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Must be an aftermarket deal.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
In both cases the cars were clean designs at the same time the engines were done, so it wasn't done to fit it into the available space.
I submit that their current popularity speaks to their success as a design.
negated the latter and Audis and Acuras are all even numbered cyl counts now. Meanwhile Volvo now makes a line of Turbo and non-turbo fives--maybe just to be different.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
It's still a sound concept but debatable as to any real necessity or advantage.
i drive a truck everynight so i see many cars , i am in ca , but do to the 80's < man i killed alot of brain cells then > can't remember alot of names but i will try lol
today i saw a way pos renault alliance convertable , a La car , and a freugo ? is that spelled right .
also saw a late 50's early 60's toyota or datsun pickup in back of a house behind a garage and it wasn't on blocks . might go back and see if i can get that cheap it really looked clear from where i was at on the road .
also saw my first 350 Z car fly by me today . still had the dealer plates on it .
It also had liscence plates with the typical american dimensions, except it said "Consul" at the top and did not have registration stickers. Diplomatic plates maybe?
Anyway, there was a hot mid 20's girl with long blond hair driving it:)
Today I saw a Subaru DL/GL/Loyale (white) with a fake convertible roof (in blue). Nothing has been spared this treatment, apparently. Jeez Louise.
1. A Toyota Cornona wagon- a woodie!- in that 70's avacado green.
2. *3* Hummer H2's. Two yellow, one reddish-brown.
Anyone ever see a Bond Equipe GT?
How about a Fiat Toppolino?
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I saw a bunch of cars! I saw my first 2003 E-class, an E500... looked very sharp, but who would expect less? Perhaps the best sedan ever. The panorama roof is pretty neat.
I saw something in a puke yellow color... i want to say it's a 1960's compact. It has the same boat tail design as the early 70's Riviera, only in a smaller form with a upside down triangle window between the boat tail window and the driver's side window. I want to say something from AMC... any guesses?
A Cavalier hatchback (probably from like 1982?)
Anyway, I saw a black and white 1958 DeSoto Fireflight parked in Manhattan last night. It even had a "Shoe" cartoon in the window. Shoe owns a 1959 DeSoto.
I didn't realize that some cars in the 50's had flipper style door handles.
Last week I saw a rare elusive electric yellow-green Honda Insight parked by Bertucci's in Woodbridge, NJ.
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AMC and Mopar products often shared a lot of styling similarities back then.
Oh yeah, speaking of flip-up door handles, I think AMC was actually the first (domestic maker, at least) to offer them. Back then, a lot of cars had door handles that were similar to old-time refrigerator handles, only mounted sideways. If you grazed a pedestrian with your car, the handle would slice right through them.
I saw a '58 DeSoto 4-door sedan, about a year ago, out on the highway. I think '58's are the rarest of the '57-59 design today. I used to be in the national DeSoto club years ago, and remember that there were actually more '59's in the club than '57 or '58's. The '57's were much more popular when new, but rusted like crazy. The '58's sold poorly, due partly to recession, the bad rap of the '57's, competition from within Chrysler, and poor marketing. The '59's were better built, but still sold poorly. I think that's why they survived better though, because they were built a bit better and had better rust-proofing.
FWIW,
TB
There's not an Alfa made that doesn't handle well for its vintage.
It had dealer drive-away tags on it, so I probably wasn't really street legal. It was not one of the cars I teched.
Then there was the late 70's or early 80's Pontiac Sunbird (looked like a Chebby Monza) with the 3.8L V6. Big, heavy iron engine in small car. It didn't turn very well. Mediocre street tires also were a factor.
It was a pretty car, in excellent shape. It looked showroom new.
TB
Also, a yellow-green Insight...intersting to look at...
I was in Houston yesterday and in the IKEA parking lot, I spotted a car I had never seen before! I always can tell a car from a far distance, but this car looked like a Ferrari Testarossa. Then I was saying to myself "it has to be a Fiat" (due to the AMC-style door handles which were used on larger Fiat models).
Lo and behold, it was a Lancia Scorpion! Never seen one in my life. It had the exact same door handles as the Lancia Beta sedan. In fact, I think it's technically a Lancia Beta Scorpion. Anyway, it was a really awesome looking car. It looked like a Ferrari in MR2 proportions.
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There you go verozahl
magneto: very nice looking classic!
Reattas are not that uncommon around here...I've seen several, but not that recently. They look pretty cool...nothing you'd think of when you hear "Buick."
Pontiac Parisienne
Caprice wagon
pre-1983 Buick Centurys
two-door Cutlass Cieras
pre-1983 Monte Carlos and Grand Prixes
Around here, I probably still see more Montes from the '81-88 style than I do all the newer Montes and Lumina coupes combined.
Hey, that's one I don't see too often...the Lumina coupe that was offered for a few years. I used to think they were pretty nice looking, from the outside, at least!
I tend to see more of the newer versions of the Monte Carlo and Lumina. The egglike ones...
I drove through a small town east of Austin on my way to Houston and noticed that there were a lot of older GM and Fords that I would never see in a "new" large city such as austin. And if I do, they're almost always jalopys, hooptys, or beaters. But in the small towns there are lots of older well kept cars.