[V8] Forbidden fruit, indeed... nac

[Nicholas Miller]

That's about as much of a nod as automotive history gave it, too. ; )
On Apr 14, 2012 6:49 PM, "Les Dane" <lesdane at shaw.ca> wrote:

> I remember the Asuna Sunfire
> (Les:)
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicholas Miller" <chance9121 at gmail.com
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> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 4:33 PM
> Subject: [V8] Forbidden fruit, indeed... nac
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>
>  Has anyone ever heard of the isuzu impulse rs, or also known as the asuna
>> sunfire in canada, I think?
>>
>> It was a sort of silly car, put together by isuzu in Japan with a motor
>> shared by geos, it had a suspension which was tunned by lotus since gm
>> owned them at that time, and the engine also was used in the lotus elan.
>>
>> As sold by Isuzu, the Impulse RS came with a permenant all-wheel drive
>> system which was fwd based, a 1.6l dohc turbocharged motor, and fully
>> independant suspension, and a 5 speed.  Very few options and pretty
>> stripped down interior, but a cool small hatch back which really was
>> similar and more or less predated the sti's and evos which littered the
>> streets not too long after.
>>
>> I have always had a silly attatchement to these things, and with only 800
>> made in the us and canada combined, finding one is rare.  Finding a 1
>> owner
>> sub 100k car is even more rare.  I would own every car ever if I could as
>> I
>> am that kind of silly person,  but this is one I really want to add to the
>> stable for the exclusivity and reminiscent value mostly.   They are really
>> neat but hard to maintain, albeit fairly cheap for the most part.  (Ps,
>> maybe not EVERY car)
>>
>> So I am currently yet again planning the deep, dark plunge into what will
>> surely be a very involved process of obtaining this silly thing and
>> getting
>> it up to specs and enjoying my forbidden fruit, I am kind of excited I
>> must
>> admit.
>>
>> I know a lot of folks here are slight british classic car nuts, I'm sure
>> plenty of people have their little bit of car lust, just wanted to share
>> mine
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