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1976 AMC Matador Brings A Taste Of Kenosha Malaise To Denver's Streets

We're being buried under a deluge of car photos from Kitt and EJacobs, our dog-walking, camera-wielding friends in Denver, so we'd better keep 'em coming if we're ever going to get caught up. Today we're going to look at a battered but proud Malaise Matador, courtesy of Kitt. We can't be sure that this car is equipped with today's Engine of the Day, but there's a good chance a torquey AMC 258 motivates this survivor; otherwise it has a 304, 360, or 401.

2:00 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Murilee Martin
907 views, 25 comments

Latest by altdude: I actually really love the look of these. Actually pretty elegant for a 70's American car. more »

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The Ten Strangest Special Edition Cars

What do Frank Sinatra, Levi's Jeans and Don Knotts have in common? Special edition cars. When a trend gets too popular and a car company gets too desperate, they find ways to merge the two into a steaming pile of car crap — otherwise known as a trendy special edition. We thought we knew them all, but when we asked you about your favorite trendy special edition car we got quite the mix. Below are the ten weirdest responses we received, complete with a poll so you can help us select the strangest special car of them all. More »

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1:00 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Matt Hardigree
12,030 views, 142 comments

Latest by gurneyflap: How about the Marlboro GMC Syclone, cuz god knows a turbo all-wheel-drive truck and cigarettes go together. more »