I lived in a very wintery part of Canada in the 80's, and these cars were everywhere. AMC was the fourth of the Big Three, always the underdog, and hit the soft spot of my heart. I was sorry to see AMC fade away.
That “viscous coupling” was the same New Process transfer case used by Land Rover and in the Parnelli Jones turbine car that almost won the Indy 500. Also found behind the Chrysler 440 in the Jensen Interceptor, so you know it could handle some torque. It’s worthy of a show of its own.
I had the wagon back in the early 80’s when I lived back home in Philadelphia. That car refused to die, I bought it from the junk yard where someone thought the engine seized. It took me a half hour to get it running and it ran for the two years I had it and another 5 years that my best friend drove the car. I forget what happened after that, but this week I will find out. Lol!!! Great Video Thank You 🙏
I had a roommate that had one of these wagons that he bought used in 1987. Every weekend he drove it back from VA to PA and loved it. It had the fake wood paneling on it. I always said it looked pretty nice and I still think so.
Those 2.5L engines were darn near bullet proof. I worked (in the shop) for a courier company that had a bunch of '97 and '98 Dakotas equipped with the 2.5L and a five speed. We regularly got 300,000 miles out of those engines. The frequent exhaust manifold stud breakage... Small price to pay for such a reliable engine.
I remember seeing these at the local AMC/Renault/Jeep dealership in my hometown of Kankakee, IL back when I was a kid. I feel AMC was the forerunner to what we call the CUV today.
My parents bought a new one of these wagons in 1981. The drive home from the dealer in Fairbanks , Alaska during a snow storm really sold us on the merits of that car!! Theirs was a limited model in that sweet root beer brown with the nicer steering wheel and cushy leather seats. That was a very comfortable driver, just a great driving car. It must have been built mid week, because the body fit and finish was way better than average for 1981 and it still ran great when they sold it with 160,000 miles on it.
With Selec-Trac, you can engage 4WD, select Reverse, then select Drive, the drivetrain has turned a full revolution and you are on your way. It was state of the art for its day.
It was very common to see these cars on the road as daily drivers for 20+ yearss here in New England. That is impressive given how much salt we use on our roads.
Obviously we never got AMCs here in Australia but I’ve always loved their designs even the Pacers and Gremlins as they were so original and off the wall.
One of the coolest cars ever produced. Love your red sedan(my favorite eagle body style)thanks for this video on a well underrated pioneer vehicle. They look so darn cool!
Beautiful Adam The fact that you genuinely love the "Good - Bad - and the ugly" of literally every "nook and crany" in the historical industry, recent history included, keeps you unparalleled.
Recently found your channel about a week ago. I am just loving your content! Thank you! Poured myself some Jack Daniels, and enjoying the information… 🥃
Always thought these were cool vehicles. Wow this is a beautiful example. Even todays cars dont get that great of gas mileage after all these years and these things could go anywhere. Thanks Adam
Back in the 80's, a friend's mother had an AMC Eagle wagon. It had the fake wood on the side and was painted denim blue. It wasnt 4 wheel drive but was still a great wagon. I have a few memories of riding around in this AMC wagon.
4:16 one of our drivers worked at the AMC plant building these. That trim around the rear windows was added because the stamping tools were so worn out there was irregular gaps over 1/4in around those windows.
I had an '82 SX-4, and I absolutely LOVED that little animal! It had the Inline 6, and it had plenty of power to do what I wanted out of it. I had a 2-inch receiver hitch custom built for it because I couldn't find a commercially manufactured one. We had a very heavy pop-up camper from the very early 70s, and the SX-4 did a great job pulling it! I never had any issues with the engine or trans overheating. We have always lived in Central Indiana, so we never got into any big hills to climb, but the way that car performed, I'm pretty confident it would have done fine. That is one car that I have had that I really regret selling. If I ever get the chance, I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one! This was a great episode! Thanks for sharing it!
I lived near Chicago until 1982. When AMC came out with the Eagle, I really wanted to buy one...BUT. Many of my friends bought Eagles (we were all Corvair ppl, but Corvairs aren't very well heated when you have rust holes everywhere) but they seemed to rust out before our eyes. The interiors seemed chintzy, as did the body sheet metal. Mechanically, they were great. One of my friends kept an Eagle up until just a few years ago, but there was no metal left to weld repair patches to! I solved my rusty car problems by moving to Arizona, where you *never* see an Eagle!!
