Buick Encore is going to race in the Dakar rally

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 09/04/2014 at 14:08 • Filed to: None

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Kick some French and British ass for America, and, well, Germany.It also has a V8.

carcrasher88 > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/04/2014 at 14:11

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And South Korea...and China...and Spain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Mokk…

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/04/2014 at 14:16

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There's a buick I'd drive with no questions asked

Smultron > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/04/2014 at 14:55

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That's a top entry in the eternal list of shillhouette-racers that look nothing like the road cars they're made to promote...

Eazy-O > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/04/2014 at 16:08

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Mmmmm... Opel racing livery.

The Calibra was my dream car as a kid. Growing up during dissolution of Yugoslavia, there really wasn't much around to aspire to, automotively. At least on the street, anyway. And then, one day, a Calibra 'moved into' my street... What a freaking spaceship that looked, parked next to our Renault 4 and my neighbours Yugo and Moskvi. I was in love. Just look at this:

And this:

And this:

Then... WHAM! FROM SPAAAAACE:

And the speedo went up to 260kph, which meant it could do 240kph. Everyone knew speedos ALWAYS went 20kph over the top speed, duh. :D

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Eazy-O 09/04/2014 at 16:26

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I still can't understand how Yugo ever imagined they will make it on the American market.

Eazy-O > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/04/2014 at 16:30

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Yugo didn't. They were perfectly content dabbling with the state-run economy and working the local markets. It was Herr Bricklin who brought Yugos over the pond via his company IAI .