19th January 2018
RETRO ADS – SPEEDWELL HARDTOPS
With racing driver Graham Hill as chairman, Speedwell Performance Conversions enjoyed a high profile through the ’Sixties...
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22nd December 2017
RETRO CAR ADS – BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED
The final model launched by Bentley before the company’s collapse in 1931 (and its subsequent rescue from receivership by Rolls-Royce in November of that year) was the 8 Litre, a behemoth of a saloon boasting…
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22nd December 2017
RETRO CAR ADS – MG ROVER NEWS
The Autumn 2003 issue of MG Rover News (the company’s customer magazine of the time) was an important one for fleet sales, announcing as it did the arrival of the MG ZT120 – priced at…
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15th December 2017
RETRO CAR ADS – TOYOTA CROWN
Forty years ago, sales of the Toyota Crown were a mere trickle compared with its obvious rivals from Britain and the rest of Europe.
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15th December 2017
RETRO CAR ADS – METRO VAN
While Rover Group tried to portray more of an upmarket image at the start of the ’90s by badging just about everything as a Rover (including those models originally launched under the Austin banner), it…
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13th December 2017
WAS THE SINCLAIR C5 30 YEARS TOO EARLY?
Thirty-three years on from its launch, Paul Guinness considers whether the much-maligned Sinclair C5 could have been the start of something big for its innovative creator...
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8th December 2017
RETRO CAR ADS – HONDA S800
Derived from the smaller-engined S600 and available in both coupe and roadster guises, Honda’s innovative new S800 took a bow in 1966 and arrived in Britain later that year as the first ever Honda car…
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8th December 2017
RETRO ADS – BEFORD BEAGLE
Who remembers the Bedford Beagle? Essentially a Bedford HA van transformed into a family estate via rear side windows and a back seat, the Beagle conversion was carried out by Martin Walter Ltd of Folkestone...
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1st December 2017
RETRO CAR ADS – ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA
The Aston Martin Lagonda was in the autumn of its career by the time this advert for London-based Aston Martin Sales Ltd appeared in 1988.
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1st December 2017
RETRO ADS – VOLVO 240
The Swedish firm’s marketing folk knew how to create an attention-grabbing ad back in 1982, although this particular one was unusual for not showing a Volvo in any way.
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24th November 2017
RETRO ADS – ISUZU GEMINI
The Isuzu Gemini hit the streets of Japan in late ’74 and remained on sale for thirteen years, during which time it sold almost 770,000 units...
