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What a nice little car and what a useless ad. I share your amazement here, Anders.

Maybe the seller just got tired of everything after the alleged 10,000 £ splashout on restoration and then realizing that the […]

I think the main inconvenience suffered by my cars is on the Scimitar: For the whole of last season (and some of 2016…) the wipers could be turned on but not turned off again. Then at the end of the year the […]

Tony, no hard feelings: If you knew how used to SD1-prejudices an SD1-owner rapidly becomes!

And certainly no need to apologize as the reputation was well earned :-)

As an SD1-owner myself I’d say it probably has a worse reputation than is fair – considering the fact that owner’s of the cars in the years since new have probably sorted out many of the built-in problems. I love […]

The VR6-engine does a lot for me, @anders-bilidt : Great concept, sound – and of course power and torque. And I actually like the idea of one as a daily youngtimer. But then again – why?

These teasers make me want to see more! Not a single photo of a car in full figure – just how can you be so cruel, Anders?!?!

Ah, it’s on purpose, you say? OK, got me there. I’ll wait, then.

Bingo! This is surely the best and never to be repeated Prime Find ever.

How could a prototype possibly be any better suited for actually being of use out in the real world? Toyota drivetrain, glassfibre […]

It’s not just you, Dave: Although there are worse stretch-jobs from 2-seater to 2+2 (I’d like to nominate the Jaguar E-type here) I agree that some of the harmony of the original proportions are lost in Z 2+2. […]

Absolutely agree on the Opel GT, Tony. Incidentally a GT was the first classic car I ever drove for real – many, many years ago I looked at one for sale and loved it. Yes, it was the 1,9 and surprisingly quick for […]

I promise that, Anders: I won’t tell you.

What a lovely shape and indeed this seems as an honest car. But when I venture into Seventies J-tin I would like the full Monty: Most importantly I feel they live by a garish paint colour, preferably with added […]

And now I’ll go out in the garage and prepare the 5 GT Turbo for sale in order for it to make way for a real classic…

Incidentally the Puma was priced at around 25,000 Euro – almost exactly the same price as that other great variation over the theme that I encountered in Bremen, the Volkswagen SP2. Would be a difficult choice, I think.

Interesting, Tony, but I don’t quite see it that way: In fact I don’t even think my own 5 GT Turbo is (much) more classic than a GTL-version of the same model. Likewise with the Escort Mk1 1,3 – an absolute […]

That is such an interesting topic, Dave.

First of all, you’ve nailed what makes actually DRIVING “real” classic cars interesting – they feel different. Call that “old”, “alive”, “demanding” or what ever you […]

Wait a minute – three plus one, ahem – seven? No, really, let me recalculate.

Do as I say, not as I do :-)

There are very good reasons for settling on three or four classics – within ANY budget, really: One car can’t fulfill all wishes while too many cars CAN take all your time. I’d say three is probably ideal. […]