Slim Pickings on the Laforza Front

"TotallyThatStupid" (jbbush) 01/14/2015 at 11:49 • Filed to: Laforza, TotallyThatStupid

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There's a serious lack of Laforzas for sale right now, and I'm a little sad. There's one selling with a parts truck in Pennsylvania on Craigslist with no pictures. Apparently, the Laforza Life got to the seller and he's getting out of the Game. There's a $500 project in southern California. Then there's !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! nightmare owner-personalized example on eBay .

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Autotrader and Cars.com don't even list Laforza, and their keyword searches turned up nothing. Ditto Hemmings. Guess I'll go back to work now.

Rock Bottom > TotallyThatStupid 01/14/2015 at 11:57

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So... is there some practical reason for your LaForza search habits, or is this a purely emotional quest?

EDIT: I just read that they made these until 2003 !!! I assumed they quit in the early 90s when the rest of the auto industry put it's full-force behind luxo-SUVs!

thebigbossyboss > TotallyThatStupid 01/14/2015 at 12:01

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Is this...a rebadged Isuzu Trooper?

Jcarr > thebigbossyboss 01/14/2015 at 12:14

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I wondered the same thing. Looks very much like the Gen II Trooper.

TotallyThatStupid > Rock Bottom 01/14/2015 at 14:23

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Not only did they make them, they apparently brought them into the US through the late-90s. Check the Fed sticker on that MY99 yellow eBay car I linked above.

And to your question... I don't know. Minnesota winter beater?

TotallyThatStupid > Jcarr 01/14/2015 at 14:24

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Nope - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laforza

Rock Bottom > TotallyThatStupid 01/14/2015 at 14:32

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To be clear, I'm not judging, just surprised! I guess I never met a LaForza fan!

Every shred of my engineering brain is screaming: "There are so many more practical winter beaters, like old Explorers or XJ Jeeps", and then my car-guy side pipes in and says: "Yeah, but odd-ball Italian car with a Ford engine at an obtainable price!" I totally get it. I freaked out last summer and traded a perfectly good (and much loved) 2008 Civic Si for an old Corvette. Not the smartest thing I ever did, but definitely the most satisfying!

Jcarr > TotallyThatStupid 01/14/2015 at 14:43

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Interesting, I wonder if they were "inspired" by the Trooper.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > TotallyThatStupid 01/14/2015 at 14:44

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I'm sorry but it looks like a Grand Cherokee and a K-Car had a baby.

ranwhenparked > Rock Bottom 01/14/2015 at 14:48

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They did, there was a gap in production of several years in the early/mid '90s. A few years after the original company collapsed, somebody bought the name, parts inventory, and unfinished vehicles and started making them again.

TotallyThatStupid > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/14/2015 at 14:50

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Fair enough, but only because I pictured the conception.

Schaefft > TotallyThatStupid 01/14/2015 at 17:42

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I recognize this background any time, thats a screenshot of a video from a really underrated Youtube channel, Cerealmarshmallows! You should definitely check out some of his car lot walk around videos, awesome guy!

TotallyThatStupid > Schaefft 01/14/2015 at 17:59

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Wait. Didn't this guy used to sell cars on eBay under another name as well? Something like "rock..." or... I feel like he was in Montana, but also had a dealer in... southern California or someplace like that. Ugh. Now I'm going to blow copious amounts of time trying to figure it out.

EDIT: Okay, that didn't take as long as I thought. Ebay user "pebbleandrock" is the same guy. He has some cool cars for sale, as well as bulk... cereal marshmallows.

Schaefft > TotallyThatStupid 01/14/2015 at 18:19

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Seems like he actually made quite a bit of money with those! But yeah, he's got a few properties filled with cool cars, mainly old 70s-90s Mercedes and Trans Ams, but also tons of other stuff. He 's a super nice guy and its interesting to see what he's up to once in a while.