Hyundai Excel

Did not know these existed. NMNA

http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/4078657012.html

4G63T is almost bolt-in....

Rebuilt title, rust repair, AND 140k on it? Methinks he doth request too much lucre.

I thought maybe it was going to be a Mitsu Precis

My friend had an 89 Excel when it was new. No options, 4 speed manual, plastic everywhere. What a E36 M3box.

Jerry wrote: My friend had an 89 Excel when it was new. No options, 4 speed manual, plastic everywhere. What a E36 M3box.

That is an insult to E36 M3boxes.

92-94 were actually halfway decent... for a complete E36 M3box. the earlier 86-91's were complete and utter piles of E36 M3. Like, if I saw one burning on the side of the road, I would pull over, siphon gas out of my tank to poor onto it to make it burn faster. No lie. I did that once.

Markde wrote: Did not know these existed. NMNA http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/4078657012.html

Didn't know they existed? You must clearly be a youngster, son. That's how Hyundai broke into the US market back in '86(?). IIRC, the base price was $4995, so it was priced just above the Yugo which it kind of competed with in those days. Pretty sure they sold a bunch of them just on price alone. I believe the next car they introduced was the first gen Sonata.

Jerry wrote: My friend had an 89 Excel when it was new. No options, 4 speed manual, plastic everywhere. What a E36 M3box.

Actually I believe it was an 87.

I had an 87 too...no options EXCEPT a power sunroof......I always thought that was so strange. it was a fun little car to beat around in, but really slow....never try to pass on a slight hill type slow.

mndsm wrote: Rebuilt title, rust repair, AND 140k on it? Methinks he doth request too much lucre.

To be fair, rust repair was pretty much a standard feature.

The US missed out on the Pony.

92-94 were actually halfway decent... for a complete E36 M3box. the earlier 86-91's were complete and utter piles of E36 M3

actually the years split 86-89 and 90-94.

you could probably buy the one in the ad for $500 and get 40 mpg and have reg & ins cost pocket change. it would pay for itself 10 times over while you have fun beating the holy hell out of it.

folks, they are cheap small & lightweight bare bones hatchbacks built with 1G DSM based tooling w/loads of parts interchange. where am I? I thought this was GRM.

and yes the US missed out on the rwd Pony (as well as the Stellar) and we all missed out on the ItalDesign coupe concept:

Bobzilla wrote: 92-94 were actually halfway decent... for a complete E36 M3box. the earlier 86-91's were complete and utter piles of E36 M3. Like, if I saw one burning on the side of the road, I would pull over, siphon gas out of my tank to poor onto it to make it burn faster. No lie. I did that once.

That's quite the Excel saga you've got, there.