Import Relics

I have a thing for odd ball cars. I guess that should be obvious if you’ve scrolled through this site at all. One of the most odd ball vehicle I would love to own is a Yugo. Why? Because of the stigma as the worlds worst car. Who wouldn’t want to roll up to a company function in a nice, clean Yugo and have people ask, “What the… is that really a Yugo?”

Well if you have the same dreams and aspirations that I do, your day may have arrived. Over in the KSL Non-Running Cars section are three Yugos for only $1,200! Apparently, only one is non-running and the other two work fine and one even has only 38,000 original miles. The kicker is that they are all painted blue with a nice white racing strip situated to the right of center. Hell’s yeah! I would be all over these if I didn’t already have a driveway full of running and partially running vehicles.

Find these in Salt Lake City, Utah on KSL.com

Mitsubishi has always been great at putting out rally inspired, high strung turbo charged cars. The Eclipse, Lancer Evo, 3000GT. Perhaps the forgotten member of that family was the Starion. A sleek looking two door coupe obviously cribbing the styling of the Porsche 944 with either a 2.0 or 2.6 liter turbo charged inline four pushing between 150-197 horses to the rear wheels. Thats right, these babies were rear wheel drive! Think about how much fun one of these would be to throw around the corners!

The example we have here looks to be in decent shape. The seller claims that it runs great and has low miles, only 107000. The paint looks a bit faded, but nothing that some good honest buffing wouldn’t help. The interior looks dirty, but the dash appears to be crack free though there are some lovely ricer gauges that would need to go ASAP.

The major issue here is that it was in a fender bender that caused some significant damage to the front end. Since these are rare cars, it might take some doing to get replacement bumpers and body panels or a spendy stop over in a body shop. If the radiator or other components were hit, you could be looking at some additional repairs before you could really enjoy the car.

All that said though, for only $1,500, this would certainly be a fun vehicle. Find it on KSL.com in Layton, UT.

Sleek, sporting lines matched with a tiny 1.7L V4 Ford motor this little Saab one of the most unique and racy design to come out of Trollhättan. Competing in the same market as Opel GT’s, MGB’s and Datsun 510, the Sonnett was never quite as well recognized or loved, but 40 years on some might venture to say that its lines look much less dated than the others.

This particular one is a 1972 Sonnett III that appears to have had much of the hard work of a restoration already done. The seller claims that the engine, drivetrain, suspension and body are completely new or refurbished to better than new standards. All that is left is electrical, carpet, door panels and cargo area; which depending on who you are is either a blessing or a curse. Hey, at least its not Lucas electrics, right?

The seller has posted a video of the car on a dyno, and it does sound great. He also has a number of pictures on his Photobucket page showing that this car looks to be about as clean as you could hope.

Find it on KSL.com in Kearns, UT for a fantastic $3,000 obo!