I’ll see if I can cook up something, have a 1999 Alsatia sitting here with a 4.0s 0-100km and few other stuffs, though I am unsure if i can finish it on time. Best of luck to all participants 
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Iirc the deadline is in a few days?
1992 Archer Vista RS
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For sale - RARE 1992 Archer Vista RS. One of 25 sold for the Canadian market, originally sold at Vancouver Archer/Llewellyn MotoPlex in August 1992. One owner, low KMs (only 20,000), recent servicing with the replacement of all rubber gaskets/seals, turbocharger refurbishment, oil and fluids change, new tires, brake pads, and a professional exterior and interior detailing. IYKYK, but if you don’t, the Vista RS was a limited production version of the Vista, with the basic drivetrain from their then-current Esquire RS sports car, which included a 3.0L twin-turbocharged V6 with 300 horsepower, AWD with a mechanical LSD, wider bodywork, exclusive trimming, and more.
No hagglers, no tire kickers - price is firm. Original window sticker/certificate of authenticity included, extensive service history records and CarFax available upon request.
$10,492, contact Bill if interested.
Lore
In the mid-1980s, Llewellyn Motor Company, through their subsidiary Archer, founded a joint venture with the Japanese company Akari; this venture was created to co-develop, engineer and design a shared sports car. This project would then become the Archer Esquire and the Akari 300RS, introduced in 1989 and 1990, respectively. In early 1991, to celebrate 500,000 Archer Vistas being built since its introduction in 1984, Archer took a stock Vista ES and grafted in the 3.0L, 300 horsepower, twin-turbocharged V6, 6-speed manual and all-wheel drive system from the Esquire RS and 300RS Turbo into the Vista - thus creating the Vista RS Concept.
After significant customer feedback, Archer then debuted a production Vista RS in a record 6 months after the concept, keeping the 300 horsepower twin-turbocharged V6 and the all-wheel drive system from the Esquire and 300RS, but mating it instead to an in-house developed 4-speed, electronically controlled automatic, created for transversely mounted, high-torque applications. Just 250 were built for the 1992 model year, each selling for $52,000, and each was equipped the same way; all were finished in Frost White exterior paint with Race Red trim, an Onyx and Heather Grey leather/cloth interior with Race Red piping, 16-inch performance alloy wheels shod in 245 section performance tires, Vista RS-specific “1 of 250” badging, and seating for 5 instead of the usual 7. Vista RS models also received significant chassis upgrades, with an entirely custom rear subframe designed to retro-fit double wishbone rear suspension to the Vista, replacing the standard torsion beam rear suspension.
These upgrades ultimately made the Vista RS capable of zero to 60 in an inconceivably-fast-for-a-minivan 5.5 seconds, a top speed of 141 miles per hour, a 14.02 second 1/4 mile time, and 0.93g of cornering grip on a 20 meter pad. Unfortunately, due to car buyback programs like Cash for Clunkers, there is believed to be fewer than 70 Vista RSes remaining, with most sitting in collections, never seeing the open road.
Specifications
Transversely-mounted 3.0L twin-turbocharged 24-valve DOHC V6, iron block and aluminum head
300 horsepower at 5,200 RPM and 358 pounds-feet of torque at 3,100 RPM, 6,000 RPM redline
Full-time all-wheel drive with helical limited slip differentials, 50F/50R power split
4-speed electronically controlled automatic with power and economy settings
MacPherson strut front suspension and double wishbone rear suspension
245/50R16 tires and wheels
Zero to 60 in 5.5 seconds, 141 MPH top speed, 14.02 second 1/4 mile run
0.93g of cornering grip on a 20m skidpad
$52,000 MSRP (in 1992) [actual automation price is $34,000]
18 MPG city/26 MPG highway/22 MPG combined
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That body set you used for this roided-up Vista could form the basis for an 80s/90s SUV if you tried, but the Vista is not an SUV; instead, it’s a K-Car minivan with the guts of a 3000GT. Well done!
For Sale:
2004 Kamaka Tropical Lounge Concept
The Tropical Lounge concept was Kamaka’s vision of an urban mobile office lounge for 15 years into the future. What a big promise that was, huh? The first and only time the public got to see it was at the 2004 Tokyo Motor Show, but since then, it was never seen again, until it was recently uncovered in this abandoned warehouse. It’s a miracle that it even still exists outside of a scrapyard.
The Tropical Lounge has seats for six people, with 4 of them able to be swiveled in any direction. The gigantic dashboard has a 23 inch touchscreen which when the doors are open, the seats can slide outward and the dashboard can be moved to the middle to become a table.
