Cars people forgot about/underrated cars
Nobody has forgotten about these. Still pretty expensive to get.
>>15026791
S80 v8
>>15026791
>sketchiest GTO's still going for 15k
>people still asking over 20k G8's
>>15026791
I never forgot about them. They are rediculously pricey to get a GXP manual though.
>>15026936
>>15026957
>>15026967
>>15026974
Yap.
>>15027029
Not underrated tbqh. It's just a jacked up Scenic.
>as nice as an Audi A8
>looked like a Passat from afar
>immediately disregarded among luxury sedan buyers
>>15027291
>immediately......
>implying the vw badge didn't do that
>>15027029
lmao, fuck off.
>>15027336
That's what I said. It looked like a Passat.
>>15027342
I forgot about him, why so salty ;^)
>>15027291
>>15027291
>phaeton as underrated
why in the name of jesus would anyone buy an "upmarket" passat for the price of lexus/merc/bmw?! it was rightfully disregarded.
No ones forgotten about the holden commodore mate.
I see 100 of them everyday
>>15026800
VE commos are like 10-20k kangaroodollars
You can get VZ and VYs for like 3-5k
>>15026791
Seriously though.
v8 exploder.
I put a limited slip diff and GT40 heads innit.
I can kill ricers with it then hop a curb and do victory trenches.
>>15027360
>dat caliper as big as his torso
hnnnnngggg
>>15027361
Because some people want luxury without being a rubbing it in people's faces.
>>15027291
>>as nice as an Audi A8
A8 is overrated piece of shit. Phaeton was proper comfy.
>>15030311
Even with 400hp your pigfat slushbox mom wagon isn't doing any damage at the lights.
>>15030556
these are cool. But a guy a few streets from me has one riced to fuck. huge anime pictures on it and stanced to hell
>>15027361
Confirmed for never been in a Phaeton. It deserved the price tag because holy shit it was luxury for the time.
Mercedes et al couldn't hold a candle to this shit. The problem was that the sort of people who buy such cars want to make a statement of wealth and a VW doesn't really do that. If you have to take time to explain to your boardroom associates at the black-tie that the VW is just as good as the S class/7 Series/LS/A8 then it's already failed as a statement of wealth.
>>15031637
Could've been good with a manual gearbox...
>>15031908
Nah m8, the pic posted is a VR-4 2.5V6TT AWD, the States never got these
>>15026791
>commodore
>underrated
Do you remember this Schumacher edition?
Cool ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnOzM6VQV0U
>>15031901
>Friend in high school's brother had one of these
>Got to ride in it
>Was cool and fast as fuck
>One day friend's brother isn't driving it anymore
>Ask friend what happened
>Friend's brother drained tranny fluid with intent to change it
>Never filled it back up
>Drove that way for over a month
>>15033871
>>15031908
Is it maroon?
>>15026791
>tfw I knew a kid who had one of these in high school
Everyone else in my class was jizzing over the lime green V6 camaro some faggot had, but this thing was the shit.
>>15031901
Those were cool but there's nothing really special about them besides the funky windows
>>15031954
US market, the SS is invisible
These
Also, why do I see a bunch in my area with Holden badges?
>>15030311
>doing heads in a pos explorer
>doing heads on stock engine
>>15034308
Chebby will put holden markings on from the factory, also a dealership option
>>15027278
My first car was a 405 Mi16. I miss it sometimes.
>>15027011
This pains me
Good offroad and good in the snow. Highly underrated and forgotten.
Opel Speedster. Still one of my favorite cars.
>>15035382
God fucking damn it.
This thing.
I want one of these so bad.
>>15035466
Shame about the interior.
Last i heard was that there were budget issues and that they were having a new factory built as to why it hasn't been release yet.
>>15035552
looks like buffed integra
>>15035249
Well the SS and Holden version are essentially the same exact car. Though the holden version still seems better.
>FWD, with a 5.2s 0-60 and 13.7s quarter mile time
H O W
>Mazdaspeed 6
>Ultimate stock sleeper
>Onpar with the legacy GT, even better interior
>Only comes in stick
>>15035466
THIS! I know what ya mean I have always wanted one too. Now if ya find them they are all nigged out. Sucks
>>15026791
Lincoln MKS/MKZ. They are good for the price, but because they are "luxury" and not best in class, they're assumed to be cheap Cadillacs.
Altima SER?
>>15034029
Flat 6, four wheel drive.
