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  • Ferrari needs a Ferrari Ferrari. Not just a LaFerrari.

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    The development of a new Ferrari isn’t taken lightly. Every new model the legendary marque unveils has undergone years of painstaking work on the drawing board, in-depth technical feasibility studies and been subjected to thousands of miles of excruciating, uncompromising track tested by the finest drivers in Ferrari’s crack test squadron. Yet, how many reviews…

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  • Make Your Own Memories With Your Own Bowman Odyssey Rig!

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    This is no average ride, this is the living quarters that inspired and facilitated some of the most spectacular editorial we’ve ever seen. We’ve talked about it here before, a lot, and now it’s for sale. Zach Bowman and his family have completed their one-year journey and are settled back into a fixed address, so…

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  • Total Insanity: Here's Still Another Renault Medallion For Sale and It's Beautiful

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    Since I work on the internet for a living now, I can say without doubt that I always feel like the world is trolling me. As Slartibartfast would have it, this is probably “perfectly normal paranoia.” However, after searching for Renault Medallions—inarguably one of the least-reliable cars ever sold stateside—for a full year and coming…

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  • Craigslist find: TWO 1982 Cub Commuter microcars!

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    About four-fifths through the previous Century, a category of car that had lain dormant for a while suddenly went through a renaissance. The microcar. There were many reasons that people should be tempted by a tiny, lightweight, basic car – cost savings to the driver, reduced environmental impact and the smug feeling of grabbing that…

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  • Still Rarer Than a LaFerrari: Another CraigsList Renault/Eagle Medallion

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    In the Universe’s grand schematic, there’s probably a proof that says “You shouldn’t have been looking for crap in the first place” “What you seek only turns up after you have given up looking.” For more than a year, I was obsessed with finding a Renault or Eagle Medallion because it was surely one of…

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  • Craigslist: Geo Metro with 450hp Turbo Ecotec Engine

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    Everyone loves the old hot rod theory of slapping a big engine into a small car. But is there is a fine point at which most of us would agree that too much power, is in fact too much. This Geo Metro, with a 450 horsepower Ecotec engine, might be approaching that too much line.

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  • What do You Call a Siren That's Fat and Ugly? Quadravan, Apparently

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    I have a problem with negative absolutes. “It’s impossible.” “It’s worthless.” “There’s no way you could…” My immediate response? “Is that a challenge?!“. Nothing makes me happier than rescuing something from the scrap bin to extract a bit more utility from it for free. With all that background, you can imagine what this ’78 Quadravan that’s…

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  • Click For Affirmation That Good Things Still Happen.

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    If you guys think along the same lines as me, and I’m pretty sure you do, this story will blow your mind. It all started when a guy from Ipswich alerted the forumites of the esteemed Autoshite.com as to the existence and imminent sale of a Ford Sierra. Not just any Sierra, but the virtually…

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  • Bargain Corner #2: ’01 Ford Mondeo

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    Depreciation is a savage phenomenon. The way some cars lose value after first leaving the showroom often takes the form of a really violent looking curve when charted. In a lot of cases it really doesn’t take very long at all before a car has lost almost all of the multiple thousands that were spent…

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  • Bargain Corner#1: '95 Citroen Xantia

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    With everybody being urged to eat healthily to kerb an obesity crisis, cars are currently selling markedly better than hotcakes in the UK. With credit being so readily available the dealership order-books are bulging and suppliers are struggling to keep up with demand. This is great news for the economy. It’s great news for the…

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