However, something peculiar about this is it was stated to be fully electric, which it looks like both inside and out, but instead there’s a boring 1.6 liter 4 banger powering the front wheels. Whether it was at some point converted or it was never electric in the first place we’ll never know; any info about this at all is likely lost to time.
With the recently renewed interest in the Frutiger Aero aesthetic, the Tropical Lounge will be sure to turn some heads, even when this car is supposed to be mainly function over form. Just look at the little guy. He demands a new owner. Now.
But if you decide that you want to buy it, be extra careful that you never get in an accident, because this was really not designed with safety in mind. This thing is made of cheap fiberglass so you’re very likely to get turned into a human slushie, but more importantly, one of the greatest obscure concept cars will be history. 
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By Xepy and @kookie
1992 Tristella Pavonini
Lore
The idea for the Pavonini originated in the mid-1980s, where cash flow was abundant and ambitious designs were highly sought after. It was hidden under wraps for the most part, but rumors and test mules appeared in the years leading to the 90s, with Tristella teasing for a few years regarding their next greatest model. After several delays, the Tristella Pavonini was finally unveiled to the world in 1991. The “Peacock” was to be a halo car, a demonstration of what was now possible after nearly two decades of the highly successful Accipiter’s production run. It was a model of many firsts for Tristella - all-wheel drive, active aerodynamics, active suspension, computerized automatic transmission; along with its unique showpieces: a sliding, hiding sliding hardtop roof and vertical sliding doors that both open and close in under 5 seconds. It also had electronic stability control and of course, sleek futuristic styling. Paired with it was a V12 making 500 horsepower, and it sounded like it should have been a recipe for success.
After the launch in 1992, the reality set in for Tristella and the Pavonini. Each car, with all its ambitious and complicated tech was sold at a loss. It was also very heavy, coming in at over 1600kg and under performed in comparison to the other halo cars of its time, despite the tech and high power assisting it heavily. And with how expensive it was and how the reviews were going, the sales were also far too low. Within Tristella as well, the board was wanting for an entry into the new GT-1 programme at this point, which was ill suited for the Pavonini that was conceptualized and designed mainly during Group B regulations, not to mention its demeanor of being more like a grand tourer. After 1993 and a short two year model run, Tristella stopped production of the Pavonini to focus on the less complicated, more track focused Noctua, which would use the Pavonini’s base platform but cutting most of its tech for weight savings. The Noctua was then continually developed for the next couple of years as a strong competitor in the GT-1 class, as well as selling far better than its short lived predecessor.
It was estimated that less than 100 units were produced in total during its production run.
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FOR SALE:
1992 Tristella Pavonini Supercar - a rare and unique supercar of the early 90s, bred and designed in Italy by Tristella. With a 500HP V12, it is definitely not a hypermiler, but definitely has performance and character. Everything is working mechanically - doors and roof slide open as intended and seals have recently been replaced.
Driven occasionally, only in during summer. Body and paint has been maintained or stored in enclosed garage. Still painted in factory and press colour “Nouvo Acqua”, with a blue leather interior. Maintenance has been followed as per manual, but as with all supercars of this era extra care is needed. Sold as is and will not be entertaining refunds. Will allow test drives to interested buyers ONLY.
Asking price of $20000.
FAQ:
Q:Can I drive with the doors down?
A: Yes.
Q: Will the doors/ roof slice my fingers off?
A: If you’re dumb probably.
Q: How is the rear visibility?
A: Use the side mirrors, interior mirror is literally useless.
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This looks like the year 2006 as a car
I love it
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Windows vista looking car fr
That has to be the raddest, maddest, and baddest thing you’ve ever made! It looks for all the world like it’s built on a body set not yet seen in Automation, but my best guess is either the '98 Stradale or the '95 American Dream - my initial thought was that it used the '87 NSX-like body set, until I realized that its engine bay was too short for the big V12 you ended up with. And in terms of philosophy, the Pavonini was basically what the 3000GT/Stealth would’ve been if it were a flagship Euro halo supercar - but lessons learned from its failure led to the lighter, more focused Noctua.
It’s actually the antithesis to my '95 LVC LS60, which, in its current form, is a raw, pure, and stripped-back beast in the vein of the Noctua, whereas the Pavonini that spawned it was intended to be an all-around grand tourer wrapped in a supercar body, with all the high-tech stuff available to Tristella’s engineers in the early '90s and a whole lot more.
