The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

Today's Junkyard Find is one of those cars, found in a self-service boneyard near Denver, Colorado. The price tag on that car was $44,298, or about $157,037 in 2024 dollars. This West German dealership promo video is for the W126 coupe, but you get the idea. For the 1981 model year, the U.S.-market market 380 SEL came with a 3.8-liter

Mercedes 102

Mercedes Market Colorado United States 102

The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The door tag tells us that this car was assembled in St. The DSO code of 51 shows that it was sold out of the Denver sales office. The DSO code of 51 shows that it was sold out of the Denver sales office. The Marauder name got ditched in 1966, then revived on a massive personal luxury coupe for 1969 - 1970.

Mercury 111

Mercury Colorado Denver St. Louis 111

The Truth About Cars

MAY 15, 2023

Today's Junkyard Find , found in a yard just south of Denver , is a nicely preserved example of the final year of the S110 Silvia , as well as of the Datsun name. 1983 was the last year for those two cars, as well as for the rakish Ford Fairmont Futura coupe and its Mercury-badged sibling, the Zephyr Z-7.

Dodge 98

Dodge Nissan North America Mercury 98

The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I discovered a Mexican-market '06 Peugeot 407 in a Denver boneyard, earlier this year, and thought years would pass before the next time I'd hear the ghosts of André Citroën , Louis Renault , and Armand Peugeot singing La Marseillaise over a car graveyard. Plymouth's cheapest 1960 Valiant four-door had a $2,033 price tag.

San Jose 93

San Jose California USA Denver 93

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 4, 2024

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. We're here to praise this SC2 for staying on the road for close to three decades and well over 250,000 miles. But we're not here to mourn Saturn. This car has neither.

Saturn 105

Saturn Colorado Isuzu GM 105

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2023

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. A merger with Packard in 1954 didn't help, and so for 1959 the company's lineup would consist of just the Silver Hawk coupe , various slow-selling trucks and the brand-new Lark.

Denver 98

Denver North America Colorado Chrysler 98