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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XI)

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Sales skyrocketed, and the trajectory for the remainder of the second generation was set! price tag in 1953, the 1954’s ask of $5,738 ($65,496 adj.) Cadillac was on top of the luxury world in the Fifties, and Eldorado sales jumped from 532 cars in 1953 to 2,150 in 1954. and Coupe DeVille was $4,260 ($48,625 adj.).

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Junkyard Find: 1978 Chrysler LeBaron Coupe

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This generation of LeBaron was sold for the 1977 through 1981 model years, and it was available as a coupe, sedan and wagon. The two-door was a credibly rakish personal luxury coupe for its time, and probably cannibalized some sales from the Cordoba. This one has the optional Cortez cloth-and-vinyl seat upholstery.

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Fast love: Wild 600kW Hyundai N Vision 74 supercar locked in for 2026 debut

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According to Korea’s ET News, when it goes on sale in 2026 the Hyundai N Vision 74 will keep its glorious retro-inspired looks that draws plenty from the original Giorgetto Giugiaro designed 1974 Pony Coupe Concept. The combined range of both the fuel cell and battery electric powertrain is said to be more than 600km.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 4-Door Sedan

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Sales were strong, and the Detroit Big Three plus the Kenosha One got busy preparing midsize cars to slide between the compacts and the full - sizers. There's a lot of great vintage stuff at Colorado Auto & Parts right now. The back seat is full of rusty car parts. Army staff car , a 1965 Dodge D-200 U.S.

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Jaguar kills off its entire range for new era of extremely expensive EVs

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At the moment, five cars are still on sale in the US – the XF sedan, E-Pace and F-Pace crossovers, F-Type roadster and coupe, and the electric I-Pace. The I-Pace, for its part, has had what seems like endless problems in the past, with the company recalling it last year due to battery fire risk.

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Datsun 200SX Coupe

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Lee Iacocca was still selling the Dodge Mirada and Chrysler Cordoba for 1983, so there was some meaningful Detroit competition for the 200SX in the razor-blade-medallion-tangled-in-chest-hair rear-wheel-drive personal luxury coupe field. Under the hood, the '83 200SX got a 2.2-liter

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

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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 Marauder name got ditched in 1966, then revived on a massive personal luxury coupe for 1969 - 1970. Louis on November 7, 1963. The Mercury brand itself departed this world after 2011.

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