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is anyone even going to read this? I guess I'll just put a spaceship here (_)(_)=====D~~
FOR SALE:
1998 PG42 Planar Genoace EX-A 2.5
$11,693 FIRM
For sale is this excellent example of Australian weirdness, a PG42 series Planar Genoace EX-A.
For those that don’t know it, the EX-A is already pretty weird, with Planar’s Clarity styling of the late 90’s giving it translucent plastic all over the car, most prominently on the bumpers. But being that every Planar of the time had that, that’s not what makes it interesting, real nerds can already tell from its non-Planar colour, but the EX-A is a special edition of the EX-S hot hatch with an Amberly 2.5L twin turbo V8 smashed into the front.
The V8 isn’t the only unique feature for the EX-A, with it also getting wheels from the flagship Danazine EX-S, a similar bonnet scoop with a translucent panel to let you see the V8, a special orange leather steering wheel and gear knob, a standard Minidisc deck (yes, Minidisc), and subtle Amberly badging (being just a red grille slat up front).
Outside of those slightly boy racer touches, however, the EX-A barely looks like a hot hatch, which was how Planar decided to market it, a true sleeper from the factory. In terms of performance it isn’t anything special compared to modern cars, with a theoretical 5.8 second 0-100, but in reality you’re going to be lunching your front tyres for about that long with it putting 240kw through just the front tyres. Does make it great fun at red lights though.
Fuel economy is… alright, and the emissions are good enough for even the strictest of cities, but make no mistake, this car is an enthusiast’s car through and through. Its had nearly $10,000 spent on it over the past couple of years, which ends up with a car if excellent mechanical condition, but keeping in mind that a fifth of that is a service and you start to get an idea of what one of these costs to run.
So if you’re an enthusiast wanting a car that always keeps you on your toes, but is rewarding when you get it right, send me a DM! NO LOWBALLERS, TYRE KICKERS, OR JOYRIDERS, THIS IS A SERIOUS CAR FOR A SERIOUS BUYER!!! $11,693 firm to pay my ex-wife’s alimony, already better than market value so do NOT try to haggle with me.
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WHAT? How? That image moving is so cool. 
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$12,514
2009 Revven Tornos 3.7 ZL AWD for sale
110k miles
excellent condition, recent oil change and fresh summer tires. transmission and airbag recall service completed 20k miles ago
automatic transmission, this is a ZL not a ZSL. as mentioned above the recall service was done on the transmission and has been shifting better than ever.
original window sticker, most service records, and owners manual (and the cool 3.7 ZL addition) in glovebox. first-aid kit and roadside kit are in trunk.
firm price, may trade for a clean Scorpio GT370 but otherwise be reasonable!
Lore
Revven is a subsidiary of AMTjapan, previously known as RevvenJapan.
(@Atomic Skyhawk brand name credit)
The “Tournos” concept would make its world debut at the 2002 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. It was Revven designers’ quest "…to make the concept of owning a minivan appealing to all people, by removing the strong negative imagery associated with owning and driving a minivan. [This] meant more universal, Revven style, the same or more room and utility as any minivan, and the driving feel and comfort of a regular car or wagon.
We achieved this by taking the same shared platform as our Ryu and Revven premium and luxury sedans, wagons, and crossovers, extending and lowering it to maximize interior space while preserving ride comfort. [You’ll] also notice the amount of glass letting light into the cabin, the drop in the beltline and the twin or triple optional glass roof panels. It gives illusion of more open space to passengers."
The 2004-2009 “MVG50L” (based on the VG1 architecture) platform Tornos no longer shared a platform with Skyhawk’s C-Body offerings, instead opting for the VG1 architecture’s car-like handling, comfort, and performance capabilities.
---Platform stuff---
The VG1 and VG2 platform, known for its “front-midships” engine location, has the engine pushed as close to the firewall as possible to reduce load on the front suspension and shift the center of mass closer to the center of the vehicle. This also creates a weight distribution as close to 50:50 as possible, and enables the wheels to be placed close to the corners for better handling.
The VG1 platform debuted first with the 2001 VG29 Ryu S-series/Revven Horizon, and used as the basis for nearly all of Revven’s rear and all-wheel drive monocoque applications.
The VG2 platform, an evolution of the VG1 architecture, was used in the 2008+ Revven GT550 grand tourer.
