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Fiat X1/9 Buying Guide – Including The Bertone X1/9

Jon Branch October 21, 2020
Fiat X1 9
  • Buying Guides
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  • Classic Cars
  • Italian

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…

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Buick Riviera First Generation Buying Guide – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch October 1, 2020
Buick Riviera
  • American
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

The Buick Riviera: An American Facel Vega The Buick Riviera was created to be an American performance car: a pure bred American answer to…

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Lotus Esprit – The Four Cylinder Buying Guide – S1, S2, S3, S4.

Jon Branch September 17, 2020
Lotus Esprit Brochure 1
  • British
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  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

Background: The Four Cylinder Lotus Esprits The Lotus Esprit was created as a car that would transform Lotus from being a kit car and…

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First Generation Ford Bronco – The Essential Buying Guide

Jon Branch October 22, 2018
ICON Ford Bronco
  • American
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4

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.

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Bolwell Nagari – The Essential Buying Guide For The Australian Classic

Jon Branch April 16, 2018
  • Australian
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars

The Bolwell Nagari is a car that few people outside Australia have heard of, much less seen or driven. Bolwell were, and still are,…

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MGB V8 GT and Roadster – The Essential Buying Guide

Jon Branch March 19, 2018
MGB GT Car 2
  • British
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars

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…

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DeLorean DMC-12 – The Essential DMC Buying Guide

Jon Branch March 3, 2018
DeLorean DMC-12 John and Wife
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars
  • Design

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…

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De Tomaso Pantera – The Essential Buying Guide

Jon Branch February 17, 2018
De Tomaso Pantera Buying Guide
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars

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…

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Essential Guide: The International Scout 80 + 800

Ben Branch June 5, 2017
  • American
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4

International Harvester Scout – An Introduction The design brief that led to the creation of the International Harvester Scout sounded simple enough; “Create something…

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The Essential Buying Guide – Sunbeam Alpine

Ben Branch May 29, 2017
  • British
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars

The Sunbeam Alpine Introduction The Sunbeam Alpine name was first used on a car that pre-dates the car most of us think of when…

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The Essential Buying Guide: MGB Roadster

Ben Branch May 22, 2017
  • British
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars

Introduction The MGB Roadster is the quintessential British sports car that never attempted to be the quickest thing on four wheels, rather it focussed on…

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The Essential Buying Guide – Austin-Healey 3000

Ben Branch April 22, 2017
  • British
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars

Introduction Of all the British sports cars ever made the Austin-Healey 3000 series are amongst the most iconic and most desirable, despite the fact…

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