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First-Year King of the Hill: 1990 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1

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It's been one of the most anticipated returns to the Corvette lineup: the proverbial "King of the Hill", the ZR1. It's been almost four years since the last ZR1 has been produced, but a recent Car and Driver issue highlights the new  C7 ZR1 ! Most likely the new ZR1 is going to cost a pretty penny, so unless you plan to save your pennies and dimes, an older ZR1 will be the better bet to build up as a sleeper. This 1990 Corvette ZR1 has low miles and looks like it rolled off the dealership in the early-1990s as a lightly-used car. Find it  here on eBay  in Hagerstown, Maryland, with a Buy-It-Now price of $25,900. After acquiring Group Lotus in 1986 and watching its beloved sports car being taunted by high-dollar Ferraris and Lamborghinis, Chevrolet decided to bring out the big guns and create a bonafide super car. Teaming up with Lotus and Mercury Marine, Chevrolet created the ZR-1, which debuted in proto...

Rarely Kept Stock: 1989 Nissan Skyline GT-R R32

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Though for the most part I'm an American car, truck and motorcycle enthusiast (especially classic cars, trucks and motorcycles), more recently I've become interested in cars originally not sold in the United States. Thanks to the United States' 25-year-old vehicle importation rule , cars 25 years or older that were originally not available for sale in the US can now be legally imported into the country. One of those cars is this 1989 Nissan Skyline GTR, which is refreshing to see in stock, unmodified form. Find it here on Hemmings in Jupiter, Florida, with an asking price of $29,000. Though the first Skyline GT-R was introduced in February 1969, the GT-R's roots can be traced back to the S54 2000 GT-B  and the Prince Skyline sport coupe and convertible. The original GT-R was built from 1969 to 1972 (known by Nissan internally as the PGC10  and KPGC10 ), and was redesigned in 1973 (known as the KPGC110 ) before goi...