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The 356 had already been around for a decade when Porsche introduced the 356B, a move that Jesse Alexander called "a rather drastic face lift that will come as a shock to Porsche owners all over the world." There were a lot of little detail changes, the most visible of which were the raised headlights and bumpers. Performance again was another gradual improvement, as is the Porsche way, but there was still a demand for a Porsche road car with … [Read more...]
In the story of Lancia's long and celebrated past, the Beta has unfortunately not been one of the happier chapters. Especially in the UK, rust problems on the early examples led to all sorts of customer relations problems, and as the press attached themselves to the story and blew it into a scandal, the legendary Italian carmaker's reputation was in the dumps. The Beta was also the first model introduced by Lancia after they were bought by Fiat … [Read more...]
Like its stablemate the 240Z, the Datsun 510 just made sense. It had sensible but pleasing styling, and reliable but sporty mechanicals. With a solid motor, good weight distribution, and fully independent suspension, it was a good performer and a practical, daily-drivable sedan all in one affordable package. Of course, it wasn't long after the 510's introduction in the late 1960s before people started to wonder how it would fare as a racing car. … [Read more...]
Renault took over small specialist manufacturer Alpine in the late 1970s, but it wasn't until 1986 that Alpine introduced their first new road car under Renault ownership, the GTA. An updated version of the A310, it had a rear-mounted PRV V-6, steel backbone chassis, and four seats. It was also light, with heavy use fiberglass and polyester in the bodywork, which came together in a very aerodynamic and striking if not exactly elegant shape. The … [Read more...]
Even a run-down Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale is a beautiful thing to behold. The impossibly curvy lines of that Bertone coachwork are the stuff of dreams, and it makes you wonder why it took so long for these to become highly valuable collector cars. But getting valuable is exactly what these little gems have done, with good examples reaching well into six figure territory. The only bargain examples left are therefore the rough kind, which brings … [Read more...]
The 1970s were not the best of times for any carmaker, and Lotus was no exception. Formula One was still for the most part going swimmingly, but the road car business was not an easy one. Chapman was still ambitious as ever, though, and Lotus made an even more complete break with their kit car past in 1974 when they introduced the Elite, a car that had been in planning since the late '60s. It may have shared its name with the Climax-powered Elite … [Read more...]
In a time when the Germans hadn't yet cornered the market on lively but luxurious four door sedans, the choices available for such a car were a bit more diverse. Among the interesting cars around was one that is surprisingly almost forgotten today: The Rover P6. Marketed as the Rover 2000 in the United States, the car was a step below Jaguar on the luxury car ladder, but was still fairly advanced for the day with four wheel disc brakes (inboard … [Read more...]
Today, we primarily know the Brabham name from Formula One. Australian racing hero Jack Brabham had a stellar career as a driver, winning the World Championship in 1959, 1960 and 1966. The last of those was of course in a car bearing his own name, and he will probably always remain the only person in Formula One to ever accomplish such a feat. Later, during the 1970s and 1980s, the Brabham Grand Prix team soldiered on under the ownership of … [Read more...]
Survival numbers of the earliest generation of truly lavish dual-purpose supercars, both in percentage and absolute terms, are miniscule. One would be hard-pressed to justify any other single surviving car's ability to better match the distinction of the 60HP FIAT, in its various forms, as the world's first cost-no-object road going supercar for supremacy on both public roads and the fastest racing circuits. Chassis 3003, this 1905 FIAT 60HP … [Read more...]
Produced from 1967 to 1969, the L88 was, for all intents and purposes, king of the Corvettes. Not for the cruising types, RPO L88 was more a racing package than a simple performance one. Solid lifters, aluminum heads built to Can-Am specs, and high compression gave the 427 big punch, but Chevrolet apparently wasn't too keen on revealing just how big that punch was. GM hardly marketed the L88 at all and claimed something like 430 horsepower in an … [Read more...]
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