(@rotomfan Ryu brand name credit)
(@DrDoomD1scord Pyongyang)
Applications (VG1 platform)
- Ryu S-series/Revven Horizon - VG29 code
- Ryu S-Series/Revven Horizon - VG30 code
- Ryu S44/Revven Horizon - VG31 code
- Ryu S-series/Revven Horizon Coupe/Revven Scorpio GT350 - VGC29 code
- Ryu S-series/Revven Horizon Coupe/Revven Scorpio GT370 - VGC30 code
- Ryu S55-series/Revven Horizon Coupe - VGC31 code
- Ryu SL-series/Revven Executive - UG29 code
- Ryu SL-series/Revven Executive - UG30 code
- Ryu XS-series/Revven Horizon Crossover - CVG29 code
- Ryu XS-series/Revven Horizon Crossover - CVG30 code
- Ryu XL-series - XVG29 code
- Ryu XL77 - XVG29 code
- Pyongyang Ambassador - GVG31 code
- Revven Sterling - MGC29 code
- Revven Tornos - MVG50L code
Applications (VG2 platform)
- Revven GT550 VG40X code
Specs
2009 Revven Tornos 3.7 ZL AWD
Tornos
greek for tour/tourism or lathe/circle
3.7 V6
ZL
Special sports luxury trim. 7 speed advanced-automatic transmission.
twin rear glass panels “toaster config” no retractable sunroof in front
orange leather!
AWD (specifically ZL AWD)
Helical all-wheel drive and helical LSDs
0-60MPH in 6.2 seconds
P245/50/R18 sport tires all around
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1990 LSAZ 3199 ‘Potok’ for sale by owner
Price: $4442
Kilometers: 123,456
Year: 1990
Make: LSAZ
Model: 3199 Potok
Drive Type: RWD
Engine: 4-cyl
Transmission: Manual
Selling a rare all original 1990 LSAZ 3199 Potok. Original teal paint with dark/light grey interior. Regularly serviced while in my care, hasn’t needed much beyond what you’d expect from the age.
So what is this? Well, the 3199 (nicknamed ‘Potok’ or ‘Flow’ due to its shape) is the last car developed by LSAZ before the fall of the USSR and when the company was restructured as a private entreprise for the free market. Under circumstances that are still debated, the tooling for the 3199 was destroyed in early 1992 so its existence was brief, making it rare.
This was an attempt at making a completely original and economical car for some of the Soviet population that was slightly “more equal than others,” so it’s not basic transportation like a Lada but more akin to a Volga. What makes this car the most unusual is that LSAZ took the chassis and boxer engine from their COE van and flipped it around, making this a weird body on frame rear engine car. This was all to keep the interior spacious and to give the car a very aerodynamic shape while also saving as much government money as possible on development and production costs.
The interior is pretty simple with a 4-speed manual that’s carried over from the van with the engine. Space is decent, it’s a midsize car, and while nothing is fancy the plastics, fabric, and vinyl all feel pretty heavy duty. The radio and tape deck are original and still work but sound quality is not great. The frunk is fairly small but then all the extra space above that boxer engine in the back is used by a full size spare, the jack, and the basic tool kit that Soviet cars usually had.
So how does it drive? Well, it does feel a bit oversteery as you’d expect when you try and push it. It’s not fast either, since the engine makes just under 100 hp. 0-100 km/h takes almost 13s if you really try. What is nice is that it averages 8.7L/100 km, which was definitely much better than a lot of Soviet cars at the time. There was definitely a lot of effort put in to make it drive and feel like a normal car without being expensive, so it’s surprisingly smooth and comfortable under normal use.
It’s one of the many weird cars that belonged my great uncle before he passed and he said he traded his old Mercedes for it from the original owner back in the 90s. He brought it over when he moved back from Europe and it mostly sat in his barn since, with only the occasional outing. We’re clearing out the barn and since nobody in the family wants it, it’s now ready for another good home. Asking only $4442.
Here are some scanned photos from the original brochure:
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Thanks everyone for participating in this CSR. It’s only my second time hosting the premiere challenge series of the forum, and I did not foresee the job promotion and the added responsibilities piling up. But I will get the results out as soon as I can. Best of luck to all the participants.
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In 1993, Arlington Automotive would announce the discontinuation of their Warren brand. With few real hits to its name, the “all plush no sport” part of the company’s portfolio - so appealing back in the 1970s and early 1980s - would fade away by 1997, with Arlington and Somervell splitting the former marque’s market segments between themselves.
