Last of breed
 

Now that BMW is retiring the naturally aspirated straight inline 6 cylinder engine for their 3-series, here is our indomitable soon-to-be-a-classic 328i AWD with manual transmission!


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And the Regular Panamera

Too far to ship them backwards and forwards to get them fixed ;)

Terrible build quality (it really is a General Motors car). A friend got one and it got returned 29 times before all of it's problems were sorted.

That Panamera wagon looks pretty good. Looks much better than a Cayenne, too.

chevrolet yeoman, only made for one year (1958):

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i thought the studebaker sliding roof was cool, but a lot of ebay ads warn of leaking roofs...

the 2004 GMC Envoy copied the idea (at 40 seconds into the video):

GMC Envoy XUV commercial - YouTube

but it lasted only one model year. guess the feature's not as neat as it seems...

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My old '92....sold to a buddy for $500...had 237K miles and rear hydraulic suspension was shot. He had a buncha 3 and 5 parts cars. He converted rear suspension to non-hydraulic, changed wheels, removed roof cargo rails and transplanted an M3 engine and 5 sp in it...nice parts getter sleeper now.

Finally..............

'95.5 AUDI S6 Avant
 

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1 of 300 Imported during 1995-6

Ooooh....one of my favorites.

Hmm, that Avant looks awfully familiar...

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My wagon which I had to give up! Greatest little thing around - Magna-flow exhaust with MTM chip stage 2 with larger injectors and down pipe! Sweet Quick and Good Lookin! (The mods were done after this trip to Vermont and New Hampshire)



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Same Car! Just bought it a couple of weeks ago from an Audi fanatic who maintained it beautifully. Just turned 82K mi.

Ah, so you were the one. I was the guy next in line if you were going to pass on it.
Small world. :cool: