1988 Classic Cars for Sale

172 listings Median price: $14,995 Updated daily

The year Honda's CRX Si redefined what a small car could do, Porsche shipped the last true air-cooled 911 Carrera, and Toyota quietly launched the MR2 Supercharged.

1988 sits at a turning point. Japanese manufacturers had stopped apologizing for their ambitions and started executing on them. The Honda CRX Si was running 0-60 in under 8 seconds on a 91-horsepower engine through sheer lightness and chassis precision, while American muscle was still recovering from a decade of emissions-strangled mediocrity. This was the year you could feel the shift.

Detroit was not standing still. The Corvette C4 received tuned port injection across the board and the Camaro IROC-Z was selling well on reputation. But the conversation was changing. Enthusiasts were starting to look east, and the numbers on paper were increasingly hard to argue with. A Mazda RX-7 Turbo II stickered under $20,000 and would pull 1.0g on a skidpad.

For collectors today, 1988 represents peak late-cold-war American iron alongside the first credible wave of Japanese performance. The spread between a clean IROC-Z and a rust-free RX-7 Turbo II is meaningful. Both are climbing. The RX-7 climbs faster because the rotary diaspora is real and apex seals are not getting cheaper.

Notable 1988s: Honda CRX Si 1.6 DOHC Mazda RX-7 Turbo II FC3S Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 Coupe Chevrolet Corvette C4 Coupe Toyota MR2 Supercharged AW11 BMW M3 E30 Coupe Ford Mustang GT 5.0 Convertible

1988 in automotive history

Mazda produced roughly 27,000 FC-series RX-7 units for the US market in 1988, with the Turbo II variant producing 182 horsepower and priced at $18,900 base.
Porsche delivered the 911 Carrera Club Sport to European markets, a 170-pound diet version of the 3.2 Carrera with deleted rear seats and sound deadening, produced in limited numbers under 340 units.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized passive restraint requirements that would force automakers to standardize airbags or automatic seatbelts by model year 1990, reshaping interior design across the industry.

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1988 Classic Cars for Sale

1988 Dodge Ram

1988 Mazda 323

1988 Dodge Ramcharger

1988 Ford F150

1988 Toyota Pickup

1988 Porsche 928S

1988 Chrysler LeBaron

1988 Chevrolet Corvette

1988 Toyota 4 Runner

1988 Chevrolet 100

1988 Dodge Ram

1988 Ford Thunderbird

1988 Chevrolet C/K 3500

1988 Studebaker Avanti

1988 Mercedes-Benz 170 V-S

1988 Toyota Pickup

1988 Chevrolet Corvette

1988 Mercedes-Benz 560 SL

1988 Mercedes-Benz 560 SL

1988 Cadillac Coupe DeVille

1988 Chevrolet Camaro

1988 BMW 3 Series

1988 Chevrolet El Camino

1988 Chevrolet Corvette