Author: Clemens Zangl

This snow-covered low mileage 1987 Nissan Sunny B12 Coupe crossed my path on a cold winter day in November 2010. Parked on the roof of a second generation Ford Probe on a junkyard in Lustadt, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, these two Read More

Have you ever heard of the Proton Saga? No? I don’t blame you. Allow me to explain: Proton Holdings was founded in 1979 as a government project in Malaysia, with the goal of boosting the national automotive industry. Initially selling Read More

In Germany, the Pulsar N13 is known as the Nissan Sunny: for the European market, Nissan decided to market the B12 sports coupe and the N13 both under the Sunny name, and both were quite successful on the European market. Read More

I encountered this exciting hot MX-5, resting at its final resting place on a junkyard in Hamburg, in November 2015. The day was cold, rainy and gray, well in contrast to the hot flames put on the side. In 2015, Read More

Browsing through the pictures of junkyards I took 15 years ago, it astonishes me what kind of cars were discarded back then, which I consider by now to be valuable classics. For example, look at the Golf GTI in the Read More

The AE92 Corolla 2-door coupe was never officially sold in Germany, which – I assume – is due to its American styling, which would not appeal to continental European customers. In fact, I never heard about a sporty coupe variant Read More

The B11 generation of the Nissan Sunny Coupe is a car that has vanished from the roads and most people’s memories. While the older, rear-wheel drive Sunny generations possess motorsport pedigree and are preserved by a careful group of enthusiasts, Read More

In March 2012, during a regular visit to a junkyard in Lustadt, Germany, I found this bright green 1980 Opel Manta B CC awaiting the crusher claw. Back then, I was more interested in Japanese cars, so I only took Read More