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Concept Weekend Edition – Ain't That Peculiar: 1983 Alfa Romeo Delfino by Bertone
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The Concept Weekend continues. We take a side step at the Mazda MX-81 Aria by Bertone, discarding Mazda concepts and continuing up the Bertone stream. The unifying detail with the 1983 Alfa Romeo Delfino here and the 1981 Aria is that they both came from the desk of the same man, Bertone designer Marc Deschamps.…
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Concept Weekend Edition – Forbidden Colours: 1981 Mazda MX-81 "Aria" by Bertone
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Here’s one for the Brown Car Appreciation Society, straight from the vault of Bertone. The 1981 MX-81 Aria, designed by Marc Deschamps is an attractively blocky hatchback with the best-looking glasshouse I’ve seen in ages. And pause for a moment to consider there’s a 1981 Mazda 323 GLC hidden underneath. That’s the magic of concept-car…
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Concept Weekend Edition – Pulling Punches: 1985 Mazda MX-03
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Moving on with the Concept Weekend theme, we have something of a white whale at our hands. It’s the tech-laden 1985 Mazda MX-03, and it’s frankly a stunning piece of design and engineering. Gunning at Toyota Soarer most likely, the MX-03 was a large coupe with every imaginable ’80s tour de force feature. Pulling Punches…
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Concept Weekend Edition – Red Guitar: 1987 Mazda MX-04
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Welcome to another Weekend Edition, and a Concept Car themed one to boot. A couple weeks ago I ran a Concept Weekend Edition, and since there are a great number of concepts that didn’t make the cut, I’m focusing on them. Today’s especially Mazda-themed, and I’m starting with the 1987 Mazda MX-04 Roadster. And as…
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Doing It By the Book – Understanding the 1997 Ford Taurus
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You know I am the Hooniversal European Editor, when I go ga ga over a 1997 Ford Taurus. Yeah, the ovoid Taurus must be one of the most mundane things you can imagine over at the other side of the pond, but here they’re rare birds. Mondeos are everywhere, Scorpios are common, but a Taurus…
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Truck Thursday – Safety Yellow 1983 Mercedes-Benz 300GD is a gold(ish) god
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If yesterday’s lovely and green 280SLC was all neat and tidy, today’s 1983 G-Wagen is nothing like that. And since someone’s pried it off, there’s not even a Mercedes star on the front grille to act as a unifying feature on the two vehicles. The long-wheelbase, five-door truck is finished in safety yellow, and really…
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Spring Is Here… Eventually – 1976 Mercedes-Benz 280SLC
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Slow and steady, the snow dunes are receding in my neck of the woods and the sun comes out. The spring has been uncharacteristically late here, and I still wouldn’t want to swap on summer rubber, so not to end up in a ditch one night. However, what progress there is, is surely helped by…
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V.I.S.I.T. – 2008 Toyota Aurion Grande is a Camry with a cooler name
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Just for Monday’s sake, I’m officially posting The Most Boring Car You’ll See Me Post, Without a Doubt™. Of course, the car wouldn’t be photographable and postable if it held no merit whatsoever, and I believe this sky blue Toyota is the only Aurion Grande in the country, at least the sole Aurion between Finnish…
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Weekend Edition – Dusty Corvette C6
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In the same garage as the dusty Porsche 924S sits an equally dusty C6 Corvette. For you guys it might be almost yawn-inducing, but I rarely see one of these beauties, let alone unregistered and sitting dormant. The Vette has probably been brought into the country semi-recently, used, and hasn’t been registered yet.
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Weekend Edition – 1989 Porsche 924S
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Yes, 1989. That’s what the plate info says when I run the tags of this Porsche 924S; manufacturing of the 924 ended in 1988, but this one probably spent a little while unsold and got registered on 1989’s side. This 924S spends its days in the parking garage where I park when I’m in Helsinki,…
