Much like the entire car market itself, the sports car market has gone absolutely crazy in the past few years. If you are looking for something new, you are probably being faced with a waitlist or inflated MSRP prices, or both depending on the make and model you are looking for. The used sports car…
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Deal find: 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix with 45k original miles
The Pontiac Grand Prix is unique in the sense that it has filled a couple different vehicle classes and it’s production spanned several decades. However, the “coolest” and probably most desired Grand Prix’s are the early generation ones from 1962-1972. Today, we are looking at a third generation Grand Prix which were produced from 1969…
Top 5 Eight Cylinder Engines of All-time
An eight-cylinder piston engine with two banks of four cylinders sharing a single crankshaft and arranged in a V shape is known as a V8 engine. The American 1914–1935 Cadillac L-Head engine is regarded as the first automotive V8 engine to have been produced in substantial quantities, while the French manufacturer Antoinette created the first…
What happened to Saturn?
The Saturn Corporation, better known as simply Saturn, was an auto manufacturer and a division of General Motors from 1985 until 2010 when GM killed it. The company was known for it’s “unique” styling of vehicles that made it so popular and even marketed itself as a “different kind of car company”. The rise of…
Top 5 Six Cylinder Engines of All-time
Six-cylinder engines have had an interesting history that sometimes was overshadowed by the bigger eight-cylinder engines. Perhaps, in more recent times, they have certainly picked up in popularity and for good reason. This is not to say that only the more recent six-cylinder engines are the “good” ones, as there are certainly lots of options…
There is a nice 1985 Porsche 944 for sale for $5,500
The Porsche 944 is one of those Porsche’s that was always sort of considered the “poor man’s” Porsche but has gone through some phases of appreciation. We have certainly talked about it quite a bit on here and I don’t see why it doesn’t get more love to be honest. The Porsche 944 was manufactured…
Lotus Evija is now the world’s most powerful production car
Lotus has been making some impressive sports cars for the past 70 years but the British company has largely kept out of the spotlight. Even from the early years when it was founded by Colin Chapman in 1948, it largely stayed focus on sports cars and racing cars, and hasn’t changed course since. It was…
The Fox-body 1979-1993 Ford Mustang Buyer’s Guide
Ford produced the third-generation Mustang from 1979 to 1993. It is frequently known to as the Fox body Mustang and was constructed on the Ford Fox-body chassis. It made waves as it was Ford’s first attempt to modernize the Mustang by creating the Fox platform, which geared the Mustang back to the performance world. It…
The GNX market is officially insane
The Buick GNX is no stranger around here and we’ve covered in great detail why the legendary 3.8L V6 turbocharged engine is one of the best ever. But for those not aware, in the 80s Buick was destined to blow away the performance car market. In 1987, Buick introduced a limited production run of the…
The second generation Volvo V70R is a classic
The Volvo models that came out in the early 2000s were revolutionary in the world of Volvos. They were models that focused on making the cars less boxy, and Volvo genuinely put a lot of money in marketing them in North America. Their efforts really did pay off and the vehicles were making traction in…