This is, without a doubt, the hottest E12 we have ever encountered..

..but there is more to it than meets the eye.

Yes, that’s a Chevy bowtie (wrapped in M colors) pinned to the right of the kidneys, hinting at what lurks beneath the hood. And while we generally don’t love engine swaps where an American engine has been shoehorned into a non-American car, this E12 is an example we can safely say we’d rock all day long.

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