TOTD: Fill Your RWD Four-Cylinder Dream Garage - Motor Trend WOT

Any five cars, from any era that had 4 cylinders and RWD.

Lotus Elan S4
VW Karman Ghia Convertible
BMW E30 M3 Evolution
Mercedes 2.5-16 Sport Evolution
Mercedes 2.5-16 Evolution II

lotus elan, alfa 1750, series one bmw M1, bmw 2002 tii

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Miata, 2002, lotus Elise, Toyota mr2, élan must be nice but don't know it well


Sent from an abacus

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Vega
Chevette
Yugo
Pinto
Gremlin

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Miata
2WD Ranger
220D 4-speed on the column
BMW 2002
AE86 GT-S Corolla

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

RX-7
MR2
190E Evo II
Vega Cosworth
240SX

Jooseppi, 250TD was a 5 cylinder. 200TD was a 4 banger.

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Only diesels in this driveway.
2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black
2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k
2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k

Yeah, what you really want is an 95hp OM604 powered W210

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S2000 AP1, Suzuka Blue with Blue top and interior
MR2 First gen Superchaged stick in Red
240TD Euro stick with manual everything, China Blue with blue cloth
Porsche 356 Speedster black on black
190SL Silver with Red interior.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Point to your head while reciting the abbreviation for "Motor Trend"

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

I decided to fill my dream garage on a reasonably tight budget, and limit it to cars which were sold in the U.S. when new:

1972 Opel Manta Rallye, a viable alternative to the BMW 2002 at about 2/3 the (new) price.

1971 Mercury Capri with the 2.0 liter high-compression Kent engine - what the Ford Mustang should have been back then, instead of that bloated 1971-73 iteration.

1969 Datsun 510 sedan - a design inspired by the sixtie's BMW 1600 sedans, this mundane-looking grocery-getter featured a durable SOHC engine, front disc brakes, and independent rear suspension, creating the base for a vehicle that could be tuned and tweaked to surprisingly high levels of performance.

1967 MGB - the last gasp of British dominance in the reasonably-priced sports car market. Ignore later models, which were buggered-up by British Leyland's astoundingly horrific solutions to U.S. safety and emissions requirements.

1970 Fiat 124 Spider - perhaps the best example of Pininfarina styling ever presented in a reasonably-priced vehicle, coupled with DOHC engine architecture, 4-wheel disc brakes, and a convertible top, which unlike its British competitors, could be deployed easily and quickly.

I understand that RX-7's had terrible problems with their piston rings. Are you sure that you want to include it?

Hmmmmmm...

E30 M3
S2000
Scion FR-S
Triumph Spitfire
Porsche 912

If I had a sixth choice it would be a W123 240D, but I've already had one of those. Seventh would be a 190E Cosworth. Eighth would be an MGB. As for practicality, while the rear seats on a 912 are a joke, the trunk (front trunk, frunk?) is shockingly roomy for the size of car it is. A co-worker has an FR-S and loves it, though he does regret getting the automatic. Perhaps one could throw in one of the old turbo four banger BMW powered Brabham F1 cars to go vintage racing in. The qualifying engines made something like 1400 horsepower and the race engines made like 900.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

ThereIfixedit.

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Datsun 2000 Roadster (for top down fun and great handling/economy)
'84 MB 190D (For super fuel economy, handling and it's a tank)
Porsche 914 (Cause I can)
Volvo 245 Wagon (Sometimes ya gotta haul people and stuff)
Geo Tracker (yeah, I know it's a death trap but it's small and 4x4)

All with stick shift, please.