1991 Dodge Dynasty LE

One of the largest cars based on Chrysler’s K-Car, the Dodge Dynasty was built from 1988 to 1993, sharing the C Platform with the Chrysler New Yorker.

I purchased this example in 2003 for $800: a 1991 Dodge Dynasty LE powered by a 147-horsepower 3.3-liter V6 engine with a 4-speed A604 Ultradrive automatic transmission. 

During the time I owned this car, it suffered from a failing reverse gear, a rocker pedestal breaking off one of the aluminum heads, and finally the pulley shearing off the power steering unit. I traded-in the barely-functioning car for $100 in 2005.

1991 Ferrari F40

This 1991 Ferrari F40 was displayed at the 2000 Portland International Auto Show at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Enzo Ferrari was 89 years old when he unveiled the F40 in Maranello, Italy, on July 21, 1987. Hand-made in Italy with carbon-fiber body panels bonded to a space frame of steel tubing, the F40 has a curb weight of just 2,756 pounds. To keep the weight down, the F40 features a plastic windshield and manual plastic windows, a carbon fiber dashboard, analog gauges, and lacked interior door panels and door handles and features like a radio or power-assisted brakes, though it did have primitive air conditioning. Powered by a 2,936-cubic-centimeter, twin-turbocharged, intercooled V8 engine that produced 471 horsepower at 7,000 rpm and 426 foot-pounds of torque at 4,000 rpm with a 5-speed manual transmission, the F40 could accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 3.5 seconds, reach 125 miles per hour in 12.4 seconds, and eventually hit a top speed of 203.4 miles per hour. A total of 1,311 F40s were produced from 1987 to 1992. This car was priced at $299,000.