When was the last time someone saw one?

"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux)
12/11/2014 at 12:46 • Filed to: None

My very first wagon love was a Diamante wagon. This girl I dated off and on in high schools mom used to have a dark green metallic one with tan leather, and I was smitten. Her dad had one of every current to the time series BMW (3, 5, 7, 8) in the garage and that didn't faze me as much as this car did. I havent seen one in years, even more on the road driving. Where did they all go? What was the Achilles heel of these?

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DISCUSSION (28)

T5Killer > 505Turbeaux
12/11/2014 at 12:49

I haven't seen a Diamante in the body style for a long time but the later body style I see every day since my wife owns a '03.

505Turbeaux > T5Killer
12/11/2014 at 12:50

yeah I wasnt too keen on that bodystyle, though they are nice cars

Party-vi > 505Turbeaux
12/11/2014 at 12:53

That was such a killer-looking body style. I really really want one of these.

505Turbeaux > Party-vi
12/11/2014 at 12:56

yeah man I don't know what it was about it but there was hardly an angle I disliked. That sharky nose, the sweep of the rear door window, just everything about it. I remember seeing a few beaters and realized that they only look good when they are in mint shape, and especially in that green or the dark blue metallic. For a front driver they were entertaining to drive too.

Party-vi > 505Turbeaux
12/11/2014 at 12:58

There's one in my parent's neighborhood. I think it's the wagon version but it's in an off-white and is very clean looking. My parents had an '01 that was such a nice car.

T5Killer > 505Turbeaux
12/11/2014 at 12:58

Damn you guys no I am checking Craiglist for Diamantes especially wagons LOL. Maybe this is a way for me to get the wife into liking wagons.

505Turbeaux > Party-vi
12/11/2014 at 12:59

next time you run through see if you can spot it!

505Turbeaux > T5Killer
12/11/2014 at 13:01

any way you can! If you found a clean one those interiors were very nice. The green lighted analog clock in them I remember distinctly as being a very nice touch.

505Turbeaux > Party-vi
12/11/2014 at 13:01

Kinja'd!!!

WRXerFish - WRX-Wing pilot > 505Turbeaux
12/11/2014 at 13:03

I play roller hockey with a guy that drives a black sedan VR-X Diamante. Wish it was the wagon.

pdx107 > 505Turbeaux
12/11/2014 at 13:04

I don't think I have ever seen one before, and now, I want one

HammerheadFistpunch > 505Turbeaux
12/11/2014 at 13:04

Never. I have never seen or remember having seen a diamante wagon.

Party-vi > 505Turbeaux
12/11/2014 at 13:06

Yep. Looks like that.

Party-vi > 505Turbeaux
12/11/2014 at 13:07

I'll be there Sunday. They've also got a near-mint looking Isuzu Trooper!

505Turbeaux > WRXerFish - WRX-Wing pilot
12/11/2014 at 13:07

Wild, I didn't know they brought those over

505Turbeaux > Party-vi
12/11/2014 at 13:07

what? Trooper II? Jealous

505Turbeaux > HammerheadFistpunch
12/11/2014 at 13:09

really? did you grow up in the 90's or earlier? Maybe it was just southern CT I used to see them all over, and Peugeot 4/505 wagons.

HammerheadFistpunch > 505Turbeaux
12/11/2014 at 13:09

yeah, I was a child of the 80's/90's

505Turbeaux > HammerheadFistpunch
12/11/2014 at 13:12

I thought you were my age-ish, weird you haven't seen one, or maybe it was just not on your radar

Party-vi > 505Turbeaux
12/11/2014 at 13:14

It's a second-gen, like the Acura SLX.

505Turbeaux > Party-vi
12/11/2014 at 13:15

oh yeah, I like those a whole lot too. Dead cheap usually. I'll admit I was looking at finding an SLX a couple months ago.

jariten1781 > 505Turbeaux
12/11/2014 at 13:27

There was a dealer in my hometown that specialized in Mitsubishis (great business plan). They were still open last time I visited (~2008) and they had a Diamonte wagon on the lot that had been there since at least 2002. That's probably the last one I saw.