Formula Drift Supra, IZH Planeta-5, VW Baja Bug: The Dopest Cars I Found for Sale Online

This Supra is an actual ex-Formula Drift car, from the sport’s Pro 2 (now ProSpec) feeder series. It has a thousand horsepower, wild front angle, and a series of receipts from Dan Burkett’s own RAD Industries. Need I say more?

Oh, I should? Uh, sure. This Supra was campaigned by Ola Jaegar, who now runs in the top Pro class of FD. It’s also right-hand-drive, making it a bit of an oddity among the FD field — though not unheard of. This Supra is built as a pure track car, so you likely won’t have a hope of passing emissions inspections and running it on the street, but it can’t hurt to at least try.

Steve put a yellow Integra Type R in Dopest Cars? This is unheard of, a shock, a mind-blowing development. This has never happened before and never will again.

I’ll admit — despite having never actually driven one, the ITR is a personal dream car. They’re small, high-revving, and have all of the little details thought through. Plus, they’re yellow, which is objectively the superior car color.

Sure, this Voyager may not be diesel, and it may cost more than $600. But it is brown, the classic Jalopnik Commenter Color Of Choice. Plus, it’s factory turbocharged with a manual transmission. Did I mention it’s brown?

This can has seen its share of road salt, judging by the rust beneath its doors, but that’s all just character. Is it even an eighties van without that? Probably, yes, but one you want?

Oh you want to lean more into fixer-upper Chrysler And Friends products? Allow me to introduce you to AMC’s Jeep Commando, a brief but interesting Jeep take on the Bronco formula. Which was, of course, itself meant to take on Jeep. Look, this is just capitalism breeding innovation here.

This Commando has certainly seen better days, but its best could still be yet to come. There’s a bit of rust, though it looks far from unsalvageable, and the body already has at least some primer on it. That’s a start!

So you want a 2JZ. You want a manual transmission. You want rear-wheel-drive. But that FD Supra is a bit too rich for your blood — and besides, you’ve got friends or stuff to haul around, you can’t get away with a coupe. My friend, trust me when I say I have you covered.

The IS300 has your 2J, your manual, your spinning rear wheels. Sure, it lacks the turbochargers of the Supra, but the aftermarket has stepped in to right that wrong. Five hundred horses in a stick-shift family sedan? Easy.

Look, I’m never going to be able to afford a Bugatti Type 35. You won’t either. But you might be able to afford this replica, manufactured in the UK back in the late eighties. Yeah, it’s almost a hundred thousand dollars, but that’s cheaper than the real deal.

The seller states that this particular brand of Type 35 replica, from Trafford Engineering Automotive Limited, “needs absolutely no introduction” as the company is just so well-known. I love it when people from insular subsections of the car community assume that their specific knowledge is held by the general public.

I’ve had this take brewing for a while, and I think the middle of a week-ending slideshow is the place to put it out there. It’s a controversial one, so controversial it needs to be buried like this, but it’s important enough that it needs to be said. The Porsche 911 is, and I will reinforce that this is just my opinion but a strongly held belief, a good car.

But they’re so expensive! They cost too much! This 911SC is one of the more reasonable ones, and it’s still $35,000. For an all-original 911, that’s not bad, particularly one in this rust-free condition. But, remember the days of four-figure 996es? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

If you’ve ever seen Long Way Round, there’s a point where cameraman Claudio Von Planta’s BMW GS fails on him. To muddle through, continuing filming until the Bimmer could be fixed, Von Planta picked up one of these: An IZH Planeta-5.

The Planeta-5 is a Soviet-designed two-stroke bike meant to traverse roads both paved and unmaintained. And, with its initial introduction coming in the early sixties, you could argue that it — not the R80 G/S — is the true original ADV.

Hell yeah, brother. Sure, this Camaro may be red, but its driver sure ain’t — unlike that damned Commie motorcycle. Four speeds is the number of speeds that Jesus and Ronald Reagan intended, and who the hell are you to demand more?

This Z28 has been heavily modified, in classic American Muscle fashion. High-flow carburetor, bored out block, cams and pistons and more. This is a car for mullets. Cut your hair into a mullet and buy this.

This FD RX-7 isn’t as built up as last week’s SEMA car. It isn’t a million horsepower of rotary-powered furor. Vin Diesel has, to my knowledge, never driven this car. And, you know what? It’s better for them.

This is an RX-7 that an owner could conceivably build on a reasonable, human budget. Something you could pull off without sponsors or YouTube subscribers, and something you could drive every day. And it’d put a smile on your face for each one.

Last night I hopped on a bike share and rode my way down to a bar in Brooklyn. On the way, I spotted one of these — a gorgeous, immaculate Prelude Si. Only that Honda didn’t have this one’s incredible Mugen wheels or (at least, probably) its one-owner history. This Si seems like the better bet.

Sure, $13,500 is nothing to sneeze at for a 45-year-old Honda. But for something like the Prelude, where cleaner examples are getting harder and harder to find, it may just be worth it.

Speaking of cars that are getting harder and harder to find, this is no ordinary Miata. It’s a Mazdaspeed, from the second of its two production years. Factory turbocharged, the only factory forced-induction MX5, the Mazdaspeed was the most powerful Miata built until 2019. Even then, the ND2 barely eclipsed it.

This Mazdaspeed claims a garage-kept history, and the seller says it’s completely stock. They need to replace it with a truck, do their loss is your gain. Pick this car up in southern Florida and have the time of your life taking it back home with the top down.

Maybe having the wind on your face sounds good, but you don’t want to deal with all those pesky roads. Well, my friend, you’ve come to the right place — Los Angeles, specifically, home to this Triumph Tiger XC.

When I was shopping for my BMW GS, I came close to picking up a Tiger. It was the later XCx model, which added even more off-road capability to this already dirt-focused XC. I had preemptively named it Charli, and then the seller wouldn’t budge on an absurd asking price. C’est la vie.

In a world of massive Minis, we forget how clean and simple the old Austins really were. Such smooth lines, so few interruptions to each polygon of its body shape. They look like an absolute joy to experience, even just once.

This Mini, however, could pass as having never been enjoyed. It’s immaculate, cleaner than any late-model vehicle I’ve ever owned (and certainly nicer than the older ones). This could be a museum piece, or it could be your next daily driver.

This Baja Bug has a Buick-sourced 2.4-liter engine, massive off-road suspension, and a roll cage that’s color-matched to the springs. Its rear end is covered with massive radiators, its ride height is elevated, but it still wears a license plate — from California, of all places.

If this Baja Bug can pass California emissions, then it’s likely legal wherever you live. The seller isn’t throwing the Bug’s trailer in with the deal, but who needs that when you can drive it straight home? As in, a direct straight line, with no care given to any obstacle in the way.