Just what exactly defines "rare". Compared to the 300,000 Ford Tauruses made every year, my 300TD Turbo Diesel, with production for '83 being only 4,898, would be considered "rare". Out of those 4,898, I don't know how many of those made their way to the US.

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1999 MB SL500 (110,000 mi)
2004 Volvo V70 2.5T (220,000 mi)
2014 Tesla Model S 85 (136,000 mi)
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