Jaguar E-Type Buying Guide – Everything You Need To Know
The E-Type, known as the XKE in the United States, is widely regarded to be one of the most beautiful cars of all time. Buying one is a dream held by many, which has led…
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The Chevrolet Corvette First Generation (C1) Buying Guide
The Inspiration For The Corvette – Blame the British? The people who, I think, were responsible for the inspiration of the Chevrolet Corvette, were the British, with a bit of help from the Italians. You…
Volvo P1800 Buying Guide – Everything You Need To Know
The Volvo P1800 – It Began with a Swedish “Corvette” The Volvo P1800 began in the early 1950s with the idea that in order to really succeed in the lucrative US market Volvo needed a…
Fiat X1/9 Buying Guide – Including The Bertone X1/9
The Fiat X1/9 – A Fiat With a Difference To understand the reasoning behind the Fiat X1/9 it is perhaps best to look at the sporting motor car scene in Italy in the decade that led…
Buick Riviera First Generation Buying Guide – Everything You Need To Know
The Buick Riviera: An American Facel Vega The Buick Riviera was created to be an American performance car: a pure bred American answer to the brilliant Facel Vega (which was coincidentally British racing champion Stirling…
Lotus Esprit – The Four Cylinder Buying Guide – S1, S2, S3, S4.
Background: The Four Cylinder Lotus Esprits The Lotus Esprit was created as a car that would transform Lotus from being a kit car and enthusiasts automobile builder to being a supercar builder. It was a…
First Generation Ford Bronco – The Essential Buying Guide
The first generation of the Ford Bronco has become a much sought after vehicle by people looking for a simple and easy to maintain classic 4×4 that delivers a good (for the period) on-road and off-road driving experience. The fact that the Bronco is a design icon from the early days of civilian 4x4s does absolutely nothing to hurt its global desirability.
Bolwell Nagari – The Essential Buying Guide For The Australian Classic
The Bolwell Nagari is a car that few people outside Australia have heard of, much less seen or driven. Bolwell were, and still are, Australia’s sports GT car, designed and made by a group of…
MGB V8 GT and Roadster – The Essential Buying Guide
The MGB V8 has earned a reputation for being almost a blue-collar version of the Shelby Cobra, both cars share features including a stylish British body, an American-derived V8 engine mounted up front, rear wheel…
DeLorean DMC-12 – The Essential DMC Buying Guide
The History of the DeLorean DMC-12 Had it not been for the movie “Back to the Future” the DeLorean DMC-12 would almost certainly have become a car that was largely forgotten except by a small group…
De Tomaso Pantera – The Essential Buying Guide
Coming hard on the heels of the head-turning De Tomaso Mangusta, the De Tomaso Pantera was a successful combination of Italian aesthetics and breeding with a nice big and easy to maintain Ford V8 engine, and…
The International Harvester Scout 80 + 800 – An Essential Buying Guide
International Harvester Scout – An Introduction The design brief that led to the creation of the International Harvester Scout sounded simple enough; “Create something to replace the horse”. That was the instruction given by International…