Murilee Martin

Denver

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Articles

1985 Volkswagen Transporter Camper Might Have Westfalia Roots

1 week ago | autoweek.com | Murilee Martin

You won't find many three-plus-decade-old vehicles on the streets of big Western European cities these days, but I do my best to document a few of the more interesting ones when I'm over there. Last year in Paris, I spotted a solid Renault Super 5 in the 6th Arrondissement; when I returned last month I ran across a tough-looking T3 Transporter survivor in the 10th Arrondissement.
Photos of T3 Volkswagen Transporter Camper in Paris

1 week ago | autoweek.com | Murilee Martin

Skip to ContentA tough-looking diesel Transporter camper thrives in Paris at age 40. Par Murilee MartinPublished: May 8, 20251The T3 Transporter was known as the Vanagon in the United States. 2The registration plates say that it is (or at least started life as) a 1985 model with diesel engine. 3The universal-fit trailer wheels tell drivers of shiny new cars to keep their distance. 4The pop-up camper roof could have been sourced from a Westfalia, or it could be a copy.
Photos of T3 Volkswagen Transporter Camper in Paris

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Murilee Martin

4 hours agoToday's RVs bring smart tech, flexible layouts, lower pricesStylish modern RVs are hitting the market for roadtrip travelers with WiFi boosters, lofted sleep areas, tires for off-road travel7 hours agoAn Icon Of American Road Travel: The Airstream Land Yacht SovereignThis is a 31′ 1971 Airstream International Land Yacht Sovereign that benefits from a recent interior refurbishment.
2025 Honda N-VAN e Is Our New Kei Van of the Week

1 week ago | autoweek.com | Murilee Martin

The kei vehicle requirements of Japan limit internal-combustion engine displacement to 0.66 liters and 63 hp, but what about electric kei vehicles? It turns out they get the same 63-horse limit as their gasoline-burning brethren, which sounds like quite the torque loophole. Today we'll look at one of the more interesting EV kei vans now available in Japan: the Honda N-VAN e. The N-VAN first appeared as a 2018 model, and it was intended mostly for commercial users.
Final Parking Space: 1965 Dodge Dart 170 Wagon

1 week ago | hagerty.com | Murilee Martin

Last week, this series featured a classic compact Detroit station wagon. I’ve decided to make it two wagons a row with an example of one of the best-selling small Detroit longroofs of the 1960s. This Dart currently resides at Speedway Auto Wrecking, a family-owned yard in Dacono, Colorado. I have a 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe project that always needs a few bits, but mostly I visit Speedway to shoot photos with my collection of ancient and/or cruelly modified film cameras.
Junkyard Find: 2004 Ford Taurus SE Wagon

1 week ago | thetruthaboutcars.com | Murilee Martin

NEW! by Murilee Martin (IC: employee) The last true station wagon offered new in American Ford dealerships was the 2007 Focus (no, the Flex doesn't count). Just a few years before the demise of the Focus wagon, the final Taurus wagons came off the Hapeville line. Here's one of those cars, found last year at a boneyard about 250 miles to the northeast of its birthplace. The original Taurus didn't change very much over three generations and 22 model years.
2025 Suzuki Wagon R Smile Is New Kei Van of the Week

2 weeks ago | autoweek.com | Murilee Martin

Suzuki stopped selling highway-legal four-wheeled vehicles in the United States after 2013 (you can still get new Suzuki motorcycles and other products here, of course), but the venerable Japanese company remains an automotive powerhouse in its homeland. Suzuki offers so many kei vehicles that it would take us forever to show you all of them, so here's their cutest 2025 kei van: the Wagon R Smile. The original Wagon R wasn't a van at all, if your definition of a kei van includes sliding doors.
Final Parking Space: 1980 Ford Fairmont Wagon

2 weeks ago | hagerty.com | Murilee Martin

The Ford Fox family included coupes, sedans, hatchbacks, pickups, convertibles, and, of course, station wagons. We’ve seen a Fox Zephyr Z-7 Turbo and a Fox Mustang GT convertible so far in this series, and now we’ll induce a heavy flow of Sajeev’s Bitter Tears with this Fox Fairmont wagon in a northeastern Colorado car graveyard.
Junkyard Find: 1982 Ford Mustang GL Hatchback

2 weeks ago | thetruthaboutcars.com | Murilee Martin

NEW! by Murilee Martin (IC: employee) We haven't seen a Fox Mustang— in fact, any Mustang— in this series since 2021, and that's just too long for the generation of Mustang that only dropped below 100,000 total sales for two of its 15 model years. Here's a vividly striped '82 at a car graveyard on a street named Dismantle Court near Sacramento.
Final Parking Space: 1976 Triumph TR7

3 weeks ago | hagerty.com | Murilee Martin

We’ve admired discarded vehicles from Detroit, Okazaki, and Kanda in this series recently, so the time seems right to switch it up with a junkyard car that was born on the other side of the Atlantic. To be more specific, today’s FPS machine was built in in the same gritty suburb of Liverpool in which George Harrison and Paul McCartney grew up. I spotted this early TR7 in a snowy yard in Denver, Colorado. Murilee Martin Old British cars show up regularly in Front Range Colorado car graveyards.