Tag: Badge Engineering
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Possible George Barris Mitsubishi 3000GT
Strange choices were made – possibly by the late, great George Barris. The seller claims this is a Barris custom and the dash does appear to have his signature. Of course, the same seller states that this car is for “sail”. We don’t see a sail, rudder or keel, but they could be hidden. Basically,…
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Best of the Worst: Low-Mile, Manual Trans Cadillac Cimarron
Remember the Cimarron? Yes, it was Caddy’s J-Body, which means it shared many a part with the Chevy Cavalier, among too many other variants. Any surviving Cimarron is an oddity today, but low-mileage, manually-shifted example is something truly special – slow, but special. At $2,650, why not pick up this unusual bit of terrible GM…
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Pontiac T1000 Project
If you absolutely must have a Pontaic T1000, you have serious problems. That being said, here’s one for sale. The T1000 was Pontiac’s twin to the Chevy Chevette, although this came along in about the sixth model year for Chevette. Cooler heads must have left the company or caved to CAFE rules after years of…
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Euro-Emissions Oddity: Aston Martin Cygnet
The European Commission planned to adopt corporate average emissions standards in 2012 and that scared some small makes. Aston, sitting all-alone (post-Ford), decided it needed an emissions champ to offset its core product. Thus was born the ill-advised partnership with Toyota and a Toyota/Scion IQ-based Aston microcar. Needless to say, we can’t wait until there’s…