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1986 Lincoln Continental

1982-87 Lincoln Continental: The Bustle

in American Cars on 02/11/2022 03/23/2022 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Sometimes you lead, and sometimes circumstances dictate that you follow. In the case of the mid-eighties Lincoln Continental, the first downsized car to wear that name, Lincoln was definitely a follower. In 1975, Cadillac’s “internationally…

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1959 Lotus Elite

Lotus Elite Type 14: The Unbearable Lightness Of Being Fast

in British Cars on 12/30/2021 12/30/2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

When the Type 14 Lotus Elite wowed the crowd at Earls Court in 1957, just nine years had passed since Colin Chapman had built his very first race car. After a meteoric rise in motorsport,…

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2001 Acura Integra Type R

Acura Integra Type R: JDM Hot Rods Come To America

in Japanese Cars on 10/10/2021 10/10/2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Now that many are 25 years old, Americans can enjoy a large swath of amazing now-classic JDM cars, but in the Dot-Com era the very hottest JDM rides were often unobtanium due to the cost…

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Maserati Ghibli

Gallery: Avants Classics on the Green 2021

in Galleries on 10/03/2021 10/03/2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Today we’ve got some highlights from the Avants: Classics on the Green show, held at Chateau St. Michelle winery. We’ll be adding more to our gallery from Classics on the Green 2021 as we process…

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Gallery: Radwood PNW 2021

in Galleries on 09/21/2021 09/21/2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

We usually post show galleries to our Facebook page, but not everybody uses that platform, so for the first time ever we’ve decided to host a gallery here. All of these photos were taken at…

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1989 Honda Accord Aerodeck

Honda Accord Aerodeck: The Shooting Brake Experiment

in Japanese Cars on 08/28/2021 08/28/2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

At the end of the eighties the Honda Accord became America’s best-selling car, the first foreign car to achieve that title, though this Accord Aerodeck wasn’t involved in that particular quest. It was 1989. Honda…

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1976 Porsche 912E

Porsche 912E: Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover

in German Cars on 07/29/2021 08/16/2025 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

It looks like a 911, yes, but this is a Porsche 912E, a combination of the 911 shell and the 914’s 2.0L flat four. This unusual Porsche was sold for just one year, 1976, and…

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1989 Isuzu I-Mark RS Twin-Cam

Isuzu I-Mark RS Twin-Cam: Party Like It’s 1989

in Japanese Cars on 07/24/2021 11/10/2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

This monochrome Isuzu is as red, and as rad, as they come, complete with fender badges advertising its “Lotus-tuned handling” and even larger stickers alerting passersby to its high-winding DOHC 16-VALVE engine, a big deal…

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1973 Fiat 124 Coupe

Fiat 124 Coupe: Europe’s First Pony Car

in Italian Cars on 06/20/2021 06/20/2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

In the USA, at least, the Fiat 124 Coupe dwells in the long shadow of its Spider sister, but globally, the closed car may have been the more important vehicle. It was also the better…

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Velorex 16/350

Velorex 16/350: Czechoslovakia’s Cult Cyclecar

in Eastern Bloc Cars Flashback on 05/31/2021 05/31/2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Once the subject of considerable ridicule, today this little Czech trike is today a highly-prized oddball with the same kind of charm as a Morgan three-wheeler. In a way, that’s not so surprising, as the…

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Range Rover Classic

Range Rover Classic: The Beginning of the Luxe Truck

in British Cars on 05/16/2021 05/16/2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Even Bentley and Rolls-Royce make SUVs today, as unusual as that idea might once have seemed, and 2021’s roads are chock-a-block with luxe utilities. That might not have happened if not for two pioneering trucks,…

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1973 Lamborghini Espada

Lamborghini Espada: Sant’Agata’s Four-Seat Masterpiece

in Italian Cars on 05/08/2021 11/10/2021 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

There are few things finer than a Lamborghini that you can take friends along in, and I don’t mean the (ahem) Urus. It’ll cost you plenty now, but for many years the Lamborghini Espada was…

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