BART Cars - Corollas

The Toyota Corolla is the most produced car in history with over 40 million sold. So one might assume that the Corolla is a common car, and not very special. However, some older variants of the Corolla are now rare and considered desirable. General Motors had some Corolla-based joint-venture cars from the '80s onward, which included the Chevy Nova and Geo/Chevy Prizm and later, the Pontiac Vibe. (The former two were available in limited numbers as 'high-performance' versions using the famous Toyota 4AGE four-cylinder engine.) Here are the top five Holy 'Rollas I found in the BART parking lot over five years of university commuting.

1977 Toyota Corolla SR-5 Sport Coupe

1982 Toyota Corolla SR-5 Coupe

1985 Toyota Corolla AE86

1988 Chevrolet Nova Twin Cam

1991 Geo Prizm GSi

BART Cars - Sports Cars

Five years ago I began attending classes in San Francisco at the Academy of Art University. Driving into the city wasn't a practical option, so I took BART, the Bay Area Rapid Transit system. Over the years I came to notice a surprising number of interesting cars that would show up in the parking lots at BART stations. Now, normally I wouldn't post vehicles from a parking lot, but BART is a government-owned entity, so maybe, just maybe, their parking lots count as public property? Since I'm not sure, you won't be seeing any "Street Sightings" that are actually BART cars. But I do plan on sharing some of the best of BART every now and then.

For our first round, let's look at some older sports cars.

1977-78 Datsun 280Z

1978 Porsche 924

1979 Fiat 124 Spider

1979 Mazda RX-7

1987 Chrysler Conquest TSi