With a 0-60 time of 3.1 seconds and the quarter mile disposed of in a scant 11.2 ticks, this is the quickest car featured yet on Roadside Rambler.
Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA
Photographed June 2015
1987 Peugeot 505 Liberté
The Liberté trim level was for 1987 only, supposedly commemorating the 100th anniversary of France gifting the Statue of Liberty to the United States. For unknown reasons, 505 Libertés had a different engine than the rest of the US-spec 505 line, with an ancient and wheezy 2.0L 4 that was soon to be discontinued. Oddly, the car also came without power rear windows – again, nobody really knows why.
Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles, CA
Photographed March 2013
1972 BMW 2002
Mar Vista, Los Angeles, CA
Photographed December 2012
1969 Buick Skylark
Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA
Photographed June 2015
1970 Buick Electra 225
New for the 1970 Electra model was a 455 cubic inch V8 pumping out 370 horsepower, making it the most powerful Electra ever. The newly redesigned 1971 models would keep the same engine, but, due to a lower compression ratio, see their output drop to 315 horses.
1970 was also the last year of the Electra “Coke bottle” design first introduced in 1965; the ’71 models would ditch the sleek lines for more slab-sided styling.
The Electra name soldiered on until 1990, by which time the name was but a shadow of its former glory, saddled with a 3.8L (232 cubic inch) V6 and a FWD chassis.
Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA
Photographed June 2015