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Here at ViaRETRO we’ve run features on various aspects of car design in the past, such as front and rear light assemblies, our International Editor’s obsession with retina-scarring Pascha upholstery, the e […]

Marcos – a portmanteau created by combining the first three letters of the surnames of the company’s two founders, Jem Marsh and Frank Costin – is one of those British specialist manufacturers that has gone in an […]

Last week we featured a French everyday hero in the shape of a Peugeot 404, and this week we thought we’d stick with the everyday in the very stylish shape of this Vauxhall Viva HB.

Vauxhall have for d […]

Sunday was a very exciting day for me – my first classic event of the year, hooray! While many of the UK’s auction houses have chosen to maintain their sales schedule by going online, Historics have tended to hol […]

Many years ago, Peugeot had a well-earned reputation for building strong, durable, reliable cars. They were – with some exceptions, such as the 304, 404 and 504 coupés and cabriolets – fairly staid, midd […]

As regular readers will know, here at ViaRETRO we rejoice not only in Ferrari’s, Porsche’s and Jaguars, but also in Austin Maxi’s, FIAT 124’s, VW Type 3’s and the like. We find such non-exotica even more interesti […]

For many years it was widely – though not universally – accepted that the title of Best Car in the World belonged to Rolls Royce. One of the world’s best-known and most aspirational brands, recognised far and wi […]

It’s said that every petrolhead should own at least one Alfa Romeo in their lifetime, such is the attraction of the marque’s pedigree, style, reputation for sporting performance and sheer brio. Unfortunately, as […]

BMW’s gorgeous E9 coupé was an exceptionally difficult act to follow – beautiful, quick, yet also a practical 4-seater (I know from my own ownership of one 25 years ago – and yes, I wish I’d kept it!). Neverthe […]

Inspired by Dave Leadbetter’s piece last week about how safe classic motoring is nowadays, and the photo of the Volvo VESC (Volvo Experimental Safety Vehicle) at the top of said piece – which looks pretty much lik […]

One of the effects of the combination of being told to stay at home during lockdown and retirement has been to expose me to the re-runs on daytime TV of a number of “classic” TV shows, some of which are more cla […]

If your desire is for a big, 2-door, 4-seat classic executive coupé, your choices are fairly limited, among European marques, at least. There’s Ford of Germany’s Taunus 20M and 26M, the Opel Commodore A and B coup […]