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<div class="columnGroup"> <div class="story clearfix" id="topStoryHorizontal"> <div class="kicker">Collecting</div> <h5> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/automobiles/collectibles/09EAGLE.html?ref=collectibles">A Breed of 4-by-4 Hatched on the Fly</a> </h5> <div class="byline">By ROB SASS</div> <div class="callout "> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/automobiles/collectibles/09EAGLE.html"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/03/09/automobiles/395-eagle-01.jpg" height="215" width="395" alt="A Breed of 4-by-4 Hatched on the Fly" border="0"> </a> <div class="credit">From the brochure collection of Steve Hayes</div> A 1982 Eagle wagon, one of many four-wheel-drive cars from American Motors. </div> <p class="summary">Perhaps the American Motors Corporation抯 most clever repackaging idea was combining passenger car bodies with four-wheel-drive technology.</p> <ul class="refer"> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="columnGroup"> <div class="story clearfix "> <div class="kicker">Rust in Peace</div> <h5> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/automobiles/collectibles/09RUST.html?ref=collectibles">G.M.抯 Tiny Gift to Toyota et al.</a> </h5> <div class="byline">By ROB SASS</div> <p class="summary">In its 11-year life, the Chevrolet Chevette offered buyers less room and less power than comparable imports.</p> </div> <div class="story clearfix "> <div class="kicker">Auto Ego</div> <div class="callout"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/automobiles/collectibles/02EGO.html"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/02/29/automobiles/02ego75.1.jpg" height="75" width="75" alt="Lament for a Limping Pony" border="0"> </a> </div> <h5> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/automobiles/collectibles/02EGO.html?ref=collectibles">Lament for a Limping Pony</a> </h5> <div class="byline">By RICHARD S. CHANG</div> <p class="summary">For Mariano La Manno, the cars he has owned are biographical bullet points of his desires, goals and sacrifices.</p> <ul class="refer"> <li class="free"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/03/02/automobiles/collectibles/0302-EGO_index.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/multimedia/icons/photo_icon.gif" alt="Photographs" width="12" height="10"> Slide Show</a></li> <li class="free"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/a/auto_ego/index.html">More Auto Ego articles</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="story clearfix "> <div class="callout"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/automobiles/collectibles/02OPEL.html"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/03/02/automobiles/02opel75.jpg" height="75" width="75" alt="German Cousins Seeking Citizenship" border="0"> </a> </div> <h5> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/automobiles/collectibles/02OPEL.html?ref=collectibles">German Cousins Seeking Citizenship</a> </h5> <div class="byline">By LAWRENCE ULRICH</div> <p class="summary">Cars sold as Saturns in the United States are largely designed by Opel, making them truly a different kind of car.</p> <ul class="refer"> <li class="free"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/03/02/automobiles/collectibles/0302-OPEL_index.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/multimedia/icons/photo_icon.gif" alt="Photographs" width="12" height="10"> Slide Show</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="story clearfix "> <div class="callout"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/automobiles/24-nissan-gtr.html"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/02/24/automobiles/75-gtr.jpg" height="75" width="75" alt="GT-R Waiting Game About to End" border="0"> </a> </div> <h5> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/automobiles/24-nissan-gtr.html?ref=collectibles">GT-R Waiting Game About to End</a> </h5> <div class="byline">By PAUL DUCHENE</div> <p class="summary">The anxiously awaited Nissan GT-R may be the first car whose reputation was forged primarily in the virtual world.</p> </div> <div class="story clearfix "> <div class="callout"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/automobiles/collectibles/24HISTORY.html"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/02/24/automobiles/75-history.jpg" height="75" width="75" alt="Honored Ancestors on the Skyline Family Tree" border="0"> </a> </div> <h5> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/automobiles/collectibles/24HISTORY.html?ref=collectibles">Honored Ancestors on the Skyline Family Tree</a> </h5> <div class="byline">By PAUL DUCHENE</div> <p class="summary">The American enthusiasts who know the most about the Nissan GT-R are those still a few years away from getting their driving licenses.</p> </div> <div class="story clearfix "> <div class="callout"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/automobiles/collectibles/17speed.html"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/02/17/automobiles/collectibles/75-bird.jpg" height="75" width="75" alt="When Stock Meant Stock" border="0"> </a> </div> <h5> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/automobiles/collectibles/17speed.html?ref=collectibles">When Stock Meant Stock</a> </h5> <div class="byline">By JERRY GARRETT</div> <p class="summary">Cars like the Plymouth Superbird were once sold to the public just to make them eligible for the racetrack.</p> <ul class="refer"> <li class="free"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/02/17/automobiles/0217-SPEED_index.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/multimedia/icons/photo_icon.gif" alt="Photographs" width="12" height="10"> Slide Show</a></li> <li class="free">Wheels: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/the-mighty-monte-carlo-rides-again/">Monte Carlo Rides Again</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/can-a-toyota-win-the-daytona-500/">Can a Toyota Win Daytona?</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="story clearfix "> <div class="callout"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/automobiles/collectibles/17contest.html"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/02/17/automobiles/collectibles/75-triumph.jpg" height="75" width="75" alt="Triumph Is Pick of Online Voters" border="0"> </a> </div> <h5> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/automobiles/collectibles/17contest.html?ref=collectibles">Triumph Is Pick of Online Voters</a> </h5> <div class="byline">By RICHARD S. CHANG</div> <p class="summary">A black 1959 Triumph TR3A is the winner of the Collectible Car of the Year contest.</p> <ul class="refer"> <li class="free"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://collectiblecars.nytimes.com/">Collectible Cars 'Share & View' Photo Gallery</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="story clearfix "> <h5> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/automobiles/collectibles/17diecast.html?ref=collectibles">Old-Timers Get Their Due</a> </h5> <div class="byline">By DAVE CALDWELL</div> <p class="summary">Before the die-cast market took off in the early 1990s, few models from the legends before then, including Richard Petty, were made and even fewer are still around.</p> </div> <div class="story clearfix "> <div class="kicker">Rust in Peace: 1988-94 Jaguar XJ6</div> <h5> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/automobiles/collectibles/17RUST.html?ref=collectibles">Mediocrity Killed the Cat</a> </h5> <div class="byline">By ROB SASS</div> <p class="summary">Redesigned in the late 1980s, Jaguar抯 flagship XJ sedan cemented the opinion that Jaguar had lost its way.</p> </div> <div class="story clearfix "> <div class="callout"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/automobiles/10RACE.html"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/02/10/automobiles/75-race-01.jpg" height="75" width="75" alt="New York to Paris the Hard Way" border="0"> </a> </div> <h5> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/automobiles/10RACE.html?ref=collectibles">New York to Paris the Hard Way</a> </h5> <div class="byline">By JERRY GARRETT</div> <p class="summary">Competitors in the first around-the-world race traveled by land and by sea, crossing continents with few good roads and making repairs on the fly.</p> <ul class="refer"> <li class="free"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/02/10/automobiles/20080210_GREATRACE_MAP.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/multimedia/icons/interactive_icon.gif" alt="Interactive" width="9" height="9"> Interactive Map: No Shoulder Next 22,000 Miles</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="story clearfix "> <div class="kicker">Auto Ego</div> <div class="callout"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/automobiles/collectibles/03EGO.html"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/02/03/automobiles/75-ego.jpg" height="75" width="75" alt="A Foundation in the Classics" border="0"> </a> </div> <h5> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311191236/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/automobiles/collectibles/03EGO.html?ref=collectibles">A Foundation in the Classics</a> </h5> <div class="byline">By RICHARD S. CHANG</div> <p class="summary">Current cars from H. F. S. 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