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Ehrmm… clearly we were just testing the attention span of our devoted readers. And @Flemming Nielsen, you won!!
After five days, you were the first to notice that both the Volvo and not least the Convair are […]

It’s amusing – almost counter intuitive – that a drag racing venue outside of the US can be so iconic. But it is. Even so, I must shamefully admit that I have thus far never attended the Brighton Speed Trails in […]

@Andrew, I asked a similar question here: https://viaretro.com/2018/04/wood-or-leather/

And I would agree with you – whether choosing a wooden or leather steering wheel depends very much upon the car you intend […]

@Andrew, very nice little Elan!! Is that yours??

@tony, while you didn’t have much luck with your own wheels, you seemed to strike gold on those you spotted on your travels. Reminds me of when I went walkabout in the streets on Burlingame just south of San […]

Sometimes less is indeed more…
I recall driving a 280SL Pagoda with an automatic transmission several years ago now. I was younger then, and if anything had more of an appetite for speed and power than I do […]

Well there’s a debat which took an unexpected turn! :-) All of that from an exhibition hall full of gleaming 1962 models…

Well now that we’re here; my take on it would be that said pride would most likely […]

@Jens G, you are of course right – the UK did not join the Common Market immediately after the ’62 Earl’s Court Motor Show. But I looked into it a little deeper and found that the first time the UK applied to […]

@claus, thx I guess. But in my defence, the Karmann Golf was wearing those very 90s aftermarket alloys when I bought the car. Even back then I wanted to swap them for a set of factory 14″ Snowflake alloys. […]

Hmmm… so @claus, the options appear to be one of the following two:
1) I sell my Scimitar and move onto another classic car which you don’t currently own or
2) We have to compromise our grassroot ideals and […]

Heh… perhaps there is an element of rosé wine over the little Karmann Golf? Even so, I’m happy to confess to having owned an ’85 Golf 1.8GLi Karmann way back when I was a mere 20 years of age. It was even […]

@zack, I feel I should draw your attention to this article by Søren from earlier this summer: https://viaretro.com/2019/07/now-for-something-entirely-different-cars-with-waterbeds-and-faux-fireplaces/

Claus, I do indeed like the Monza too – I always have. But despite sharing the same driveline, the Bitter SC is still significantly cooler. Tony, find me a Bitter SC in an interesting colour (so preferably not […]

Phwoooaar…. that is indeed an oddity you’ve found for us this Saturday Dave.

Back when I lived in Hong Kong, there was often a very clean and tidy example of exactly such a four-door Leone saloon which would […]

@Tony, I have always admired the elegant FIAT 130 Coupé and I would indeed dearly love to add one to my driveway. But in terms of reliability, I’m not convinced that you can compare the FIAT with the Peugeot […]

@Andrew, I don’t think that’s unfair at all. While we’re strong advocates of a Gentlemanly behaviour at ViaRETRO, it’s also a place where we should always be allowed to share our honest opinions without being […]

A very fair point indeed Dave.
A mate of mine lended me his Rover 827 Vitesse for a couple of months some 18 years ago or so. Must admit that I enjoyed driving that car waaaay more than I expected. As it is, he […]