If you had to own an American car...

[vivalegreg]

track hemi

[GarrettM]

My dad has an all original 68 Chevelle El Camino SS with a 396:crazy::crazy:
Talk about torque.

[browntown]

This question is muddled by entrants from a day and age when America made interesting lust inspiring cars. So I'll limit myself to the modern era:

In the realm of something I can find and buy within budget? My vote would be for the V8 Lincoln LS. V8, rwd and stick shift. Not sure if the manuals came on the V8's though.

Otherwise, the corvette / viper are obvious choices. Caddy XLR I suppose if it's anything like the mid-nineties northstar eldorado's?

In a decade that had some losers, the ford rs200 would be a hoot (if you could find one): I had the same escort gt wheels on the old scort. They sold one recently at Ron Tonkin Ferrari in Portland:


OK, back to reality, RWD is a must:

So the gnx is up there, so is the marauder (civilian cop car) but current American offerings that are RWD and under $30,000?

Short List (all that I can think of):
- saturn sky / pontiac solstice
- base crown vic / grand marquis
- base mustang
- base chrysler 300
- a cheap caddy?

And if in production soon, a chevy camaro will trump pretty much everything else.


Am I missing any?

[Farbin Kaiber]

I was gonna say RS200 also, but I think it's euro.

[BimmerToad]

Are Group B Rally cars considered super cars?

If not,



and an early pony car, either a Camaro or fastback mustang




Turbo corvair and GNX would be fun to own too.

[JasonC]

That Chevelle is a 70. The 68-69's was a different body style. The 71-72's had single headlights and round rear tail lights on them with the 70 body style.


68-69

[Farbin Kaiber]

Plus its got a lame-o plain jane run o the mill "Malibu" top on an SS?

[Farbin Kaiber]

69 Chevelle SS

Gotta be a 70 at least due to the cowl induction system. And less likely to be a 71 or 72.


The SS models also had a hood with a large bulge in the rear center. Hood stripes were an extra cost option with this hood. There was also a "Cowl Induction" option available. It had "Cowl Induction" emblems on either side of the bulge and a door on the top of the bulge that would open automatically when the engine needed extra air. The Cowl Induction option was NOT standard on any SS - it was always an extra cost item. The Cowl Induction option came with hood stripes. You could, however, delete the Cowl Induction stripes at no cost.You could get the stipes without the Cowl Induction option (at additional cost). All of the '70-'72 SS cars came with hood pins, except for some of the early '70 models (those built around April of 1970 or earlier) that were not ordered with Cowl Induction.


The SS hood was the same as in '70. The Cowl Induction package was still available. It was, however, not promoted as much as in '70. As a result, far fewer Cowl Induction equipped vehicles were produced in '71 than in '70. There is some conflicting information, but it appears that that the Cowl Induction package was only available with the 454 in '71.


That system is vac actuated and was not a 69 option.

Thanks for playing, better luck next time.

(ex-chevelle nut)

[Turf1600]

nash metropolitan

[Jonathan M3]

Oh theres a few I'd love to have:

'77 T/A - bandit style, just have to rebuild the horribly smog restricted 6.6l


'69 Z/28 - all original hugger orange w/ white stripes


'06 GTO LS2 M6 - I still kinda kick myself for not buying this instead of the E36



Theres lots more, but those would do.

[delatlanta1281]

K5 blazer.

[CleanAzzE30z]

I lubz me the muscle carzz!!! That is all.


Mariano

[CobraKai]

64 impala.

[mrsleeve]

^^^^^^^^

Kinda a codevelopment between GM an Isuzu when GM had lots of stock majority in them. Also the current 6.6 duramax is built in ohio whit the new 4.5 DOHC (all GM development) is to be built in the townada NY engine plant. Still the best Diesel on the market

[drift]

It's a Mercedes product....

I'll take a Duramax and a 1971 Buick GX or whatever they were, mmmmm.

Duramax = Isuzu diesel motor