The Austin A35 was a small family car that was sold by Austin from 1956 until 1968. The Austin A35 replaced the highly successful Austin A30. The name change reflected the larger and more powerful 34 hp (25 kW) A-Series inline-four engine, enabling a slightly higher top speed and better acceleration. The A30 and the […]
The Austin A30 was a small family car produced from May 1952 to September 1956. It was launched at the 1951 Earls Court Motor Show as the “New Austin Seven” and was Austin’s competitor with the Morris Minor. The body structure was a fully stressed monocoque chassis-less construction which made it lighter and stiffer than […]
The Austin A90 Atlantic was a British car that was produced by the Austin Motor Company from 1949 to 1952. It was launched initially as a four-seat convertible IN 1949. A two-door coupé, marketed as the A90 Atlantic Sports Saloon was produced 1950 and 1952. The Atlantic was one of the first post-war cars engineered […]
The Oldsmobile Toronado was a personal luxury car manufactured and marketed by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors from 1966 to 1992 over four generations. The Toronado was noted for being the first American front wheel drive since the Cord of 1937 In 1966 the Toronado was placed third in the 1966 European Car of […]
In 1955 Fiat replaced the Fiat Topolino with it’s first rear engined car – The Fiat 600. Two years later Fiat launched the Fiat 500 which was a little smaller than the 600 and looked more like a worthy replacement of the Topolino. This Fiat 500 was known as the Nuova 500 and was in […]
Al wat ons weet van hierdie karretjie is dat sy nie meer ‘n gewone ou kewer nie. Kyk mooi, haar stert hang op die pad, die bande is vet, die vensters is donker en daar is nie “bumpers” nie. Dit beteken daar’s min wat by haar kan bly en niks voor haar, so sy het […]
Of all the Camaros the 1969 has, to me, the best balance and what one would call poise. The Camaro was GM’s response to the first pony car – The Ford Mustang. I should be impartial as the webmaster of this site but……. as much as I like all cars deep down I’m a Chev […]
PERSONALISED PLATES FOR A BEAUTIFUL MACHINE Coming to the WestRand Car Show on 31 Aug 2019 This beautifully turned out example of how an AC Cobra should look w8ill be on display at the 2019 WestRand Car Show on Saturday 31 August. Owned by Gordon Chapman the car is fiited with the small block Ford […]
The first Audi 100, developed by Volkswagen’s subsidiary Auto Union at Ingolstadt, was shown to the press as a four-door sedan on 26 November 1968. The Audi 100 was the company’s largest car since the revival of the Audi brand by Volkswagen in 1965. Audi followed up the introduction of the four-door saloon in November […]
The SEAT 600 is a city car made in Spain by SEAT from May 1957 to August 1973 under licence from Fiat. It was a relatively inexpensive vehicle (then 60,000 Spanish pesetas) and was based on the 1955 version of the Fiat 600. Technically, the car was basic and not very modern with a rear-engined […]