While the turbulent 1963, full of hope and hate, writes history, the sun shines in Italy with the establishment of the Lamborghini brand and the start of production of Lancia's most famous car ever. Designer Piero Castagnero delivers with his design…
The statement “like snow in the sun” seems to have been coined by DeLorean's story. The brand that could have succeeded or failed for as many reasons. The cause of the brand's fall, just a year…
It is May 1994. Exactly 20 years after the introduction of the Golf I, a brand new VW Golf I Cabriolet in beautiful Inka blue is delivered in Leiderdorp just before the summer. The Golf II (never made as a convertible) is…
When owner Marc happily informs me that we can photograph a great, 50-year-old 7-seater station wagon, it could be German, French, Swedish or American, but in any case something beautiful. When I was in a neighborhood a few days later…
I am calling A about the sale of his BMW 6-series E24. He has to sell it because of his return to Suriname. “Forever!” he adds when I talk to him on the phone. “But the roads are too bad for it…
I traveled to Dalfsen for a very special classic. We are talking about a Saab 96 two-stroke Short Nose from 1962. Special because of the car, but even more so because of the condition. Now I come across restored classics every day. Often…
Sometimes a car comes along and you don't really know what to think of it. A car that does not fit into a box and cannot be explained. Is it beautiful now? The yellow license plates take me from…
Look at that... There she is. All alone. Almost shy. She knows we're staring at her perfect lines. Past her hips to her beautifully shaped, modest rear with those characteristic deep-set taillights. Through its clear windows to the 55…
Life in the past was simple. You could only choose the best. A Golf was available in a raw GTI version with diamond upholstery. A Delta was there as an insane Integrale. Ferrari had the most famous model ever in production;…
Governing means looking ahead, the local pub owner in my hometown always says. And there is no way to get in between that. Yet every year we let ourselves be surprised by summer or winter, for example. We only buy winter tires if…
