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@niels-v – I didn’t know that, thanks for the info!
It seems we are mostly of one accord on this – indeed @jon sums it up perfectly for me.
The manufacturer “continuations” do my head in, not least because of […]

This fascinating tale – thanks Søren – seems to have some echoes of the Tucker story – one man’s dream to make a car that was better than the average, and that might appeal to the middle-class American who wanted […]

Love your yellow Sud, Paul! If I had to choose one car from the range, though, it’s be the Sprint – super-looking little coupé.

@claus-ebberfeld that OSCA is lovely, as indeed is their version of the Fiat 1500 Spider that you mention.
With regard to this car, the rear seems to have echoes of the Karmann Ghia “Razor-edge”, would you agree?

One more piece of trivia about the Princess R – it seems that a handful of estate (or Countryman) versions were built, two of which were run by the Queen in the 1960’s.

@soren-navntoft while I largely agree with @anders-bilidt that I wouldn’t buy one, I can see the appeal, especially of this one, with its low mileage and history.
Regarding LHD availability, I expected there to […]

I have to get to this show sometime! Seven Stratoses in a row – and in such a fabulous range of colours – what a line up! And a 507…even a dodgy colour scheme can’t spoil the beauty of that car. Looking forward […]

Tend to agree regarding the new electric Hispano-Suiza, but I’ll suspend judgement until I see it properly.
When I visited the Cité de l’Automobile in Mulhouse last summer, I saw more Hispano Suiza’s than in my […]

@anders-bilidt I can’t think of a time ever when I would have wanted a Mod Top…
@yrhmblhst I’m with you on vinyl roofs, which I find much more acceptable, and indeed there are cars that look better with one […]

Erm…these are so not for me! The roofs on their own are bad enough, but combined with some of the interiors…truly migraine (and worse) inducing. I can see why they were short lived…

This takes me back…I used to save my weekly pocket money to buy either Matchbox cars or, if I had enough money, the larger Corgi or Dinky models. I had a decent-sized box full of them, but of course they were […]

Interesting and fun piece, Dave. It does seem to me that number plates – sorry VRM’s – in the UK come in more variations than most other countries, though I might be wrong.
Obviously I spotted die Zitrone in the […]

A neat and reasonably priced ’70s classic, in a classic period colour, and I suspect not many left on the roads (howmanyleft.co.uk doesn’t differentiate the estate, unfortunately). I know I’ve seen no more than a […]

What an interesting story! Never heard of this car before, and how the one actually owned by the great Stirling Moss can be left languishing in some nondescript garage is baffling to me.
As for Anders’ question, […]

Some quite incredible creations there – I especially like the Cinzano bus and the La Vache cheese, but they’re all terrific. Reminds me of a kids’ cartoon series on TV years ago – Wacky Races – not sure how […]

@anders-bilidt I have to agree with you, much as I like the idea of owning this car (as much for it’s charming history as anything else), I have a long list of others that would come first at that price. I have a […]

@gteglman I agree that the car looks better from some angles than others, my personal favourite is front three-quarters from above. I don’t know what the price is this time around – the EUR 77,777 came from […]