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…
Posts tagged Giorgetto Giugiaro
AlfaSud Ti: The Pocket Rocket
If Starsky and Hutch had been from Napoli instead of Bay City, this is how they would have rolled – in a striped, souped up AlfaSud Ti. The front-drive AlfaSud wasn’t quite as tail-happy as…
Glorious Swan Song:
Iso Lele
It ended up being the company’s last new production car, although nobody could have known that when the Iso Lele debuted in 1969. Meant to replace the original Iso GT, the Iso Rivolta IR300 that…
Arachnophobia: Fiat 850 Spider
Fiat intentionally designed the 850 Spider to be a “first” sports car for buyers who wanted something cooler than a 600 or 850 sedan, but were still on a tight budget. Being tiny and cheap…
Early Days: Y2 Hyundai Sonata
In these days of the Genesis G90, the early days of Hyundai feel very, very distant, but 30 years ago this month Hyundai USA expanded beyond basic economy cars for the very first time with…