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Datsun Z

An affordable, reliable sports car with appearance and comfort, which is easy to use on a daily basis; that was the starting point with which Datsun/Nissan wanted to tap into a new market in the 1960s. Nissan had already kicked off with the Fairlady, under the…

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Austin / Morris 1300 GT. Sporty and desirable ADO 16 models

During the late 1969s and early 1300s, many manufacturers of smaller family cars developed a sporty variant. This includes the Austin / Morris division of British Leyland, which presented the Austin and Morris 16 GT at the London Motor Show in October XNUMX. And those were two tasty ADO XNUMX versions, which we would like to describe.

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The Ford Capri, the European icon of Ford

It was a huge success for Ford, the Mustang, which popularized the relatively small, affordable sports car with room for four people in 1964. That inspired Ford of Europe to design a European coupe. That became the Ford Capri, which…

History

The Maserati Indy. Classic exotic from Modena

The Maserati Indy is more than half a century young. For the Italian manufacturer, that is a good reason to reflect on the classic sports car from Modena and the fact that on 1 July 2019 it was fifty years ago that the first Indy was delivered. Afterwards (between 1969 and 1975) more than 1.100 built copies would follow. Today he can safely be counted among the exotics among the classics.

Erik van Putten
July 5

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The very first Range Rover is auctioned

On September 4, a very special car will be auctioned at the Salon Privé Sale in London - organized by Silverstone Auctions -: the very first Range Rover with chassis number 001. Registered in 1970. Built in 1969. Sixties? Fans and connoisseurs will…

Erik van Putten
12 August, 2014