dressed up to resemble the Group A racers of that time. #7925 is an S15 Silvia. Silvias were always 4-cylinder, except for the US-market '87-88 200SX SE which had the VG30E V6.
Dodge Stealth based on the Mitsubishi 3000 platform. People were up in arms about a Japanese car pacing the "Great American Race" so they used a prototype Dodge Viper instead.
They're not all that expensive now. The best one in the world shouldn't be more than $10,000. If you're aspiring to Cadillacs and overpriced trucks, it's well within your reach. It's not a MkIV Supra TT, after all.
Well to get one in mint' with low miles will run you $15-18K. I almost bought a black 95' TT for $18K but was a hour-half late. It had like 17K miles on it
It's a higher trim level of the Grand Prix, like maybe a GT or GTP? I'd guess a 1988-90? I know the SE model didn't have the extra lights mounted inboard of the headlights.
That's my guess also. My MOM had a Emerald Green 1993 GP 2-door coupe special edition with the little lights at the front. I drove it quite often after I graduated H.S.
I think it had either a 3.1 or 3.4 in it ? It was pretty sporty. They did make a turbocharged one in the early 90's if my memory serves me correct. Moms had HUD, just like my 92' Bonneville SSEi
Rocky
P.S. Dream-car, not in those days....I was a Cam-Am fan. :P
Wait, I just realized something...back then, wasn't the SE a higher level of Grand Prix than it is today? Around 1988-90 they might have had a hierarchy like base, LE, and SE.
I think the GT and GTP designations came out later.
#7970 is a 1990 Turbo Grand Prix (no trim line letters). The turbo was dropped for 1991 and the trim spec became SLE.
Note the hood louvers and the ridiculous number of buttons on the steering wheel. Too bad GM didn't combine the turbo with the AWD from the Pontiac 6000.
It is indeed the Chinese Market Buick Royaum, essentially a rebadged Holden Caprice/Statesman. It's not clear to me if Holden makes them in Oz and exports them to the PRC or GM makes them in China alongside other Buick models.
The General now sells more Buick badged vehicles in China than in the USA according to the Autoextremist.
Between the steering wheel buttons and the buttons on the dash, some on each side of the cluster sun shield, it really looks dated, now. Although the last Civic dash I looked at was a close 2nd.
I thought the little Chrysler (Hint) Pentastar on the front (very hard to see though, would have given it away. But if not I will give you all a big hint, it is a Dodge from 1986.
I though some would have put the Honda Dualnote / Acura DN-X from 2003, but the Veyron was a good guess.
That wheel is awful. GM should offer a public apology for that travesty.
The GM10s were sort of a bust, they came out with 3 big coupes at a time when everyone was buying sedans. Then the sedans they came out with didn't look quite right, because there weren't meant to be 4 doors from the get-go.
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2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Oh yeah, the Lark Wagonaire. Innovation, 40 years later.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Only six cylinders, but rear-wheel-drive and not too heavy, IIRC. This generation is much more gorgeous than the one preceding it (which the US got as the 240SX, I believe)
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Rocky
P.S. This car along with 512TR is my favoritest Ferrari's
Rocky
-juice
Rocky
Rocky
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
If I ever hit a powerball jackpot, this will be my Saturday driver.
Odie
Odie's Carspace
Rocky
Our car is close to a Vector W8, but the front clip is wrong. It's certainly not a Bugatti Veyron.
I'd like to know what it is though....
Rocky
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Yeah where is that middle finger at ? :P
Rocky
I think it had either a 3.1 or 3.4 in it ? It was pretty sporty. They did make a turbocharged one in the early 90's if my memory serves me correct. Moms had HUD, just like my 92' Bonneville SSEi
Rocky
P.S. Dream-car, not in those days....I was a Cam-Am fan. :P
I think the GT and GTP designations came out later.
Note the hood louvers and the ridiculous number of buttons on the steering wheel. Too bad GM didn't combine the turbo with the AWD from the Pontiac 6000.
btw, I had an '89 GP, no trim level back then on the base model. And it had the inboard 'fog' lamps as well.
-Brian
makes them in China alongside other Buick models.
The General now sells more Buick badged vehicles in China than in the USA according to the Autoextremist.
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2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
They'd name it Panoz Esperante.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Rocky
I though some would have put the Honda Dualnote / Acura DN-X from 2003, but the Veyron was a good guess.
Odie
Odie's Carspace
The GM10s were sort of a bust, they came out with 3 big coupes at a time when everyone was buying sedans. Then the sedans they came out with didn't look quite right, because there weren't meant to be 4 doors from the get-go.
-juice
2016 Audi A7 3.0T S Line, 2021 Subaru WRX
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93