Gr8 Maroon AMC Eagle Sedan U have, Adam...The Sedan looks good as does the wagon, but permanent 4WD can be costly at the Bowser, even with a 4 cylinder engine...Still a nice car to have in your garage and a reliable vehicle, Adam. Cheers fm Damo.
I owned one in the 90s. The lady I bought it from said the all-wheel drive works but when it turned winter I tried it and it wasn't working, got a shop manual got under the car and found the little vacuum tubes were on wrong, change them to the correct position and it worked perfect. That car was great in snow.
I had two of them briefly, but never got to know them before I had to move them on. However, I always have loved the design, which out-subarued Subarus, handsomely. The dash was a low point, especially with the silly A/C vents low on the ends of the package shelf. I would love to have a wagon now for winter, though that would rust it to death.
I had a '81 Eagle Kammback (Gremlin body) with the full time 4wd and the Iron Duke. Bought it in 1991 for an unheard of (even back then) $180 from a dealer... running shape but smoking. Drove it for months like this... 0-60 took 59.4 seconds! I finally pulled the valve cover off... and had nonfunctional valves... one, the nut had backed off and let the pushrod slip out... and other was a broken rocker arm. Fixing that cleared up a lot of smoking and made it feel like a relative sports car. But don't get me wrong, it still burned/leaked a lot of oil so I was constantly refilling it while it was embarrassingly low. The second problem was that dozens of bolts holding the drive train in were wallowed out... and kept loosening. I tried all sorts of things to fix it... but the front rear kept loosening up and eventually it broke the front u-joint and the remaining front driveshaft fell onto the exhaust and made a beeline for the transmission... putting a big hole in the bell housing.
Really ahead of their time, doing what many manufacturers did decades later with some off road ability in a crossover and awd/4wd. When I drive down 696 and see the American Center here in metro Detroit always reminds me of what could have been…
My parents had an 83 as a second car. Good car but the dealership support was awful. They kept it for many years with little trouble as dad gave up on the dealer and just handled things himself. I agree, these drove surprisingly well. Thanks for the memories.
I have a 2021 pickup. I still need to get a rotation of the front wheels for the hubs to lock. It might not be a full rotation but, it still sucks. In the old days ( on pickups) we would take off the automatic locking hubs and install manual hubs. You can no longer do that, unfortunately.
Wow looking at your 82 at the end really speaks for how amazingly pristine your sedan shows. Okay Adam im gonna politely ask again....how many cars do you have ( about, ish )? 😁 Anyway cool vid, like ive said, i ALWAYS learn at least one thing from every -video- lesson and for that sir i thank you😌👌
My dad and I rescued a couple from the desert one day. They were driving one of these cars. The guy was showing off for his girlfriend at high speed on a power line road. A flash flood pushed a huge boulder right in the middle of the road a few days before he came along at high speed. The front of that car was wrapped around that big bastard. It was a miracle that they weren't hurt.
Had an 83 SX4 two door as my very first car in college. The rear suspension went out on it and the front rode higher than the rear. I always felt it was an odd car when driving it, but time has given me new appreciation for it.
You have Impecable taste in Cars: what with the Colours, trim and general overall condition you keep them in. Even with these less popular brand of Car-s. Thank you for keep these querky cars and usinging them as they should be.
Back in the day when I was 7-8 years old and Stompers 4x4 toys were so cool in the early 80's my postman had one of these AMC's in rural Kentucky....I was in awe when he showed up in this in the snow.
We had several in our fleet used in the sandy orange groves of central Florida that were unstoppable and very durable. They were assigned to employees who came out of Wagoneers, and they were unsuccessful in trying to kill them.
Beautiful. AMC is my all time favorite car company, and the Eagle is arguaby their engineering masterpiece. I noticed this one has a hitch. They were great tow vehicles. I towed with my Hornet Sportabout with a 232. Torque was no problem.
I watched one of these run at a 1/4 mile track about 20 years ago. It was a 4 cylinder and the 1/4 mile time was the 0-60 time. It was like 23 seconds at 60 MPH. The car was 20 some odd years old at the time but I found it amusing.
