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Interesting piece. Youngtimers are, obviously, going to be the next classics. Modern Classics magazine in the UK claims to be”bringing you the finest motors from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s”.
I guess it depends […]

@gteglman and @anders-bilidt – damn you both!! ;-))

@anders-bilidt that’s the kind of thinking that will open me up to a world of pain…and I haven’t finished spending money on die Zitrone yet…

@gteglman she might have done….
@anders-bilidt I think you’re right about the Ford Capri being the more direct competitor to the Manta, and I’m with you on being happy with a standard 1.6S to cruise around in. […]

@yrhmblhst after doing a little reading on Facel’s it seems that the later the model, the better – most of the problems sorted out. As for the (very pretty) Facellia, yes, the engine was a disaster, though many […]

@gteglman that’s an excellent idea in theory, but would you believe she wants a Ford Puma (her first own car) for her “classic”? I’m trying not to discuss it…

@gteglman Looks great, doesn’t it? It’s seriously tempting and would give me a great excuse to clear a whole load of rubbish out of the garage, but I have a feeling my better half might have a few things to say […]

@gteglman for sure that EUR 49k Manta is bonkers, but it is (fortunately) an exception – this 1.9SR is EUR 19K, and looks damn good – it just happens to be yellow, too :-))

What a story, Michael, thank you – and what a car! Facel’s are an incredibly rare sight in the UK, and it seems, anywhere – I can’t remember seeing one on the road, though there was one – a 1962 HK 2 – at the […]

Big Manta A fan here – I wanted one for my first car a hundred years ago; a firefighter at our local station owned a beautiful metallic blue one but said it wasn’t for sale, and I ended up with a Dolomite 1850HL […]

@yrhmblhst you’re forgetting that Santa’s towing his sled behind each of his classics, plenty of room for the parts you need :-)

@gteglman yes, Santa is a very demanding client! Still, I think he’s happy.
Hope your classic Christmas wishes come true – Merry Christmas!

@claus-ebberfeld yes, one has to hope that pun was intentional – any idea if it was?

Great photo! The Opel Kapitän was one of the first cars to make an impression on me as a very young boy. We visited our German relatives every second year at that time, and I think it was the name that did it for […]

@gteglman nothing to apologise for – I just wanted to make my point clearer as I felt that perhaps I had failed to do so.
And you are right about some of the snobbery in classic car circles – a little while […]

All – just to be clear, I’m not calling the MGB an inferior classic car – I’m simply saying I wouldn’t want one, and gave my reasons why. That’s it.

@claus-ebberfeld about the E30, I completely agree – very dull, especially bearing in mind what came before.

I agree with pretty much all you say here, Anders, and the car for sale looks very good value. In my own defence, I did say “does nothing particularly well, but also nothing badly, and in pre-US rubber-bumper […]

Hmm…on the Biturbo I have to disagree with both my esteemed ViaRETRO colleagues – for me, it’s a completely uninspiring design, and a Maserati should be inspiring. This is all straight lines and no elegance, no […]