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1992 Alfa Romeo 33 Sport wagon

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While today the boxer 4-cylinder is the specialty of Subaru Imprezas and Porsche Boxters (heh), and most famously, it powered the Volkswagen Beetle throughout its long lifecycle, Alfa Romeo is also known for its experience with the engine configuration. Alfa Romeo got its start mass-producing the boxer engine with its Alfasud models, which were produced in Naples. The Alfasuds were succeeded by the 33, which went on to sell over one million examples. Today's Alfa Romeo 33 Sport Wagon, from the second restyling of the 33 model line, is a mundane but well-kept offering from the 33 range.

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1995 Lancia Dedra Station Wagon

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We're kicking off a new recurring post here at CICFS: Forbidden Fruit Fridays. These shorter posts will feature cars unavailable in the United States - especially those that would make Europeans shake their head in disapproval. The grass is not always greener on the other side, after all. To kick off this feature, we've selected a Lancia Dedra Station wagon. These are nothing to lust after in their native Italy, but the novelty of a manual station wagon Lancia is too strong for an American website such as CICFS to ignore!

The Dedra sits on the Fiat Type Three platform shared with the Alfa Romeo 155 and Fiat Tempra. From the looks of the cam covers, the 16V version's 102hp 16V engine is an evolution of the classic Fiat Lampredi twin cam engine. And, unlike in the BMW e30 wagon, lifting the rear hatch gains you access to the entire load floor - no taillights in the way here.

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