This, the Brigantine, is an apt example of how the brand’s paradigm simply did not work in the 1990s. The 1988 redesign yielded a car which was extremely luxurious, replete with futuristic touches like a broad and fully-instrumented digital dash, flowing interior lines, an aerodynamic front and that bold WARREN indent lettering on the rear bumper. But underneath? It was quite literally no different from the generation that came before in the late 1970s, a body-on-frame, longitudinal-FWD street cruiser. Okay, maybe it grew a few inches after the product planners shrewdly perceived that the age of downsizing was done.
And then there’s that engine under the hood. The Brigantine could be had with a corporate Arlington OHC V8 - but the Warren oldheads for some reason insisted on keeping their old, 70s-era “big block V6” as the base engine. Complete with a 4-barrel, no less. The engineers did too good of a job with the emissions controls and let this abomination stay on all the way until 1993.
So, to sum it up: An admittedly beautiful hyper-luxury yacht which was mechanically overdue for retirement 30 years ago… Let’s see what you make of it today.
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1998 Tiburon Panamerica
@Kyorg and @Karhgath
The 1998 Tiburon Panamerica was built exactly twice. As Tiburon's heydey of the 80s and 90s came to a close and the turn of the millennium crept ever closer, the Panamerica was a rebellious strike against the modern age. Built during the height of the swing revival, the Panamerica captured the hearts of the few people who saw it at various car shows and on obscure internet forums.
Styled after the opulent aerodynamically focused art deco cars of the 30s, the Panamerica concept was still very much a modern car through and through, at least for 1998. Tiburon's concept department undertook the unreasonably expensive task of making every concept produced a fully functional vehicle; the exterior may be built out of fiberglass, but every interior component is fully functional and ahead of its time. The Satellite navigation system even still works, as long as you have the old nav discs.
That takes us to today; Tiburon filed for bankruptcy 7 years ago. For the last 8 years, they've had all of their old concepts in a warehouse somewhere in Detroit, miraculously kept alive on battery tenders. Unfortunately, as money has run dry, that warehouse has been shut down, and a handful of cars from this collection were repossessed and are now being auctioned off by the government; This leaves a handful of would be buyers a once in a lifetime opportunity; the two existing models of this concept have gone on sale, with bids closing soon, and no reserve.
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Got somewhere to be?
New for 1998, Akabira's Kamui can take you anywhere. But what if you want to stay there, too? Kamui will make you shout "Wahoo!" from the mountaintops as you realize it can be your cozy home on wheels, anywhere you like!
Kamui's Wahoo! line features a fully-fledged camper on the back of your competent companion, including a pop-up loft for your beds. The full-size spare and maintenance kit is now mounted snugly inside the hood, ensuring your travels can remain worry-free.
Kamui Wahoo! can be optioned with multiple powertrains, including the powerful DZT turbodiesel motor, and fully lockable 4WD.
So what are you waiting for? Find out how much of the world can be as cozy as home with Akabira's Kamui... Wahoo!
Kamui's Wahoo! line features a fully-fledged camper on the back of your competent companion, including a pop-up loft for your beds. The full-size spare and maintenance kit is now mounted snugly inside the hood, ensuring your travels can remain worry-free.
Kamui Wahoo! can be optioned with multiple powertrains, including the powerful DZT turbodiesel motor, and fully lockable 4WD.
So what are you waiting for? Find out how much of the world can be as cozy as home with Akabira's Kamui... Wahoo!
Further writing
The Akabira Kamui is poised as an off-road oriented utilitarian SUV, with a wide variety of variations for different markets and market segments. One of the lesser known configurations was the partly-outsourced and ultimately short-lived “Wahoo!” line, meant to draw in “buyers with a sense of adventure”[sic] with outdoorsy-type appeal. What you get here is more or less an SUV with the back half turned into a camper, not unlike an old Toyota Chinook or other similar creatures. This being a DZT trim, however, gives it a turbodiesel version of Akabira’s signature boxer offerings. Combined with a fully lockable 4x4 drivetrain, it’s a fairly capable brick, even when it comes to fuel economy. However, very few were made overall during the pre-facelift run of the given generation (years 98-01) in part due to production costs, but mainly because dealerships had no idea what to do with them. The line was discontinued by the post-facelift years. Most are not in very good shape anymore, particularly due to a tendency for the pop-up roof to… pop-down during heavy rain or snow prior to a recall.
That didn’t help sales either.
This example is from the introductory year, has been well maintained despite routine use, and even has a clean title (wow!). The asking price is a shockingly low $8,980… the seller must think it’s only worth as much as the Kamui it’s based on. Will it make you shout “Wahoo!” from atop a mountain, or is this brick to end all bricks best left as an echo in the valley?
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