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I don't know why the examples you saw were so slow, but as a class they're not *that* slow. They were not common in the US but were as common as dirt in some countries. My grandfather (in Colombia) had a blue R12 wagon for years when I was a kid, and my cousins' other grandfther had a beige one. For years about the only car more common than an R12 in Colombia was an R4. R12s came in high-performance (relatively speaking) Gordini versions and the platform was also used for the R15 and R17 coupes.
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'80 SC Targa
Avondale, Chicago, IL
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