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Ariel Atom

In a way, the Ariel Atom was as close as a roadster gets to an F1 car. The lack of headlamps was a dead giveaway! There was not enough frontal area for such fripperies. Anyway, …

Buick Gran Sport

On February 7, 2020 By Julian Porte In 1970s American Classic Cars, 1970s American Muscle Cars, 1970s American Sports Cars, 1970s Classic Cars, 1970s Muscle Cars, 1970s Sports Cars, American Muscle Cars, American Sports Cars, Buick, Buick Gran Sport, Cars, Classic Cars, Sports Cars

The Buick Gran Sport had Pontiac to thank. The latter’s GTO was the first muscle car. As such, it saw a big-block V8 fitted in a medium-sized chassis. The result was hard-punching power – at …

Cord 810

On January 19, 2020 By Julian Porte In 1930s American Cars, 1930s American Classic Cars, 1930s Cars, 1930s Classic Cars, 1930s Cord Cars, American Cars, American Classic Cars, American Sports Cars, Cars, Classic Cars, Cord, Cord 810, Cord Cars, Cord Classic Cars, Sports Cars

Errett Cord was a man on a mission. To get rich – or die trying! Maverick to his core, cars were one of several saucers he was spinning. Cord may not have loved cars unconditionally …

AMC AMX

On January 5, 2020 By Julian Porte In 1960s American Cars, 1960s American Classic Cars, 1960s American Classic Sports Cars, 1960s American Muscle Cars, 1960s American Sports Cars, 1960s Classic American Cars, 1960s Classic Cars, 1960s Classic Sports Cars, 1960s Classic Supercars, 1960s Muscle Cars, 1960s Sports Cars, AMC, AMC American Cars, AMC American Classic Cars, AMC AMX, AMC Classic Cars, American 1960s Classic Cars, American Cars, American Classic 1960s Cars, American Classic AMC Cars, American Classic Cars, American Classic Sports Cars, American Muscle Cars, American Sports Cars, Cars, Classic 1960s American Cars, Classic 1960s Cars, Classic 1960s Sports Cars, Classic AMC American Cars, Classic AMC Cars, Classic American AMC Cars, Classic Cars, Classic Performance Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Classic Supercars, Sports Cars

To all intents and purposes, the AMX was a stripped-down AMC Javelin. It was a foot shorter – and weighed a lot less. On its release – in February ’68 – it was the sole …

Fiat 508S Balilla Sport

On January 1, 2020 By Julian Porte In 1930s Cars, 1930s Classic Cars, 1930s Fiat Sports Cars, 1930s Italian Cars, 1930s Italian Classic Cars, 1930s Italian Sports Cars, 1930s Sports Cars, Cars, Classic Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Fiat, Fiat 508S Balilla Sport, Fiat Cars, Fiat Classic Cars, Fiat Classic Sports Cars, Fiat Sports Cars, Italian Cars, Italian Classic Cars, Sports Cars

In commercial terms, at least, the Fiat 508S Balilla Sport had much in common with the VW Beetle. As with the Volkswagen – or, people’s car – the Balilla was designed to be transport for …

Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB

On December 27, 2019 By Julian Porte In 1960s Classic Cars, 1960s Ferrari Sports Cars, 1960s Italian Sports Cars, 1960s Sports Cars, Cars, Classic Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Ferrari, Ferrari 1960s Cars, Ferrari 1960s Classic Cars, Ferrari 1960s Classic Sports Cars, Ferrari 1960s Sports Cars, Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB, Ferrari Cars, Ferrari Classic 1960s Cars, Ferrari Classic 1960s Sports Cars, Ferrari Classic Cars, Ferrari Classic Sports Cars, Ferrari Sports Cars, Italian Cars, Italian Classic Cars, Italian Sports Cars, Sports Cars

The Ferrari 250 GT was the base model for the most expensive car ever made. That was the Ferrari 250 GTO which sold at a Sotheby’s auction for silly money. Actually, $48.4m – in California, …

Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale

On December 24, 2019 By Julian Porte In 1960s Cars, 1960s Classic Cars, 1960s Classic Sports Cars, 1960s Italian Cars, 1960s Italian Sports Cars, 1960s Sports Cars, Alfa Romeo, Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, Alfa Romeo Cars, Cars, Classic Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Italian Cars, Italian Classic Cars, Italian Sports Cars, Sports Cars

The driving force behind the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale was Franco Scaglione. He was an engineering whizz-kid from an early age. He was also blessed with precocious design sensibilities. A mechanical marvel of one sort …

Delahaye 145

On December 21, 2019 By Julian Porte In 1930s Cars, 1930s Classic Cars, 1930s Delahaye Cars, 1930s French Cars, 1930s French Classic Cars, 1930s Sports Cars, Cars, Classic Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Delahaye, Delahaye 145, Delahaye Cars, Delahaye Classic Cars, French Cars, French Classic Cars, Sports Cars

The Delahaye 145 was launched in 1946. The mastermind behind it was Henri Chapron. Born in 1886, he had been on the steel-crafting scene since he was a kid. Come the close of the First …

Hispano/Suiza H6B Dubonnet Xenia

On December 12, 2019 By Julian Porte In 1930s Cars, 1930s Classic Cars, 1930s Hispano/Suiza Cars, 1930s Spanish Cars, 1930s Spanish Classic Cars, 1930s Sports Cars, Cars, Classic Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Hispano/Suiza, Hispano/Suiza Classic Cars, Hispano/Suiza H6B Dubonnet Xenia, Spanish Cars, Spanish Classic Cars, Sports Cars

André Dubonnet was a doyen of the drinks industry. Many a tippler has had him to thank. His finest hour, however – at least so far as Dubonnet was concerned – was the Hispano-Suiza H6B …

De Tomaso Mangusta

On December 3, 2019 By Julian Porte In 1960s Cars, 1960s Classic Cars, 1960s Classic Sports Cars, 1960s De Tomaso Sports Cars, 1960s Italian Cars, 1960s Italian Sports Cars, 1960s Sports Cars, Cars, Classic Cars, De Tomaso, De Tomaso Mangusta, De Tomaso Sports Cars, Italian Cars, Italian Classic Cars, Italian Sports Cars, Sports Cars

Coachbuilt by Ghia, the de Tomaso Mangusta was about as stylish as a sports car gets. Well, apart from its name, that is. A mangusta is a mongoose. Absolutely no offence to mongooses intended, but …