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18th February 2017
To claim in a headline that the V8-engined Triumph Stag simply combined “sports car handling with saloon car comfort” was perhaps being a little modest. After all, this grand touring machine – perfect for that…
17th February 2017
This particular page from the 1979 brochure for the Austin Maxi sums up in three photographs just what made this five-door family-size hatchback such a useful car to have around. With the back seat upright…
17th February 2017
You wouldn’t expect a Ford Corsair 2000E to be bought for its fuel economy. According to this Mobil advert published in 1967, however, this powerful and luxurious saloon managed a rather impressive 35.69mpg in that…
17th February 2017
Although the Hillman Hunter wasn’t rebadged as the Chrysler Hunter until 1977, this particular brochure from four years earlier made no mention of its original marque. The front cover simply announced the ‘Hunter by Chrysler’,…
17th February 2017
Vauxhall heaped praise on the Chevette for combining “style with generous space for people and things, zesty performance with pleasing economy”. The Luton firm also insisted that the Chevette offered “family car comfort with tremendously…
17th February 2017
The 1978 full-range Renault brochure was a hefty affair, with plenty of space given over to the long-running Renault 5. But the company was just as keen to sell accessories as it was cars, hence…
17th February 2017
By the time Ford issued its latest all-model catalogue in September 1975, the MkIII Cortina was already five years old and was entering its final 12 months of production. There was still plenty of life…
17th February 2017
Back in the late ’Seventies there was no shortage of stylish coupés from which to choose, as each manufacturer strived to grab a small slice of the market that Ford’s best-selling MkIII Capri dominated. Among…
17th February 2017
Mention the MGB Limited Edition to any fan of Abingdon’s most famous product and they’ll probably think of the bronze or silver versions of the roadster and GT produced in 1980 to commemorate the ending…
17th February 2017
In 1981, Mitsubishi launched the Starion in the UK as an entry-level sports car in a rapidly expanding market of Far East-built performance coupés, which included the Nissan Z cars, Toyota Supra, Honda Prelude and…
17th February 2017
If the MG Montego Turbo is now a rare sight in the UK, imagine how scarce a model it must be in the Netherlands, where it would have been seen as very much of a…
