Tag: Sedan
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1987 Nissan MEGA MAX with Video
The 1987 Nissan Mega Max appears to be a regional special edition consisting of ground effects, exhaust tips, wheels and a badge. Here’s the Southern CA dealer association video for this “special edition”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04KtjXBxHbs Aesthetically, this car is in poor condition, but the seller claims it passed smog recently; so it may be good mechanically.…
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This Ain’t No Maxima!
Well, okay, it more-or-less IS a Maxima This was the end of the 190HP run, so it doesn’t even have the five horsepower advantage of the 1999 model. Still, the important thing here is that it’s a luxury version of a Maxima with a manual transmission! Yes, folks, it was once possible to get an…
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Your Snipe Hunt is Over!
Anyone who camped as a kid knows about snipe hunts. Despite the fact that snipe is a type of bird, we were all later told they were fruitless exercises meant to cause the youngest and/or most annoying on any given campout to disappear in the woods for extended periods. That has been proven wrong, as…
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Oil Burning MkI Jetta
No, this one doesn’t necessarily have bad rings, this one is an oil-burner in the sense that it’s diesel-equipped. Here in California, that means no smog testing ever, although it also means this accelerates like a school bus. Could that be cured with a swap? We’re big fans of the original Jetta, and this one…
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Rarely Seen Alfetta Sedan
The wonderful, rear-wheel drive GT we later knew as the GTV started life as the Alfetta and had a sedan sibling early in life. This rarely-seen beauty offers the GTV experience – complete with high-revving 2.0-liter four cylinder – with the added practicality of four doors! The seller claims to have done the mechanical work…
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Are both the Sentra SE-R and NX2000 too normal for you?
If so, try this on for size: a AWD, four-door sedan version of the B13 Sentra SE-R in RHD. The seller calls this a Sunny SE-R Super Saloon, but that didn’t exist and the seller mentions it being ‘converted’. Was it ‘converted’ to SE-R specs, to AWD, to RHD or some combination of the three??…
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Almost as cool as an M5: E34 540i 6-Speed
Every enthusiast knows the manual trans-equipped BMW 540i is among the best sedans ever made. Yes, the M5s ramped things up, but 540s offer more than ample power in a true sleeper package. The E39 is still seen fairly often with low-ish miles, but the E34 example has become pretty rare in good shape, and…
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Cool Sleeper: 1970 Plymouth Valiant
While it’s not a big-block car, we think this car has massive sleeper potential. The 318/3-speed combo likely provides pretty good fun already, but could easily be modified while maintaining the stealth factor. Given this is a sedan, you can also rest assured it will never be particularly collectible, meaning you’re not modifying something that…
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Biturbo con quattro porte
Do you want four doors to go with your fire hazard? If so, this car is just the ticket! This is essentially a Biturbo with four doors, but the 430 was the ultimate evolution of each, which means maximum output and various improvements over the years that reduced the fire risk usually associated with the…
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Cheap, unusual classic: 1950 Packard Super Deluxe Eight
Once thoroughly exclusive, Packard moved into more pedestrian cars after WWII. By 1950, the financial wheels were close to coming off and the company would be sold to Studebaker by 1954. Our subject car is one of the more reasonably priced models, but features an inline eight and, from what we can tell, a very…