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When considering all the cars of a particular model year that should be short-listed to become collectible, you simply can’t disregard the exotics. After all, any exotic car should be a shoo-in for collectible status, right? In that case, let’s turn to what is perhaps the most exotic of the 1986 exotics: the 1986 Lamborghini […]
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Hemmings Motor News subscribers will soon be receiving their April 2011 issues, and on page 40, they’ll find the “Antique Ads” story detailing Volvo’s humorous, eye-catching and ultimately successful attempt to sell station wagons by promoting their speed and sex appeal, in addition to the typical wagon push of family-friendly practicality. From 1986 through 1990, […]
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History tells us that the Lamborghini Miura was the first exotic to be labeled a “supercar.” This hyperbole was fitting, considering its ground-breaking transverse mid-mounted V-12 engine and breathtaking Marcello Gandini-penned styling. Of course, the term has been applied to many exotics since the mid-1960s, even retroactively, to describe those ultra-expensive, limited-production sports cars with […]
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