In that case... I'd put that twin-spark engine in another car. The exterior, IMO, is hideous. Like, maybe a 1971 GT-R body:
The Atom looks like tons of fun. Did you know that a factory in southern Oregon used to build the Atom 2s that were sold in the US? I think it moved somewhere else for the Atom 3. The only thing that worries me about the Atom is the fact that at the time they did not offer a sump-guard which makes it an expensive adventure on public roads. I used to have a Birkin S3 Lotus 7 clone - and the sump-guard got so many hits that saved the bottom end of the engine - that it was not funny. Here is a picture of my old Birkin on old Germantown road.
Y'all are snobs. I can't believe you've dissed the styling and performance of American Motors Corporaton.
My first car was a '69 Citroen Ami 6 - which was the ugliest car ever made - I bought it at $30 - and probably overpaid... - at the time the styling of the Pacer was an inspiration for me. I do not have a picture of my own car - but here is one of a nicer example from the web:
You have to admit, you'd kill to have that in your driveway right now. That car is so ugly it's awesome. That reminds me of one of my favorite car stories ever. Citroen used to have an auto factory on an island on the Seine near Paris. The last guy on the assembly line was someone with a pillow tied to his leg. Why? To force closed the hood of the car. He had to put his knee on it to get it to latch. Ah, fine French engineering.
You bet. Or, at least, one that I would not have to crawl under every 10 miles to fix something that broke. 4 or 5 years ago there was a wagon version for sale by a guy that worked in the international market on 99W near Tigard - I went to look at it - and despite the asking price of $1200 which was his starting offer and I suspected he would have gone down in a hurry - I could not bring myself to offer anything because that car was worse than the one I had. I thought the guy had testicles the size of basketballs to be brave enough to drive it. Here are some pictures:
I wish it was 2/3 the size - because the actual shape is very pleasing - it looks good, it sounds good - but it is so freaking huge.
Yeah, my step-dad has the Daytona Charger with Hemi. It's a nice car ride and speed-wise but I'm not that fond of the look. Mazda RX7 Yes!!!
I want to get a project car and I'm trying to decide between a 1997 RX7 or 2006 STi. The RX7 is a legend. The only thing is, rotor engines overheat often.
Is this a Japanese market version? The ones sold in the US had the pop-up headlights. Beautiful, beautiful cars. I used to see them at the track all the time when I had the time to really be serious about it. Deceptively quick cars these 3rd generation RX7s. Most however, I understand, eat their engine every 80K miles or so because the oil filter is located in a place that is so hard to reach - that most people do not change it as they should.