The windows were a minor design afterthought as the styling is too awesome to allow for normal ones
>>15033979
Here in aus halfe the cunts at school have v6 commodore mate because your not allowed to drive V8s until your 20
>>15034308
Dont worrt mate here in australia we see alot of them with chevy badges
>>15034308
Also thats a VF commodore and pontiac G8 is VE commodore
>>15035709
Slow piece of shit
>>15026791
>>15035709
Fuckin wicked cars. Admittedly I'm biased because I owned one, and it was my first car. Guaranteed anyone that talks shit hasn't driven one.
>>15035650
will mazda ever release car like this again?
>>15035650
here people ask 5k CAD for a 2006 with ~100k miles
>>15030569
>>dat caliper as big as his torso
well,
it's a big car
Nobody remembers TVR, it seems.
>>15031954
Compared to the overrated Falcons, absolutely.
>>15037684
4 u
>>15035382
Isn't it just a less flashy elise?
>>15040707
but powered by superior GM engines.
>>15040715
Wasn't it also heavier?
>>15040715
oh fuck, the retard GMfags are here
>it's better because it's powered by GM
The Speedster was so good that it was virtually forgotten while the Elise took all the glory. Somehow the Speedster weighed more.
>>15037832
>Rated TVR
>>15035363
>>15040727
not by much, if at all.
>>15040752
>GM ecotec 4 cylinders that /o/ has repeatedly said are god-tier not being being better than a toyota ZZ engine or a Rover K-series
Leave /o/ and never return.
>>15041016
>average GMfag intelligence
>>15035650
MY NIGGA
I see I4s everywhere but holy fuck the V6s are fucking rocketships and I know they're quite a bit faster than >>15035650
Give them the right tires and the governor will let it do 152mph.
I question why these things are FWD but then I remember the SS exists.
>Fuck Canada
>>15041016
Just checked, the us series two was about 30 lbs lighter than speedster. The euro elise was lighter than that.
>>15041321
and that's a very negligible difference. You'll never notice it.
>>15027361
stealth wealth
>>15037732
I loved them then and I love them now.
>>15037732
>>15041764
>13 feet long
>weighed over 1.5 tons
>heavy steering
forgotten for good reason
may saturn rot
>>15042076
>>weighed over 1.5 tons
no.
>>15035592
>Daimler-Chrysler.
>>15027291
>unreliable as fuck just like anything from VW
>>15042095
cherry pick all you want, gm fanboy, these things had NO reason to weigh that much
>>15037129
Agreed the SHO is a underated car.
>>15042536
>these things had NO reason to weigh that much
The transmissions were literally from a truck (Chevy Colorado/Hummer H3) and the rear suspension was literally from a luxury landbarge sedan (first gen Cadillac CTS).
>>15031901
Went to a junkyard in southern Ontario the other day and there were two of these in there. Both were completely stripped out. I've been told they've been there for years and one used to be complete.
>>15042663
All of which makes for a heavy-ass turd that no one wanted.
>>15031901
what is this?
>>15043963
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Alcyone_SVX
>>15043963
Subaru SVX
>>15043947
desu i think it was the interior that was the deal breaker for most, not the power or handling characteristics
>>15026791
>>15043991
>beltline way too high
>cockpit so cramped not even a 5'3" nip could fit
>>15043991
or the ugly nose
or the ass handling
or only being 200 lbs lighter than a C6 when it's the size of a Miata
Both cars were also ultimately derived from a European shell and GM managed to completely fuck it up
Never mind GM only selling 11,200 cars at most in 2007 while the Miata sold 3x that easily the same year
>>15043991
Fun fact: The Saturn Sky was cheaper, but had a nicer, better quality interior than the Solstice. Because it has to deal with the European market as well.
>>15044033
>Both cars were also ultimately derived from a European shell
>built in Delaware, USA
>European
Nope.
>>15037507
Not with 100,000km on the clock. They'd still be around the 7-9,000 dollary doo mark if the mileage was that low. The $5000 ones have at least 150,000km on them.
Too bad most of the people who bought these cars were fucking retards who never maintained them and shifted at redline 24/7 so the turbos, sleeves, seals, and everything else are fucked to all hell. They sell for so little because anyone who knows them knows they're looking at a total rebuild before 200,000km.
MZR's are great little engines but they should never have been forced to handle direct injection and 16lbs of boost, then tossed into the hands of every #YOLO swaggot looking for a turbo import.
>>15044033
No ones making you buy one why are you so angry at them?
>>15037507
>>15044061
Nevermind, misread your post. Realized you said miles, while referring to Canadian dollarydoos.
Do you live in bizzarro land where they use imperial units and weak plastic currency?
>>15044033
>ass handling
speak for yourself, some of us like ass handling
>>15044080
you'd rather handle the ass of the guy in the jeans next to her you fucking faggot
>>15044381
maybe i just handle your ass and show you what a faggot can do?
