17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1961 VAUXHALL PA CRESTA
By the mid-‘Fifties these two quasi-British brands were almost meeting in the middle, but you only have to compare the PA Cresta with a Ford Zephyr to see that the target buyers still moved in…
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Classic Car Road Tests
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1969 SINGER CHAMOIS
Of course Rootes was no stranger to badge engineering and like BMC it had a whole catalogue of brands it could slap onto the Imp. The first was a Singer version and as was expected…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1971 VOLKSWAGEN CABRIOLET
Manufactured by German coachbuilder Karmann (these days itself a part of the Volkswagen group), the Beetle Cabriolet (it was always ‘cabriolet’ rather than convertible) was about as far from being a simple roof chop as…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1958 FORD ANGLIA 100E
Launched in 1953, the 100E was a replacement for the upright-looking E494 Anglia, which was essentially derived from a pre-war design and by the late ’Forties was looking desperately old-fashioned – especially next to Ford’s…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1981 FORD FIESTA SUPERSPORT
Developed by Ford’s Special Vehicle Engineering team at Dunton, the Supersport was a toe-in-the-water exercise to test demand for a sporty small hatchback and as history has since shown, the idea proved to be a…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1957 ROVER 90
The P4 comes from an era when the Rover badge really stood for something and it oozes quality in a very restrained way. Unlike a contemporary Jaguar, which looked and felt good where it mattered…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1982 MERCEDES-BENZ 280SL
Yes, it is still possible to pick a tatty, high-mileage example up for less than £10k, but at that level you really do need to know your way around the cars and be on your guard…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1928 OLDSMOBILE SIX TOURER
It would have been one of the first of the F28’ series of Oldsmobiles to be seen on that continent, powered by a new 55 horsepower sidevalve straight six and with a range of steel…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1985 BMW 318i
An all-new design, it carried over the tough M10 engine from the old ’02 cars but was a much more modern offering than its ‘Sixties predecessor. In 1977 the 3-Series acquired a six-cylinder powerplant, which…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1970 TRIUMPH HERALD 13/60 ESTATE
A big luxury saloon meanwhile is opulent and self-indulgent. This Triumph Herald 13/60 Estate is neither fast nor opulent, so why did I come away from my test drive with a nagging temptation to take…
