I am one of the few people in the United States that have ever owned one of these. I was living in Denver and my daily commute took me past numerous used car lots. I saw an 85 on a lot and the asking price fell weekly for months. My particular Sportwagon had 19,485 miles on it when I bought it for $2750.00 and it was five years old and in excellent condition. It was a 5spd so considerably faster than the automatic. Drove it an additional 185,000 miles until rust and the difficulty of getting parts and service consigned it to the scrap yard. Never failed to start or left anyone stranded. Failures were few and far between and the only thing that didn't work on it in the end was the cassette player.
@markh.148711 ай бұрын
I have to say, I have zero recollection of these.
@marshalmagooo389911 ай бұрын
That car was your lottery winning
@punchy207 Жыл бұрын
the mortal enemy of the wagon queen family truckster
@gm12551 Жыл бұрын
Clark’s Antarctic blue sport wagon would have been a K car wagon. He already had a Volvo 240 in the garage.
@punchy207 Жыл бұрын
@@gm12551 well shit
@rjft7003 Жыл бұрын
More rolls to it than an all-night bakery - that was a good one, can't imagine if the tester would drive a Citroen 2CV!
@spider_hoss Жыл бұрын
Oh but they did: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ndWaqcenyKfKiKc.html
@timothyhh Жыл бұрын
Don't think I've ever actually seen one in real life.
@philojudaeusofalexandria95563 ай бұрын
5:32 - I know I'm 40 years late Max, but if you'd try actually wearing your hat (instead of having it perched up there), you might find the headroom in this car easier to live with.
@thewiseguy3529 Жыл бұрын
Looks like an Escort Wagon. Could have fooled me!
@sumeragi697 ай бұрын
I don't understand why Renault makes the suspensions softer on the American market models. Finally the journalists find it too soft ! It doesn't make sens. Same with the Fuego, the Medallion...
@barrykehoe996 Жыл бұрын
Just wondering where the “sport” comes into play on this wagon.
@robertknight4672 Жыл бұрын
Really not know I just guess it's because it's smaller than most of the big wagons that were around at time. In the present-day there is a sport trim of a Subaru Forester that's not faster than any of the others it's just an appearance package that looks kind of sporty.
@htimsid Жыл бұрын
TRX tyres "...have a tendency to float on particles of powdered tread" during braking? Fascinating. Is it known if this only happens to TRX tyres?
@ohguy1991 Жыл бұрын
*Tires
@ShootOnFilm Жыл бұрын
5:41 -- just take off your hat! (I really don't know why KZfaq showed me thins ....)
@ohguy1991 Жыл бұрын
That hat ads 8 inches to his height 😂
@Maxtopic69 Жыл бұрын
$9k for a new car 😢
@markh.148711 ай бұрын
That's about $26,500 in 2023 dollars, which isn't bad, actually. You're hard pressed to find a new car at that price, sadly
@Maxtopic6911 ай бұрын
@@markh.1487 that’s Kia money now
@randommanlady Жыл бұрын
15 seconds to 60mph! 😨 nope that wouldn't have lastest long in today's world. Semi trucks would run that thing over in frustration.
@zythr9999 Жыл бұрын
Lol
@eozcompany9856 Жыл бұрын
Lol, 15 seconds is plenty fast enough. Only a fool that cannot drive accordingly to the car's capabilites would struggle with that.
@misterpixel63510 ай бұрын
Ford Pinto y VW Beetle 0-60 en 18 segundos. Era normal ésa baja aceleración en los 80's