Tag: Captive Import
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A Former Family Chariot? 1989 Colt Vista AWD w/Manual Trans
Here’s a forgotten Swiss Army knife of a car: The Mitsubishi Chariot, which was sold in the US as the Dodge Colt Vista and Eagle Vista Wagon. We see this as a do-anything vanlet, which would be a great addition to any fleet. Well, it would be truly great if it ran… The late 80s…
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Reader Sighting: 1.5 Festivas!
Reader Steve N. sent us this sighting. No further explanation was available, but what else do you really need to know? It seems the owner made a mini-truck out of the Festiva and then missed the cargo space? Regardless, we love it! Festivas make great autocross cars, but it’s not clear that this trailer can…
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SHO means Sierra High Output?
The Merkur XR4ti, known as the Ford Sierra XR4i to the rest of the world, was a rear-drive luxury hatchback with turbocharged, four cylinder power. Though not a sales success due to terrible marketing decisions, it has a strong enthusiast following due to a very high fun-to-drive factor. The seller of today’s car decided to…
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Chevy Rectum – err, Spectrum – In the Porn Capital of the World!
This Giugiaro-designed hatchback is an Isuzu Gemini (I-Mark in the US market) rebadged as a Chevy. Isuzu sold some cool, turbocharged variants of this car, but Chevy did not get them. While this example is badged as a “Sport”, it is just an automatic-equipped, naturally aspirated version. Still, it’s an excuse to go to Chatsworth, even…
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6-Wheel Festiva Pickup!
From time to time, we see shitboxes – often Ford Festivas – chopped and made into pickups. The front-wheel drive setup and rear suspension seem to lend themselves to this. This is the first six-wheeler Festiva we have ever seen, however. The seller points out that this is one of a kind and the ad…
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Crack Pipe Price on a Cool 3Cyl Turbo
It’s no secret that Oddimotive loves the Chevy Sprint Turbo. When we started two years ago, these were throwbacks to CAFE regulations. Today, there is a modern equivalent, the Ford Fiesta Ecoboost, also sporting a turbocharged three-cylinder engine and which is fun to drive in a sick and twisted sort of way. This car has…
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Tough Decision – Which is the Coolest US Mitsubishi Chariot Derivative?
We never got the Mitsubishi Chariot in the US with its Japan market name (or its turbocharged four), but we did get no fewer than three derivatives, due to the often-strange alliance between Chrysler and Mitsu. Today’s feature car is the rarely-seen Plymouth Colt Vista version, one of at least two vehicles which shared a…
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Nicest Metro Convertible?
Here’s a car that was something of a joke when new, but has a quirky appeal now. Three cylinders, five-speeds and a manual drop-top? Sounds like a unique experience. Throw in the forty-four cassette tapes the seller offers and you’re good to go! No, really, the seller says the following: **As a bonus, we have…
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77 Colt – Within negotiating range of LeMons
Here’s one we just don’t see too often – the second generation Dodge Colt by Mitsubishi. Given the ad provides essentially no information and the car isn’t running, we think this could be picked up hauled off for $250 or so. The best news in the limited ad text is the presence of a four-speed.…
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Post Twin-Stick: Dodge Colt Turbo
We love the early-to-mid-80s twin-stick Dodge Colt GTS Turbo and we like these later cars, too, even though they does lack the transmission weirdness. Each offers Mitsubishi-sourced, domestic-badged hot hatch goodness. This car appears to be in decent enough shape, except for the bashed-in hatch and faded paint. We’d hope that a hatch wouldn’t be…