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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. liter engine and automatic).

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Junkyard Find: 1982 Mercedes-Benz 300 D With 417k Miles

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Remember that 1985 W123 with 411,448 miles we saw in a Denver car graveyard a few years back? Here's the legendary OM617 five-cylinder turbodiesel engine that got the job done so well. That car has been pushed down to 16th in the MMJO list. A junkyard customer showed up to extract the injectors while I was admiring this car.

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2018 VW Tiguan and new 2.0 TSI B-cycle engine gives VW a strong offering in compact SUV segment

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The all-new 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan—the second-generation of the vehicle—is powered by the latest version of the EA888 four-cylinder engine, the 2.0L This is the only engine/transmission combination available in the Tiguan in the US. 2017 Honda CR-V. 3 engine in the Volkswagen Group.). liter Gen 3 engine.

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Junkyard Find: 1996 Saturn SC2

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Today's Junkyard Find is an example of the sporty coupe version of the first-generation Saturn S , found in a Denver-area boneyard recently. This being a top-trim-level SC2, it has a twin-cam engine and a nicer interior than the SC1. liter DOHC engine and its 124 horsepower/122 pound-foot engine was still there.

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Volvo DL Sedan With 327k Miles

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I've been writing about junkyardified cars here at TTAC since November of 2010, when I documented a pair of Fiat 128s in a Denver boneyard. Three numerals; the first indicated the series, the second the number of engine cylinders and the third the number of doors. If this is the original naturally-aspirated 2.3-liter

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Studebaker Lark VIII Deluxe 4-Door Sedan

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Last week, a first-model-year Lark sedan showed up at a self-service yard just south of Denver , and I was there to document it in its final parking spot. Meanwhile, AMC would sell you a new '59 Rambler Rebel four-door sedan with a V8 engine for $2,228 ($23,189 after inflation). Six Flags over Texas opened in the summer of 1961.

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