Today, we evaluate affordable-ish, intensely reliable classic European vehicles, and I have another debut boxy EV for you from a new manufacturer, KG Motors.
What will it be? Volvo, Citroën, or Mercedes-Benz…Do you choose absolute reliability or, uh…reliability? These icons all cost far less than the average new car, and will probably be running, somehow, into the 2090s.
1991 Volvo 240, $12,500. 226,000 kms, allegedly never winter driven—honestly, if I write more I’ll want to buy it myself. Hopefully a friend of speedster.news will roll the dice and confirm it’s as nice as indicated. via Facebook Marketplace
1981 Mercedes-Benz G Class, $25,000. Diesel, no turbo. Plaid seats. Live out all your Rhinestone Cowboy fantasies without needing an international flight. Replacement rear tire still has the sticker on it—traditional steelies and a tire swap are all this needs. via Facebook Marketplace
1985 Citroën 2CV6 special, $29,995. Prices for the 2CV in North America are all over the place. (Unfortunately, since I've sold mine they've only gone up.) But if you know what you’re looking for (and you want a showroom quality example as you see here), you’re going to end up north of $20,000. via Facebook MarketplaceYesterday, I featured an electric quadricycle from France. Today, I have for you an all-electric off-road kei van from Japan. Yesterday, the brand was KG Auto. Today, it’s the KG Motors T-BOX. The company’s latest day-in-the-life feature has English subtitles and the latest T-BOX milestone is pretty amusing to behold—warts and all. Upstart manufacturers should be this open with content; KG Motors has already earned more than 183,000 YouTube subscribers to date. via T-BOX build playlist.
