Classics

With its timeless good looks and a ready supply of '57 Bel Air parts, these cars always stay in style.

The Borgward Isabella Coupe was a fashion statement. It resembled sports cars of the day but only managed 85 horsepower.

With a three-cylinder turbo, rear-wheel-drive, and gull-wing doors, the mid-engine Suzuki Cara is a supercar shrunken to kei-car scale.

The Chevrolet Cameo was a gamble for GM. Produced only from 1955 to 1957, the Cameo paved the way for today’s full-featured pickups.

The Porsche 928 made the brand approachable to new buyers who wanted something other than the venerable 911.

The Daytona R3 Super Lark was designed to be Studebaker’s high-performance halo model. This 1964 restomod is a purpose-built beast.

The 1984 Skyline is finished in the same memorable two-tone red and black as the television police cars.

It’s not the popular SportsRoof fastback, but rather one of only a handful of 1969 Cobras built with the two-door hardtop design.

With the push of a button, the JDM Honda Del Sol TransTop automagically stows its targa roof in the trunk lid.

The fiberglass Kaiser Darrin saw just one year of production. Its sliding doors disappear into the front fenders.

The Ferrari Dino 246 GT justifiably appears on numerous lists of the most beautiful cars ever made.

The C3’s voluptuous “Coke bottle” styling was unlike any American car that had come before.

The compact Jimny is packed with off-road engineering. It boasts equipment that larger and more rugged-looking SUVs lack.

The adorable Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite, launched in 1959, was one of the first sports cars created for the mass market.

This fuel-injected 1970 Volvo P1800E underwent a meticulous restoration and is reportedly one of the best examples in existence.

Builders had developed devices that could open the exhaust to produce a roar. Pontiac offered it as a factory option.

The Ford Taurus SHO proved that Ford could go head-to-head with the imports. For those in the know, the SHO was the “it” car.

First-generation Porsche Cayennes have been gaining favor with collectors, and prices are rising. This manual Cayenne is a rare find.

Japanese hearses are usually built on rear-wheel-drive Japanese luxury sedans. But some are built atop robust American cars.

Just a few inches shy of 20 feet, the Chrysler Newport is one of the largest domestic passenger cars ever built.

The Boss 302’s handling prowess came from suspension upgrades. Car & Driver said the Boss 302 was “the best-handling Mustang yet.”