The price is dear, but I still think it's a nice price, considering the era in motorsports this car symbolizes, and what it was capable of in competition trim, a sampling of which can be seen below. #1985r5turbo2
Ask $20K and you'll get some nibbles. Too bad about the little motor. You've got to have half-litre sportbike instincts to keep the revs where the meat is, otherwise everything falls flat and there you are, jerking and farting at the traffic light, trying to get things going again. #1985r5turbo2
@send lawyers, guns, and money: Looks like it, but doesn't feel like it. The thing is made out of cake tin metal and weighs in around 1800 lbs - I drove one in the 80's and it's quick.
Chip it, and it can really be made uncomfortably fast. #1985r5turbo2
Not saying I'd buy it over a subsequently produced, technologically superior and less expensive Audi, Subie or even Porsche but ... Nice Price nonetheless. #1985r5turbo2
The Turbo 2 is a little less unique than the original Turbo, which had a specially-built interior with the orangest seats and trim you'll ever see along with a gauge-overload dashboard (see picture). However, it's still a bonafide collectible and a landmark performance car of the '80s. Though it's not a bargain, I call Nice Price. This isn't for a casual collector in the US - parts and service won't be easy at all. The remaining LeCars in junkyards won't be of too much help as donor cars.
It's a very interesting car, and a fair collectible, but I still think 27k is a little on the high side. A quick check of the SF Bay Craigslist ads showed two 1980'sFerraris and a pretty nice Lotus Esprit Turbo for less. Apples to oranges, perhaps, but I like those oranges more. #1985r5turbo2
Awesome car, but the price is just a little too high. If you want to spend $27K on an obscure car that's impossible to maintain, you can get a pretty nice used Phaeton W12. #1985r5turbo2
This is one of the most hysteric cars ever made, and it will certainly not be any cheaper over the next years.
This is a absolute classic, and i want one with all of my heart. As soon as these are more than 30 years old, i will buy one. (Have to wait because of the ridiculous taxation of cars here in Norway.) #1985r5turbo2
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Ask $20K and you'll get some nibbles. Too bad about the little motor. You've got to have half-litre sportbike instincts to keep the revs where the meat is, otherwise everything falls flat and there you are, jerking and farting at the traffic light, trying to get things going again. #1985r5turbo2
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That's what I'm thinking. Ok, fine, it might not pull that beastly 500+ the quattro got, or hell even the 205, but still.
Looks nice too, I'd much rather get that than the mini. #1985r5turbo2
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Cool? Definitely.
Underpowered? You betcha.
CP. #1985r5turbo2
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Chip it, and it can really be made uncomfortably fast. #1985r5turbo2
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Work...always gettin' in the way of my commenting!
The thing is made out of cake tin metal and weighs in around 1800 lbs
This makes me feel better about my CP vote.
Go-Karts feel mighty quick, too. #1985r5turbo2
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The Turbo 2 is a little less unique than the original Turbo, which had a specially-built interior with the orangest seats and trim you'll ever see along with a gauge-overload dashboard (see picture). However, it's still a bonafide collectible and a landmark performance car of the '80s. Though it's not a bargain, I call Nice Price. This isn't for a casual collector in the US - parts and service won't be easy at all. The remaining LeCars in junkyards won't be of too much help as donor cars.
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Oh shit. #1985r5turbo2
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This is one frog that needs no kisses to become a prince in my book. #1985r5turbo2
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This is a absolute classic, and i want one with all of my heart. As soon as these are more than 30 years old, i will buy one. (Have to wait because of the ridiculous taxation of cars here in Norway.) #1985r5turbo2
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