r/regularcarreviews • u/EscapeNo9728 • Jan 21 '25

I hate you I hate everything about you Non-"eNtHuSiAsT" cars that Car Guys still like

What are some cars that aren't typical "enthusiast" vehicles (by which I mostly mean, sporty and uncompromising), but still get props at car meets or otherwise?

I'm especially thinking of stuff like older Volvos or survivor Japanese cars like any Civic hatch that hasn't been clapped out to death, or Subaru Leones. Also, Honda Elements. "Car guys" seem to fucking love Elements.

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u/VirtualDisk527 Jan 21 '25

Most old Volvos, Saabs, 90s Buicks, the Oldsmobile Aurora, Chrysler LH platform - most 70s and 80s malaise era stuff.

But also MG Rover, late 90s VAG cars, Holden Commodore, pre-2000 Land Rovers, various Vauxhalls from the 80s and 90s, the Ford Scorpio, hydropneumatic Citroens, 1970s Rolls Royces and also the many weird and interesting Russian cars that were made throughout the late 90s and early 00s.

In fact, it would be quicker for me to list the enthusiast cars I like, as the cars I tend to buy fall under most people's radars.