As Hornets, they had much narrower seats with space between the front seats, with the switch to Concord and Eagle, these cars got Pacer seats, which were much wider as they were much wider cars. I suppose if you have an Eagle Limited with the flatter seats you could just sit more to the left.
i had a sx4 here in canada silver that i repainted dodge blue looked beautiful ... car was a beast in snow ....so before its time looks like the newer bmw
Neighbors I had back in 1980 bought 1 everyone thought they were nuts! But they went thru all kind of snow while others with Impalas & Dodges were digging out there RWD BOATS
American Subaru. Remember Subaru was making a name for themselves at this time with the same idea, 4wd station wagon. Ronald Regan had one on his ranch and perferred the subaru but drove a jeep in vids cuz it looked more american. Driving a little japanese import didnt portray ameicana shall we say. Always a showman
These featured in the Automan pilot. Patrick Macnee was one of the guest stars. Being UK I thought these were Audis as a kid. 😄 Dad owing a 100 C2 and the AMC having similar looking alloys as the Audis.
Nice car! I've never driven or rode in an early Eagle product. The only Eagle I have personal experience with was a friends brand new at the time badge engineered 1990 Eagle Talon Tsi. It had a turbo and a 5 speed, both of which were "exotic"😂 to a bunch of 18 year olds! It was a pretty good cruiser from what I remember, and it stuck so well to the pavement, it was kinda violent at times, but in a good way, if that makes sense😂.
My take away driving a few of these when they were near new: If ever there was a car that felt like it was a popular mechanics project that Johnny built in his backyard this was it. They were just plain weird and drove like a wet noodle. The quality of the rest of the car didn’t help with any of that either. That said, When actually driving one of these in the snow, it was a game changer for the time. Other than the Buzzy/tinny/tiny Subarus, this was it. The only larger four-wheel-drive American car on the market. If you’ve lived in an area where there was snow nearly 365 I’m thinking this was one impressive machine. But if you lived in Denver, really you only need this kind of set up 30 days a year top it’s a giant pass. I champion your broad taste Adam, many a vehicle would pass forgotten in time/ignored, It’s good to be reminded.
I saw an exact car a few years ago and it was in incredible shape. It was the same color too. It wasn't the same car as the one you show though because the one I saw was in ON Canada
Judging by the success of Subaru 30 years later this car was 30 years ahead of its time.
I lived in a very wintery part of Canada in the 80's, and these cars were everywhere. AMC was the fourth of the Big Three, always the underdog, and hit the soft spot of my heart. I was sorry to see AMC fade away.
The AMC Eagle wagon is long gone but still lives on in spirit: Subaru Outback, Audi A4 Allroad and Mercedes E-class All Terrain.
An all-wheel drive car was considered 'nuts' by many at the time and
fast forward 20-30 years later AWD SUVs are the predominant vehicles on the road.
The Eagle wagon is one of my favorite cars of all time. Just such a cool concept when it came out.
That “viscous coupling” was the same New Process transfer case used by Land Rover and in the Parnelli Jones turbine car that almost won the Indy 500. Also found behind the Chrysler 440 in the Jensen Interceptor, so you know it could handle some torque. It’s worthy of a show of its own.
I had a viscous coupling, but I divorced her.
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@Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we my first comment disappeared. Must be an ex wife doing clean up on comments.
And my 666 disappeared. Confirmed on clean up.
@Sheisthedevilyouknowwho- this is the free speech violators.
Adam, Wagons are always welcome. 😄
I second that.
Loved my Eagle wagon. It even had a factory CB radio.
I had an 84 eagle wagon, it was a great car.
this makes me super nostalgic for childhood
A lady I worked with here in Lapeer, MI had an Eagle wagon and just raved about it. She lived by a lake and she never got stuck.
Still such a handsome crossover😊
AMC eagle beats all these modern crossover junk with it's AWD system
I had the wagon back in the early 80’s when I lived back home in Philadelphia. That car refused to die, I bought it from the junk yard where someone thought the engine seized. It took me a half hour to get it running and it ran for the two years I had it and another 5 years that my best friend drove the car. I forget what happened after that, but this week I will find out. Lol!!! Great Video Thank You 🙏
I had a roommate that had one of these wagons that he bought used in 1987. Every weekend he drove it back from VA to PA and loved it. It had the fake wood paneling on it. I always said it looked pretty nice and I still think so.
Those 2.5L engines were darn near bullet proof. I worked (in the shop) for a courier company that had a bunch of '97 and '98 Dakotas equipped with the 2.5L and a five speed. We regularly got 300,000 miles out of those engines. The frequent exhaust manifold stud breakage... Small price to pay for such a reliable engine.
I remember seeing these at the local AMC/Renault/Jeep dealership in my hometown of Kankakee, IL back when I was a kid. I feel AMC was the forerunner to what we call the CUV today.
Regular Roman (Nick from Regular Car Reviews) is so jealous !
It's always great when Adam uploads a video, especially if it's about AMC 👍
Adam has been spoiling us since Thanksgiving week!