I'm probably alone on this, but I actually liked mine. Design is weird as fuck but preformed like a beauty. Never once had an issue with it after 150k.
I haven't seen a running one of these in a while.
>>15031949
The US absolutely got that generation of VR4, I almost bought one for $1800
>>15045317
Nope, the only Galant VR-4 that came to the States was in 1991 on a very limited run, the pic posted earlier was the 1998-03 Eighth Gen VR-4 which did NOT come to the states
>>15044719
Well the car was designed for faggots
>>15026791
those are pretty common
>>15030556
Absolutely.
I tried to buy a plain version as my first car but it was a lemon. Ended up buying another Mitsu lemon. I still want one.
>>15035229
>>doing heads on stock engine
uh, what? Installing better flowing cylinder head(s) is the best single power-making mod you can do, dumbass, regardless of the engine. In many cases even with a lower compression ratio you'll still make more power. If the compression ratio is the same and the head(s) flow better you're guaranteed a significant increase in power.
>>15044719
You could get a vette engine in them
>>15035466
Well, you should be able to get one someday, it is a variant of the Crown Vic, one of the toughest cars built.
>>15035650
Yeah, I like them too. It sucks that the Mazdaspeed 3 only had FWD.
>>15036288
I never knew there was a law deciding how many cylinders you can have. I'd like to fuck with them by having a really good turbo 6. I heard that AU got a Ford 4.0L DOHC turbo inline 6.
>>15037763
I thought the engine was trouble prone because they tried to make a DOHC engine out an OHV engine.
>>15035229
People do well by swapping the early 4.6 heads for the PI heads. It made the early Ford Modular was slightly less sucky.
>>15026791
I see a lot [A LOT] of Grand Prix's (1997's-2008's) on the road where I live. Are those actually reliable cars or were those things just so overproduced that by sheer volume a bunch are still around?
>>15047982
>I thought the engine was trouble prone because they tried to make a DOHC engine out an OHV engine.
The engine was actually fairly reliable. The problem with it wasn't that it was trouble-prone or unreliable. The problem with the engine was that it's a bitch to work on. Alternators go the way of the dodo every 30k, but it's an 8 hour job to replace because you need to drop the sub-frame and remove the passenger side suspension to get to it
>>15048055
My ex has had 2, and I can say without question they are among the most reliable cars ever built. My ex just got rid of his second one... at 290k, still running like new. Hell, he'd still be driving his first one if he hadn't been rear ended by a soccer mom on a cell phone.
>>15027361
Because it's not an upmarket Passat, it's a Bentley Continental with a VW badge.
>>15026791
The fucking Gaz Chaika. The only vehicle with enough room to chop up 30 dissidents in the back, top speed of 99mph and a concrete gearbox.
>>15048084
intredasting
how does it ride?
>>15048160
depends. His had a shit ride due to the shocks being blown at all 4 corners, but when they are all good, it's a comfy, but sporty ride. The car absorbs bumps great because of the fully independent suspension
>>15048205
Is that a rebodied X-Type/Modeo?
>>15048067
Ah, makes sense. Many 90s GM cars had shitty alternators.
>>15048124
I also like that Top Gear episode.
>>15048230
No, it was an all new car.
Good one too.
No-one bought it cos Rover were stuffy "old man" cars.
Then Rover were no more.
Isuzu Impulse/Piazza. I'd really like to see one in person.
How could you guys forget about this car?
>>15047982
Nah mate not allowed turbos either. And no mods that increase engine perfromance. So technically we cant even change the exhaust
>>15026791
1984 el camino
>my favorite car
>e34 540i/6
300hp 4.0 v8 with LSD and a stick, I got mine for 3k USD.
My favorite sleeper.
>>15037770
>mfw mine has a rear main seal leak
Shitty but I'll end up getting it fixed because goddamm I love that car
>>15043947
>that no one wanted
Right, that's why they're still expensive
>inb4 poorfag
Don't you dare grasp at straws, anon. No one likes the guy who always has to be right.
>>15044080
Laughed while I was on the toilet. Gg
>>15048055
A little bit of both. The engine was the redeeming factor in these cars, everything else was decent at best. Quality improved greatly 05-08 but still not the best.
You will never have problems finding parts for them because there are millions on the road. I've seen 3.8's go through some shit and still run great, hell a buddy of mine has a Bonneville with a 3.8 with 180k and a lifter tick, it just keeps on running
>tldr decent cars, don't spend too much money on them unless you're going supercharged
>>15048587
The original is still one of my all time favorite cars and they came up with this? All that plastic bullshit and if I remember right they put the old RL's awd system on it.
No one forgot about it. It's just shit.
Give us a super light mid-mounted NA V6 with around 350 hp with rwd.
