followed by several 1.6 and 1.8 Mk Is.In the Eighties, I spent years driving nothing but the Mk II 16-valve GTi and adored its sweet- spinning engine and unflappable road composure.But in 1995 I hung up my GTi ignition keys after a trip round the block in the portly and dull- drivin...
Looking closely at the rear seat area from this angle, one can see the single visual clue that this is a ’90 model – rear seat shoulder belts, as required by US law for the 1990 model year. (For dedicated followers of automotive minutiae, the 1990 LX’s o...
For General Motors, the creation of the compact Corvair was a road less traveled. Like its VW rival, the engine for the squat-looking vehicle was situated in the rear and the trunk was up front. Ads for“the revolutionary Corvair” lauded “the supple quality of its ride” and “the nim...