@ True that! Christmas came early for us viewers
I'm very curious how many cars do you own Adam... I would be greatly interested in seeing a fleet update every once in a while
@@thesam19841Adam keeps us guessing on the size of his collection… lol. 🤷♂️
My parents bought a new one of these wagons in 1981. The drive home from the dealer in Fairbanks , Alaska during a snow storm really sold us on the merits of that car!! Theirs was a limited model in that sweet root beer brown with the nicer steering wheel and cushy leather seats. That was a very comfortable driver, just a great driving car. It must have been built mid week, because the body fit and finish was way better than average for 1981 and it still ran great when they sold it with 160,000 miles on it.
amc was great the cars were unique
Like the window in the C Pillar. Nice way to get rid of a blind spot!
With Selec-Trac, you can engage 4WD, select Reverse, then select Drive, the drivetrain has turned a full revolution and you are on your way. It was state of the art for its day.
It was very common to see these cars on the road as daily drivers for 20+ yearss here in New England. That is impressive given how much salt we use on our roads.
Obviously we never got AMCs here in Australia but I’ve always loved their designs even the Pacers and Gremlins as they were so original and off the wall.
I've always liked these cars, though I have never owned one. They were attractive and offered a lot of unique features.
One of the coolest cars ever produced. Love your red sedan(my favorite eagle body style)thanks for this video on a well underrated pioneer vehicle. They look so darn cool!
My best friends grandparents had a car that looked just like that. Very capable in the Colorado mountains covered in snow.
Just picked up the Matchbox 1980 AMC Eagle.🎉🎉
me too!
Thanks again for these multiple uploads per day... AAA+++
Beautiful Adam
The fact that you genuinely love the "Good - Bad - and the ugly" of literally every "nook and crany" in the historical industry, recent history included, keeps you unparalleled.
Recently found your channel about a week ago. I am just loving your content! Thank you! Poured myself some Jack Daniels, and enjoying the information… 🥃
Hell yeah brother
I usually pour myself a glass of absinthe, and watch Adam's videos, and try to forget "she" is in the house
I usually pour myself a glass of absinthe, and watch Adam's videos, and try to forget "she" is in the house
I usually pour myself a glass of absinthe, and watch Adam's videos, and try to forget "she" is in the house
I usually pour myself a glass of absinthe, and watch Adam's videos, trying to forget "she" is in the house
Always thought these were cool vehicles. Wow this is a beautiful example. Even todays cars dont get that great of gas mileage after all these years and these things could go anywhere. Thanks Adam
I miss riding in my friend's grandma's AMC wagon. She used it on her rural postal route and drove from the passenger side during her route
I heard that announcers voice-
“ The Eagle has landed, at your local AMC dealer!” , when I saw the cue for this vid👍
Owned 3 over time, a maroon sedan identical to the lead car was the best one. I liked my AMCs just fine.
Back in the 80's, a friend's mother had an AMC Eagle wagon. It had the fake wood on the side and was painted denim blue. It wasnt 4 wheel drive but was still a great wagon. I have a few memories of riding around in this AMC wagon.
All Eagles were 4wd
4:16 one of our drivers worked at the AMC plant building these. That trim around the rear windows was added because the stamping tools were so worn out there was irregular gaps over 1/4in around those windows.
I remember when these were new and loved them. I especially love yours! Enjoy!!!
First car I bought! Thanks for posting
We had an early Concorde wagon. It was a great driver.
I had an '82 SX-4, and I absolutely LOVED that little animal! It had the Inline 6, and it had plenty of power to do what I wanted out of it. I had a 2-inch receiver hitch custom built for it because I couldn't find a commercially manufactured one. We had a very heavy pop-up camper from the very early 70s, and the SX-4 did a great job pulling it! I never had any issues with the engine or trans overheating. We have always lived in Central Indiana, so we never got into any big hills to climb, but the way that car performed, I'm pretty confident it would have done fine. That is one car that I have had that I really regret selling. If I ever get the chance, I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one! This was a great episode! Thanks for sharing it!
Awesome car love it
i like amc eagle wagon.
I lived near Chicago until 1982. When AMC came out with the Eagle, I really wanted to buy one...BUT. Many of my friends bought Eagles (we were all Corvair ppl, but Corvairs aren't very well heated when you have rust holes everywhere) but they seemed to rust out before our eyes. The interiors seemed chintzy, as did the body sheet metal. Mechanically, they were great. One of my friends kept an Eagle up until just a few years ago, but there was no metal left to weld repair patches to! I solved my rusty car problems by moving to Arizona, where you *never* see an Eagle!!
didn't AMC use double sided galvanized steel? Maybe Chicago uses pizza salt on the roads.
