I'll have to go with the Saturn. Besides the problems with the cars and their marketing (which have been explained pretty well by previous commenters) the whole idea was silly— GM created a whole new brand with the specific intention of taking on the imports when EVERY brand should have been taking on the imports.
So am I the only one who noticed the Renault Caravelle in the vintage footage at about 1:08?
@ZomBeeRacer: I love it too, but I'd pop those dog-dish hubcaps off. Nothing looks tougher than plain black steelies.
@skitter: A friend of mine has one of those. There are only two exhaust ports, which gives it a really cool sound. And if you need an endorsement of the Lambda's sophistication, he sometimes drives it to work.
Rootes Group 1390/ 1494/ 1592/ 1725cc.
@AlThums: Make that THE first DOHC 4-valve-per-cylinder engine. A privateer racer in America blew one up, and since Peugeot was busy building munitions for WWI, he brought it to Miller. Miller improved it with his own pistons and carbs, and the rest is history. Awesome history.
@pauljones: At the last Thunderhill race, I got a blue Matchbox DS as a bribe from the same guys who gave Murilee that Mini-Moke!
@rebeldevil: "The guy that brings the beer" is welcome in pretty much every pit at every LeMons race.
@Slave2anMG: Before I became a LeMons judge, I raced a $500 914 at the Thunderhill race in May. If you don't think $500 914s exist, you're not looking in scary enough places. It also helps to tell people you're looking for a "parts car" instead of a "project." When we started on the EASY 908, we found that one of the…
