Equipment
1.8-liter inline-four mated to a five-speed manual transaxle. Equipment includes 14? snowflake wheels, a sunroof, a front chin spoiler, extended black wheel arches, air conditioning, and red-stripe interior accents.
Condition
Paint is peeling from the front bumper, little dents and scratches were shown on several panels, and some overzealous jack work folded over the rockers. The seller noted that it needs a CV boot. Also, the radio, ash tray, sun visors, and shift boot are not installed, although spares are included for the interior pieces. It’s sat for the better part of eight years and the most recent records date from 2014. From a sale preparation standpoint, the car presents as if it were on a buy here, pay here used car lot rather than Bring a Trailer, which has become best known in recent years for spectacular examples.
Market commentary
This example likely won’t break the new owner’s bank in order to get it ready to blast down some back roads. But in this already heated market, when we start to see price creep on entry-level collectibles that need an ever-growing list of parts and effort, we furrow our brows a little and say, “hmmmm….”