Gr8 Maroon AMC Eagle Sedan U have, Adam...The Sedan looks good as does the wagon, but permanent 4WD can be costly at the Bowser, even with a 4 cylinder engine...Still a nice car to have in your garage and a reliable vehicle, Adam. Cheers fm Damo.
For some reason when I was a kid in the 80s these looked so awesome to me.
I owned one in the 90s. The lady I bought it from said the all-wheel drive works but when it turned winter I tried it and it wasn't working, got a shop manual got under the car and found the little vacuum tubes were on wrong, change them to the correct position and it worked perfect. That car was great in snow.
The Eagle wagon was so far ahead of its time. And it looked great, unlike many of AMC’s other models. It was built for New England winters.
One of my dream cars an Eagles Wagon
A friend of mine had one of these four wheel drive wagons. It was pretty Sharp! 👴👍🏻
I've never had an Eagle but I did have a '64 Classic 440 (although it had a Mopar 318 in it), as well as a 1962 Ambassador Cross Country 327.
We had one.. brown/tan base color, but it had wood panels all the way down the sides. It's one of those cars i wish i still had..
I had two of them briefly, but never got to know them before I had to move them on. However, I always have loved the design, which out-subarued Subarus, handsomely. The dash was a low point, especially with the silly A/C vents low on the ends of the package shelf. I would love to have a wagon now for winter, though that would rust it to death.
I had a '81 Eagle Kammback (Gremlin body) with the full time 4wd and the Iron Duke. Bought it in 1991 for an unheard of (even back then) $180 from a dealer... running shape but smoking. Drove it for months like this... 0-60 took 59.4 seconds! I finally pulled the valve cover off... and had nonfunctional valves... one, the nut had backed off and let the pushrod slip out... and other was a broken rocker arm. Fixing that cleared up a lot of smoking and made it feel like a relative sports car. But don't get me wrong, it still burned/leaked a lot of oil so I was constantly refilling it while it was embarrassingly low.
The second problem was that dozens of bolts holding the drive train in were wallowed out... and kept loosening. I tried all sorts of things to fix it... but the front rear kept loosening up and eventually it broke the front u-joint and the remaining front driveshaft fell onto the exhaust and made a beeline for the transmission... putting a big hole in the bell housing.
Really ahead of their time, doing what many manufacturers did decades later with some off road ability in a crossover and awd/4wd. When I drive down 696 and see the American Center here in metro Detroit always reminds me of what could have been…
I got one from Matchbox, never had seen a die-cast of it before, pretty nice. 😁
My parents had an 83 as a second car. Good car but the dealership support was awful. They kept it for many years with little trouble as dad gave up on the dealer and just handled things himself. I agree, these drove surprisingly well. Thanks for the memories.
I miss my 85 Eagle Wagon!
My cousin collected those eagle wagons, think he had 7 of them in the mid 90s. Fixed them up and flipped them.
Gorgeous Ride.
I was a valet in high school and always loved parking these.
That is very nice eagle you got there . Good color great condition good car
My fathers friend had 2 of them , a 79 and a 84 , and he loved both them 😊
I have a 2021 pickup. I still need to get a rotation of the front wheels for the hubs to lock. It might not be a full rotation but, it still sucks. In the old days ( on pickups) we would take off the automatic locking hubs and install manual hubs. You can no longer do that, unfortunately.
Wow looking at your 82 at the end really speaks for how amazingly pristine your sedan shows.
Okay Adam im gonna politely ask again....how many cars do you have ( about, ish )? 😁
Anyway cool vid, like ive said, i ALWAYS learn at least one thing from every -video- lesson and for that sir i thank you😌👌
My dad and I rescued a couple from the desert one day. They were driving one of these cars. The guy was showing off for his girlfriend at high speed on a power line road. A flash flood pushed a huge boulder right in the middle of the road a few days before he came along at high speed. The front of that car was wrapped around that big bastard. It was a miracle that they weren't hurt.
I remember the reclining front seats on our 1960 Rambler wagon, that seemed like such an exotic option, spent many summer nights "camping out" in it.
Had an 83 SX4 two door as my very first car in college. The rear suspension went out on it and the front rode higher than the rear. I always felt it was an odd car when driving it, but time has given me new appreciation for it.
