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Who doesn’t love a Fiat 131 Abarth in Alitalia colours? Good to see the RS1700T at the top of the article too.

I didn’t go as I spent the day prepping my car for a rally that was subsequently cancelled due to […]

Just the right amount of commentary – let the engine do the talking :)

Lovely car, well done Per.

My driver’s window doesn’t roll down either, I forgot about that bit…

Ib Erik, crankshaft bearings are certainly pretty important but you can be forgiven for putting that job off!

Claus, you’re the winner […]

Partitioned whitewalls? And think of the flex in that steering wheel!

Altogether excellent though, I do like these 50’s concept cars. How full of promise the post war world must have seemed, by 2018 we’d all […]

Nice. But is it a classic? I’m going to say, on balance… very almost probably yes quite shortly.

Here are my reasons:

1. Everything I have read points to it being inherently quite good.
2. It is very rep […]

I’m a big fan of these and once spent 4 days travelling the length of the UK in a 240z. I was very tempted to buy one of the “dry state” project cars that were coming into the Netherlands a while ago but I missed […]

Good call Tony, I’m not sure if beautiful is the word but certainly a distinctive family look. Somebody once grafted a pair complete with a W114 style radiator grille onto the front of a Mini. I have photographic […]

Yes, the 323F was available in 1.8 GT form. Mine was only a 1600 but went well enough and was one of the few cars to survive my ownership and get sold on – quality tested! You’ll do well to find any variant now […]

The vacuum rotating headlamps on the “Bullitt” Dodge Charger are pretty cool.

I mourned the loss of pop up lamps on my late eighties Mazda 323F and Mk1 MX5. I always liked that my 323F was such an unassuming […]

The three Renault-Alpine A442 sports prototype racing cars are pretty special, I love the yellow and black colour schemes on that era of Renault competition cars. The Traction Avant Coupe is nothing short of […]

Interesting replies, and glad I’ve stimulated some debate. It seems there are two strands, first of all is it old enough (based upon a function of our own various ages), and secondly is it special enough? That […]

That is what the core of the matter is to me, that we like our old cars because they provide an analogue experience in a digital world. All the cars pictured above represent the last of that era before everything […]

This is the type of hybrid of which I approve.

If a new body was commissioned for the third un-used chassis as recently as 2012, that presumably means the body tooling still exists unless it’s completely hand […]

Wartburg Tourist! You’re teasing us with the Prelude just creeping into shot. Quite partial to the Renault 5 TS racer too.

Oh, that is nice. Ten years ago they were giving them away, but compared to 911s and such they’re still good value. Unless I sell some stuff I think I’ve missed the boat on these and the spectre of accidentally […]

200bhp and half a tonne all up? I’m in! It must be quite tail heavy though as the engine and gearbox will account for a fair proportion of the weight, it must have some interesting spring rates to make it turn in, […]

Another “nearly” vote for the Black Tulip Alpine, unusual to see one that’s not either blue or red. Interesting how I’m the only non-Dane yet I ended up choosing the only Danish car… that Citroen isn’t wholly French built.