What did I just see...?

Starion was intercooled.

pinchvalve wrote: Don't think the Subaru RX was intercooled...

The EA82T engine wasn't intercooled in any application. Nor particularly reliable in any application.

Saab 900 was intercooled, but no badges.

The Celica All-Trac was intercooled, but no badges.

323 GTX didn't run intercooler badges.

pinchvalve wrote: Saab 900 was intercooled, but no badges.

Fake. Saab owners wouldn't vote for Ron Paul :)

The 200SX had some writing on it, but no intercooler badges on US models.

What about the Plymouth Colt. Did any have INTERCOOLED badges on?

It can't be this easy can it?

The Chevy Sprint Turbo was intercooled, but it didn't announce it out back

Instead it had "Intercooler" lettering and an arrow pointing into the little mail slot for air.

Adrian_Thompson wrote: It can't be this easy can it?

That doesn't look much like a hatchback...

petegossett wrote: Renault R5 Turbo?

That was my thought as well..

NickD wrote:

pinchvalve wrote: Don't think the Subaru RX was intercooled...

The EA82T engine wasn't intercooled in any application. Nor particularly reliable in any application.

And it made less horsepower than an EJ18.

Devilsolsi wrote:

petegossett wrote: Renault R5 Turbo?

That was my thought as well..

No, it wasn't even nearly as cool.

Knurled wrote:

NickD wrote:

pinchvalve wrote: Don't think the Subaru RX was intercooled...

The EA82T engine wasn't intercooled in any application. Nor particularly reliable in any application.

And it made less horsepower than an EJ18.

And not much more horsepower than an N/A EA82. The blown headgasket-to-horsepower rating was atrocious.

I can't believe this mystery has not yet been solved even considering the scanty information provided by the OP. What was the car he saw? We have been going all Thomas Edison on this and coming up with a nice list of cars it was not.

EvanB wrote:

Adrian_Thompson wrote: It can't be this easy can it?

That doesn't look much like a hatchback...

So it wasn't that easy then

OK, were any of those Chevy NASCAR hologation special Monte Carlo's that looked like a hatch back fitted with intercooler badges?

Thinking outside the box.

Maybe it wasn't an import?

Someone just added the intercooler badge?

Could it be a gray market import of some kind? Or just something sold here in low #'s

Also Intercooler badges were popular additions to cars that didn't come with them, at least there were in England in the 80's when I was a teen.

I know they sold Fuego's here, did the turbo come here?

Sorry to threadjack... But I saw this super cool car rip past me today. It was red. What was it?

Adrian_Thompson wrote:

EvanB wrote:

Adrian_Thompson wrote: It can't be this easy can it?

That doesn't look much like a hatchback...

So it wasn't that easy then OK, were any of those Chevy NASCAR hologation special Monte Carlo's that looked like a hatch back fitted with intercooler badges?

Nah, they all came with weak-suck 305s.

LuxInterior wrote: Sorry to threadjack... But I saw this super cool car rip past me today. It was red. What was it?

Duh, it was a Corverrarimusteroiata