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I had a weird little Nissan for a year and it wasn’t as good as I expected

Bradley Brownell/Jalopnik My wife and I were looking for a fun small car to enjoy over the summer and we found this light blue Figaro at a local enthusiast dealership. It was fun while it lasted, but it was more trouble than it was worth, and it

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The Chrysler Victory wasn’t actually a Chrysler, it was Mitsubishi’s last rear-drive sports car

Heritage Images/Getty Images The front-engine rear-drive coupe was a Mitsubishi staple for decades until the Starion’s demise in 1989. The three-diamond brand’s incredible Starion sports coupe was short-lived from 1982 to 1989, making a huge impact at the time and fading out in favor of rally-inspired all-wheel-drive

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Why this rare engine wasn’t the formidable muscle car V8 Pontiac hoped for

Chris Mercer/Shutterstock In the late 1960s, Pontiac had some serious V8 engines that ate large amounts of air, what the brand called “ram air” induction. Later Ram Air V8s used a round exhaust port design, allowing more airflow than the standard D-shaped port. However, Pontiac ran into

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