Automatic for the People
Having now reached an age where I can justify driving both Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar, I’ve also started really appreciating the virtues of the automatic transmission – regardless which type.
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Japanese Prince Conquers the Race Tracks
We recently dived into the short but glorious history of the Prince Motor Company, and told the story of these upmarket Japanese saloons from the fifties and sixties. There’s more though. We promised to return ... Read More...
Family Adventure from Sydney to Paris… on a Scooter… in 1956
Do you own a three-wheel Italian scooter, reside in Australia and suffer from a soul-destroying desire to drive to the capital of France? If you also have two small children and the nerve to actually suggest su... Read More...
Fill Her Up, Highland Style
The romance of the old derelict petrol station is the subject of a thousand photo streams. Usually situated in the American dust bowl or down a French backroad, they sit overgrown and decaying, the pumps still ... Read More...
Hero from the Past: Irmscher GT
It took all of 30 years before I finally got the opportunity to meet this old hero of mine - and then I learned something shocking. Here goes:
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Treasure Coves Still Exist
According to our very own Claus Ebberfeld, everything was better in the good old days – except the internet of course. Quite an interesting theory which I’ll happily subscribe to. It’s certainly the case when i... Read More...
50 Years of the Ford Escort (Part 2)
Our look at 50 years of the Ford Escort picks up again at the start of a new decade. In Part One we followed the story from the mid-60s to the very end of the 70s when change was on the cards. So it was that Se... Read More...
The Next Big FIAT: X1/9
If there is any justice left in the automotive world, the Fiat X1/9 really ought to be the next to achieve recognition as Fiats most ingenious road car. Read on for ViaRETRO’s contribution to that discussion:
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Techno Classica vs. Retro Classics: 100 photos from Europe’s two largest classic shows
It might even be more than a hundred photos, as this was really something of a marathon. Saddle up!... Read More...