To drive this next car you'll need to have a few things; (1) A flannel shirt, (2) A Grizzly Adams beard (3) A fresh tetanus vaccine, (4) A budget for gas and (5) A desire to make friends everytime you stop for your gas. Find this 1975 International Harvester 200 4X4 offered for $3700 near Seattle, WA via craigslist. Tip from FuelTruck.
The wagon isn't dead, it is just taking a nap while dinner is cooking in the kitchen and soon the smoke alarm will blare with an urgency that can ONLY mean the wagon will return to showrooms around the world. Until that happens, if you want your wagon fix, you will need to buy used, like this 1990 Audi 200 Quattro Avant Wagon offered for $2,500 in Seymour, IN via craigslist. Seller submission from GS.
One the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, a Trojan 200 on a flat-bed. Seriously, nobody wants some disease carrying piece of wild poultry, what they want is something useful, like a microcar that has been in storage for the past 50 years. Find this 1960 Trojan 200 aka Heinkel Kabine offered for $12,000 in Wauchula, FL via craigslist.
Another Volvo...what is this, Thorsday? Wait. Yes. Yes it is Thorsday. This next Swede comes as a tip from J Jefferson who writes: This Volvo has less than 10% of the mileage I would expect to see on a 240 this old. It’s got all the right options, and correct number of doors too! Perhaps the colour is not so great… it seems more like that popular late ’70s malaise shade of brown, especially with the contrasting TURBO decal. Then again, with the exchange rate the way it is, where else can you find a $7500 (US) Volvo with only 18,000 miles on it? Find this 1984 Volvo 242 Turbo offered for $9,850 CAD which is approx 150 Moose or 3500 hockey pucks or 75 cold/hard US Benjamins via kijiji.ca.
The Volvo 200 series was launched in 1974 as an updated version of the rugged 100 series and subsequently over 2.8 million of the boxy sedans were sold to folks around the globe before production ceased in 1993. Today, a good used example won't win many automotive competitions, but it will provide a great building block and alternative to something beige. Find this 1979 Volvo 242 offered for $2,400 near Minneapolis, MN via craigslist. Tip from Gunther.
Audi never built that many of the Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Avant, so finding one in good shape for a decent price is unusual, so I didn't expect to see another so soon after the example posted here in Dec of 2014. The C3 body style Audi 200 was built starting in 1982, but it wasn't until the last and final year of production (1991) that Audi installed the latest 20-valve turbo engine known as the 3B mated to 5-speed gearbox and Quattro all-wheel-drive. Find this 1991 Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Wagon offered for $5,950 located in Bozeman, MT via craigslist. Tip from Oldsmobuick.
The C3 generation Audi 200 was available as a 4-door sedan or 5-door wagon and built in Neckarsulm, Germany from 1982 to 1991. It was available with a turbocharged engine and permanent four-wheel-drive that hinted at what Audi was going to do a few years later when it released the first S4 and S6. Find this 1991 Audi 200 Quattro 20V Avant Wagon here on eBay
currently bidding for $811 reserve-not-met with 4 days to go, located in Sacramento, CA. Tip from Rene.
This is how car collections start. With your sports car/project car/Radio Flyer Wagon already stowed away for the season, your daily driver is left with winter transportation - entirely possible with a good set of snow tires. Then you think, "Hmm, this Audi would be ideal (five-speed transmission) for a last-minute Christmas shopping blitz (turbo) in the snow (Quattro) for the whole family (Avant)." And so it begins. Find this 1989 Audi 200 Quattro Avant in Denver, CO for $2,800 via Craigslist.
The W110 Heckflosse (German for fintail) was a 4-cylinder powered executive class sedan
built in Germany between 1961 and 1968. It was the baby-brother to the high-end W111 chassis that later transformed into today's S-Class. Regardless, the economical W110
has its own set of fans today, mostly people who appreciate it for its
simplicity, style and economy. Find this 1967 Mercedes Benz 200 W110 offered for $6,000 in San Gabriel, CA via craigslist.
Ripped from mcdonalds.wikia.com: "Grimace is a character featured in McDonaldland commercials. He is a large, purple, anthropomorphic being with short arms and legs. He is known for his slow-witted demeanor." About half of that describes the featured Audi 200 Quattro Turbo, with an ample and largely anonymous body and a 2.2L turbocharged slant-5 that is anything but slow. Find this 1991 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo for $4,900 in Milwaukee, WI. Words by DT contributor slowcarSLOW-MPGlol.