I love these AMC compact sedans and wagons myself . Keep up these great review Adam . 😊
A unique automobile for a unique individual.
You have Impecable taste in Cars: what with the Colours, trim and general overall condition you keep them in. Even with these less popular brand of Car-s. Thank you for keep these querky cars and usinging them as they should be.
I need to add one of these to my collection. 👍
My Dad bought this brand new, oh boy what a lemon 🍋.
My parents had I think the 84 wagon LTD , had the radio/cb. I had a 81 SX4 with iron duke and full time gas guzzler.
Back in the day when I was 7-8 years old and Stompers 4x4 toys were so cool in the early 80's my postman had one of these AMC's in rural Kentucky....I was in awe when he showed up in this in the snow.
I remember the TV commercial.
" why drag two extra Wheels behind?"
We had several in our fleet used in the sandy orange groves of central Florida that were unstoppable and very durable. They were assigned to employees who came out of Wagoneers, and they were unsuccessful in trying to kill them.
I would definitely daily drive one of these rather than today’s Subaru offerings!
Beautiful. AMC is my all time favorite car company, and the Eagle is arguaby their engineering masterpiece. I noticed this one has a hitch. They were great tow vehicles. I towed with my Hornet Sportabout with a 232. Torque was no problem.
I watched one of these run at a 1/4 mile track about 20 years ago. It was a 4 cylinder and the 1/4 mile time was the 0-60 time. It was like 23 seconds at 60 MPH. The car was 20 some odd years old at the time but I found it amusing.
My brother had a 2 door coupe but I always preferred the wagon.
My parents had one of these in two-tone blue.
Mom loved the height.
I hated the fact that the steering wheel was off-center from the drivers seat.
As Hornets, they had much narrower seats with space between the front seats, with the switch to Concord and Eagle, these cars got Pacer seats, which were much wider as they were much wider cars. I suppose if you have an Eagle Limited with the flatter seats you could just sit more to the left.
This one had a nicer grill than the following Eagles. They should've kept it.
i had a sx4 here in canada silver that i repainted dodge blue looked beautiful ... car was a beast in snow ....so before its time looks like the newer bmw
Neighbors I had back in 1980 bought 1 everyone thought they were nuts! But they went thru all kind of snow while others with Impalas & Dodges were digging out there RWD BOATS
American Subaru. Remember Subaru was making a name for themselves at this time with the same idea, 4wd station wagon. Ronald Regan had one on his ranch and perferred the subaru but drove a jeep in vids cuz it looked more american. Driving a little japanese import didnt portray ameicana shall we say. Always a showman
These featured in the Automan pilot. Patrick Macnee was one of the guest stars.
Being UK I thought these were Audis as a kid. 😄 Dad owing a 100 C2 and the AMC having similar looking alloys as the Audis.
It had front suspension; unlike jeeps. And even unlike the Wrangler to this very day
Saw one on the island of Kauai. In Waiohai. A wagon. All there but sitting for while it seemed. Cool to see one in person
Nice car! I've never driven or rode in an early Eagle product. The only Eagle I have personal experience with was a friends brand new at the time badge engineered 1990 Eagle Talon Tsi. It had a turbo and a 5 speed, both of which were "exotic"😂 to a bunch of 18 year olds! It was a pretty good cruiser from what I remember, and it stuck so well to the pavement, it was kinda violent at times, but in a good way, if that makes sense😂.
My psychotic ex-stepmother had one of these in a light blue. She loved it.
I remember when these were new.. I didn't think they were all that good looking.
But they aged well.
Love it!
Nice 😊
My take away driving a few of these when they were near new: If ever there was a car that felt like it was a popular mechanics project that Johnny built in his backyard this was it. They were just plain weird and drove like a wet noodle. The quality of the rest of the car didn’t help with any of that either.
That said, When actually driving one of these in the snow, it was a game changer for the time. Other than the Buzzy/tinny/tiny Subarus, this was it. The only larger four-wheel-drive American car on the market.
If you’ve lived in an area where there was snow nearly 365 I’m thinking this was one impressive machine. But if you lived in Denver, really you only need this kind of set up 30 days a year top it’s a giant pass.
I champion your broad taste Adam, many a vehicle would pass forgotten in time/ignored, It’s good to be reminded.
I saw an exact car a few years ago and it was in incredible shape. It was the same color too. It wasn't the same car as the one you show though because the one I saw was in ON Canada
My SX4 was a super car.
That car really says 1980
Black out trim around the rear quarter window : the cheap way to revamp the perimeter of a window without investing in restamping.