Nineties Collectibles: Mazda RX-7, Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1, GMC Syclone/Typhoon - Car and Driver (blog)
America’s “Lost Generation” of doggy cars (1974–1990) officially came to an end with the introduction of the Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 in March 1989 in Geneva, Switzerland. The performance cars produced during the 1990s are new enough, safe enough, and well built enough to drive daily. Two decades later, their prices are bottoming out and collectors are snapping up the best. __________________________________________________________________________________. A gorgeous, lightweight, short-lived, twin-turbo rotary-engine sports car that proved to be too extreme and too expensive. good ones are hard to find. One of the best sports cars of the ’90s is still largely underappreciated. The ZR1 package added a whopping $27,016 to the Corvette coupe’s $31,979 base price, and no one has gotten their money back yet. Based on the Sonoma pickup, the Syclone arrived in 1991 with a 280-hp, 4. 3-liter turbocharged V-6. all-wheel drive. a body kit—and a 500-pound cargo limit. Weighing 3600 pounds, production versions ran 0 to 60 in 5. 3 seconds and the quarter-mile in 14. 1 seconds. The GMC Jimmy–based Typhoon SUV replaced it in ’92 and ’93, gaining five horses in the final model year. You’ll have to look hard, but only buy the best unmodified example. Source: www.caranddriver.com
