Junkyard Gem: 1993 Acura Vigor

The American operation of the Honda Motor Co. seemed to lose its way for a while during the early-to-mid-1990s, around the time that its brilliant founder, Soichiro Honda, died. The beloved CRX went away and was replaced by the awkward Del Sol, American car shoppers finally got fed up with paying above list price to arm-twisting dealerships for Accords and Civics, and the competition caught up to the company’s products.