Jon Branch
September 17, 2018
The BMW 2002 proved to be a major milestone for the company as it worked to build itself up again after the Second World War. To catch a glimpse of the process BMW had been through during the 1940’s and 1950’s we need to remember that two vehicles that had played a major role in the company’s fight for survival were the little Italian designed Issetta bubble car, and the Volkswagen like BMW 700. Small, inexpensive cars that BMW was able to produce and sell in sufficient numbers to keep the company afloat.
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Ben Branch
September 11, 2018
Peter Maier At the age of 20, Maier was one of the youngest designers ever hired by General Motors Corporation. After seeing Maier’s work at…
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Ben Branch
September 8, 2018
The Goodwood Revival is one of the most important vintage motoring events in the world, it takes place each year usually in early September…
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Ben Branch
September 5, 2018
The Ford P68, otherwise known as the F3L for “Ford 3 Litre”, is a sports prototype racing car that should probably be just as…
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Ben Branch
September 3, 2018
In the world of coachbuilders there are few names that evoke more passion than Zagato, the list of iconic road and race cars built…
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Jon Branch
September 3, 2018
Introduction: The Defender That Wasn’t The development process that would lead to the Land Rover Defender began four years before the new model that…
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Ben Branch
September 2, 2018
The Meyers Manx was the original fiberglass beach buggy, designed by Bruce Meyers in the early 1960s. This film tells the story of both Bruce…
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Ben Branch
August 31, 2018
The 1965 Pontiac GTO Chief Camino is a one-off vehicle that should almost certainly have been built and offered for sale by Pontiac in…
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Ben Branch
August 29, 2018
There are few vehicles better suited to expedition camper conversion than the original Mercedes-Benz Unimog 404, and this mountain rescue / fire truck is…
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Jon Branch
August 27, 2018
When the Land Rover was first created it was only expected to be a stop-gap vehicle that would be in production for three years or so until war ravaged austerity Britain was “back on her feet” and Rover could go back to making nice luxury cars for doctors and other such professional people.
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Ben Branch
August 26, 2018
All surviving examples of the Lancia Stratos are special, but the Björn Waldegård Lancia Stratos stands in a league of its own. This documentary…
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Ben Branch
August 24, 2018
The Stutz Bearcat is viewed by some as America’s first supercar, this term could only be retroactively applied of course as it didn’t actually…
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