Unusual Manual Sighting: 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS

I know what you are thinking.  The guys at DT have found the Christmas rum cake storage and eaten at entire box.  Ok...that might be true...but you've got to hang on and take a second look at this tippy low budget small SUV crossover thing from a South Korean automaker.  I never thought those words would escape these fingers...but I just wrote 'em...so you've got a read 'em...and hopefully not weep.  Here is the deal...this car has a 5-speed manual gearbox in the most unlikely of places...right betwix the driver and passenger. Find this 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS offered for $3750 in Phoenix, AZ via craigslist.

Middle-Management Gone Corporate: 2005 SsangYong Chairman CM600S

The Chrysler Crossfire is infamous for utilising the earlier SLK platform from Mercedes, but in a distinctly low-rent sort of way. As it turns out, the Crossfire wasn't the only mid-00s 'new' car born from an old Mercedes platform; this was based on an old E-Class. How old you ask? W124-vintage. This is the Korean luxo-barge for the person who thinks the Hyundai Granduer XG is too common, or the Kia Amanti is too obvious. Find this 2005 SsangYong Chairman CM600S for sale in Adelaide, SA for $6,350 AUD ($4,735 USD at the time of writing) via gumtree.

The Other, Other Pony Car: 1988 Hyundai Pony

The average Hyundai Genesis fan may not know (unless he's Canadian and has already been scarred) that there was were two rear-wheel-drive North American market Hyundai's prior to Seoul getting all fancy in the 2000's, the Pony and the Stellar.  Find this 1988 Hyundai Pony for sale in Havelock, Ontario, Canada for $CA1,500 ($1,120 US monies today) via Kijiji.

Comfy Chair: 2011 Hyundai Equus Signature

In 2011 Hyundai launched their most ambitious offering in North America, a long wheelbase luxury barge aimed squarely at the BMW 7-series, Lexus LS and Mercedes-Benz S-Class.  Oddly enough, the big executive limousine wears the Hyundai badge, but Hyundai just announced this week the launch of the Genesis brand (a la Lexus, Infiniti, Acura) where the Equus will be re-released as the G90.  But before that happens, if you want to pickup a giant luxury cruiser for about the price of a well equipped Sonata, you can buy this 2011 Hyundai Equus Signature here on eBay bidding for $9,100 with 6-days to go, located in Redford, MI.