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Not As Advertised – 1986 Hyundai Excel GL

July 7, 2015

It’s easy to look back at compacts from the 1980s and mock their quality, or their performance. And sure enough, the Hyundai Excel was mocked a lot, starting roughly in early 1987. But think of the competition – Mitsubishi Mirage, Ford Escort, Chevrolet Chevette, Renault Encore, Isuzu I-Mark, and then things improved a little once you started looking at the VW Golf, Honda Civic, and Toyota Corolla FX. At any rate, when’s the last time you saw a running Hyundai Excel, much less one that’s got 5 years’ worth of miles and doesn’t have to make any excuses for its condition? Check out this 1986 Hyundai Excel GL for sale for $2000 in Longview, WA.

1986 Hyundai Excel GL left front

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$499 for Eight Speeds – 1984 Dodge Colt DL

June 28, 2015

There’s something really satisfying about buying a whole car – something for which someone once probably took a loan, and on which they made payments – for the price of something like, say, a domestic airfare or a TV. Yet if you set your expectations correctly, you can definitely do this, and if you’re lucky, you can even find something less bland than your neighbor’s old ’87 Tercel EZ with 234,000 miles. Of course, it may just be that the thing making the car less bland is just a gimmick, but hey, when you’re dealing with 3-digit prices you’ll get your money’s worth after only a few weeks! Check out this 1984 Dodge Colt DL for sale for $499 in Port Orchard, WA.

1984 Dodge Colt DL right front

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Le Four-Door – 1983 Renault LeCar

January 9, 2015

AMC/Chrysler has had many a relationship with foreign automakers – Alfa Romeo, Hillman, Talbot/Peugeot, Renault, Mercedes, Mitsubishi, and Fiat. Renault could be considered one of the manufacturers who ultimately didn’t benefit from the relationship, so here’s the last car they imported to the United States before the ill-fated, Motor-Trend-Car-of-the-Year-winning Alliance/Encore – the Renault LeCar. Covered on these pages in the past as a revolutionary super-mini, and significant for Renault, and in Europe, it didn’t fare quite as well as some of the imported competition, including the VW Rabbit and all those “putains Japonais” who ate the French manufacturers’ baguette sandwiches while they weren’t looking. French failure in the American automotive market notwithstanding, there are still some great examples of the great Renault 5 – check out this 1983 Renault LeCar, with bidding currently at $1647 and four days left to go in Roanoke, VA.

1983 Renault LeCar right front

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