Many people – though not ViaRETRO readers, obviously - think that the first hot hatch was the VW Golf GTi, but they would be mistaken.
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Back to the earliest days of motoring
Dark clouds hung low over London as morning broke on 2nd November. Rain lashed down on Pall Mall’s Regency porticos and sent a shiver down the champion of Trafalgar. Emerg... Read More...
A wise old man told me the other day that small cars had no use for a tachometer and that most drivers had no idea whatsoever about how to use the legendary dial in the dashboard.
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The motoring landscape became a little more conformist in 2012 when Saab declared bankruptcy. The demise of the Swedish firm closed the door on a proud history of individual design, innovation and independent t... Read More...
As some readers will recall, I’m a reasonably regular visitor to the Brooklands Museum and have written about several events at this most evocative and – in motoring heritage terms – significant of locations. T... Read More...
