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A Mish Mash of FIAT Ritmo, a Dead Politician, Soviet Russian Steel, Plastic and a Few Other Subjects…

March 19, 2019

Here at ViaRETRO we love anniversaries. Especially big anniversaries like a 50th. However, while the car in question has only had the honour of celebrating its 40th, it still seems a little unfair to me that th... Read More...

T80: The Record Breaker Which was Merely Tucked Away in a Garage

Søren Navntoft

March 18, 2019

Design and Concept

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If you visit the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart, you'll come across a massive and thoroughly outlandish creation of a car on six wheels. Its shape doesn’t do anything to hide that it was created with the sol... Read More...

Visual Sunday: The Greatest Race on Earth?

ViaRETRO

March 17, 2019

Smalltalk

Was the Targa Florio perhaps the greatest roadrace we've ever had? Here the Carrera RSR nr. 107 is battling its way to 6th in the 1973 Targa Florio while colleagues Lennep/Müller finished first overall in the ... Read More...

Prime Find of the Week: No Sour Aftertaste From This Bitter

Tony Wawryk

March 16, 2019

For sale

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Opel is of course one of the best-known car brands in Europe. For a period up through the 1950’s, ‘60’s and ‘70’s they made some very fine cars indeed; personal favourites being the Manta A, the GT and the Comm... Read More...

France Gall – Serge, Lollipops and Cars

Claus Ebberfeld

March 15, 2019

Culture

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When one of the great French style icons died in Paris on January 7th of last year, she left us not only a fabulous pop song with rather sexual undertones, but also a huge photo archive surprisingly rich on sty... Read More...

Reunited, and It Feels So Good

Dave Leadbetter

March 14, 2019

Our Cars

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Regular readers will recall how I recently mistreated my old BMW and wasn’t entirely repentant. As a rally car, it’s often at risk of inspecting the scenery but I don’t make a habit of going off. Still, if you ... Read More...

Visual Sunday: Any Plans for Springtime?

Prime Find of the Week: The Japanese Outsider

SAAB 95: A Family Estate Car on a Monte Carlo Mission

Movie: The Longest Car Chase in Hollywood

When Ferrari Copied Nissan: The Forgotten 408