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    Slapstick Japanese Duo Pays Homage To '86 Toyota Tercel 4WD, We Think

    Rear Wheel Drive Can't Save This Starlet From The Crusher

    Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V Down On The San Francisco Street

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    America's Best-Selling Import: 1985 Nissan Sentra

    Overhead camshaft! Front-wheel drive! Computer-controlled carburetor! Life was good back in '85, because the cheapest Nissan was also the most technologically advanced (though we're pretty sure you couldn't get the futuristic "Door Is Ajar" talking alerts in the Sentra that year). And why don't car ads have voiceovers like the Nissan Guy any more?


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