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1969 AMC Javelin SST 290: American Motors fields pony car-era bruiser-cruiser
1961-1970 | American Motors | USA | V-8

1969 AMC Javelin SST 290: American Motors fields pony car-era bruiser-cruiser

History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek October 22, 1990; republished by the author Growing up in the ‘60s,…

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Asardo 3500 GM-S: Dream car went from ’59 N.Y. show to GM V-8 power
1951-1960 | 1961-1970 | Asardo | USA | V-8

Asardo 3500 GM-S: Dream car went from ’59 N.Y. show to GM V-8 power

History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek April 30, 1990; republished by the author Dreams are wisps of fantasy,…

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Merkur XR4Ti: The T-Bird’s continental cousin
1981-1990 | Germany | I-4 | Merkur

Merkur XR4Ti: The T-Bird’s continental cousin

History/buyer’s guide originally published in European Car, August 1996 Anyone partial to European mobiles was all the more…

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Volkswagen Corrado G60 and SLC: The short run of a German sprinter
1991-2000 | Germany | I-4 | V-6 | Volkswagen

Volkswagen Corrado G60 and SLC: The short run of a German sprinter

History/driving impressions originally published in Sport Compact Car, August 1999 Volkswagen called it the Corrado, allegedly from the…

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1992 Eagle Talon TSi AWD: Now all the grip with twice the grins
1991-2000 | Eagle | I-4 | USA

1992 Eagle Talon TSi AWD: Now all the grip with twice the grins

Contemporary review originally published in Road & Track Special Sports & GT Cars 1992 If two years seems…

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Ghia-Aigle Grand Sport Coupe: A bit of coachbuilding whimsy from the prosaic Swiss
1951-1960 | Ghia-Aigle | H-2 | Switzerland

Ghia-Aigle Grand Sport Coupe: A bit of coachbuilding whimsy from the prosaic Swiss

History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek December 12. 1988 Every Italian with a hammer and a tree stump…

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Mercedes-Benz 300SL: The class of ‘54
1951-1960 | Germany | I-6 | Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz 300SL: The class of ‘54

History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek October 15, 1984 At 90 mph on the sparsely traveled two-lane highway,…

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1982 Lancia Zagato: A car we should have loved more
1981-1990 | I-4 | Italy | Lancia

1982 Lancia Zagato: A car we should have loved more

History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek June 26, 2000 You should have regrets, America. But Italy, it’s partly…

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Porsche 904/6: Don’t call it a conversion
1961-1970 | Germany | H-4 | Porsche

Porsche 904/6: Don’t call it a conversion

History originally published in AutoWeek December 31, 1984 Henry Payne’s Lincolnesque frame slouches in the fiberglass driver’s seat,…

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Intermeccanica Italia: Italian-American with an identity crisis
1961-1970 | 1971-1980 | Intermeccanica | Italy | USA | V-8

Intermeccanica Italia: Italian-American with an identity crisis

History originally published in AutoWeek April 2, 1984 I was skirting the Virginia shore of the Potomac River…

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