It’s 1989, you have $30,000, and you’re looking for a sporty, compact luxury car. Which one would you pick?
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It’s 1989, you have $30,000, and you’re looking for a sporty, compact luxury car. Which one would you pick?
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BMW or Mercedes. Ive had a few e30s and loved em, always liked the 190e as well and after driving one almost bought it on the spot.
I’m torn between the 325i and the Integra.
can I change the 325i into the wagon version?
I’ll take the Audi, can’t say no to a 5 Cylinder
The e30 or the SPG.
Saab. No question.
MB 190E 5MT! multilink IRS rear suspension, incredible build quality, FR layout. It beats the E30’s rear trailing arms in roadholding.
325i no questions, but did Sterling really try and sell their rebadged Honda Prelude for $29,000 in 1989?
Personally for $30,000 in 1989 I would get an LX 5.0 Fox Body Mustang and a Jeep Cherokee.
Hand’s down, Without a doubt, I’ll have the peugeot.
Merkur!
BMW, Saab, Benz, Audi, in that order.
Saab all day long
A saab 900 is my dream car, so that please.
Gimme dat XR4Ti
Saab 900 or Peugeot 405 Mi16
Sterling if it was built in 1989, lots of the issues were getting resolved at that point. If its an ’88 the Saab because they look cool as fuck. The Peugeot comes in at a close third place.
You gave us a Legend knockoff, where’s the Legend?
Bimmer or Mercedes. Whoever picks the Sterling or Cimarron needs to be institutionalized.
I’m picking an Olds 98 Brougham (way better than the Cimmaron)
Integra, so I would have 10k+ left over
I love me some E30’s, but I’d take a W201 over it every day of the week.
We’re these cars really $30K in 1989? I sincerely doubt it.
I’ll take the 80, AWD, turbo with not too bad of lag and a 5 speed, heck yea
Integra please!
190E
Alfa. Busso V6, LSD, 50/50 weight distribution, Italian flair 😍
In the words of Al Bundy in an early Married With Children episode:
“Well, the BMW is a driver’s car but If you should happen to drive into a wall, the ‘Benz has air bags, so uh, I’d go with the BMW.”
As much as it’s unreliable and it would be a pain in the neck – im going alpha
Alfa
The BMW or the Benz. I still see a fair number of these on the roads. Including the Cimmaron, that was simply a joke, right? No rational person would want that badge-engineered POS.
I’m a GM man! Muh daddy drove a Chevy truck through 3 wives and 2 heart attacks! Ain’t no way I’d be seen in no dang furren car!
I’ll buy that ‘merican Caddy any day of the week from Kunkleman Chevy/Pontiac/GMC/Buick/Cadillac/Geo, and get it in brooooowwwwn.
That chick at the WaWa will be so impressed when I drive in for my daily hoagie and pack o’ smokes.