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Project Car SOTU UK Edition: Nothing to see here
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Three cars belong to my household. There’s the Audi A4 1.8T, a car with a reputation for a serious appetite for suspension ball joints and ignition coilpacks. Then there’s a ’95 Peugeot 306, which has the multiple afflictions of being French, old and worthless. And pride of the fleet is our Rover 800, widely regarded…
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BMW Z4: Sampling the old in anticipation of the new
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With an all-new Z4 under development as a collaboration between Toyota and BMW, it’s worth looking at where BMW’s sports roadster has come from before we welcome the future. Once upon a time, BMW was very good at preserving its principles. The famously stubborn brand said it would “never produce a front-wheel drive car”, a…
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The Carchive: 1966 American Motors Marlin
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After last week’s Rambler Classic, I thought we’d carry on the AMC theme for another week with a look at another Kenoshan creation. While the Rambler brochure was gorgeously photographed and remarkably forward-thinking in terms of presentation, this is something else. Inexplicably, though clearly based on photographs, the illustrations have been meticulously produced in an…
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eBay finds: A Ford Transit camper with a spring in its step.
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Unlike North America, we never really went a bundle on the whole dayvan thing. Rather than five captains chairs, ankle-deep carpet and a quadraphonic sound system, we were more likely to fit our panel vans out with several hundred pounds of flimsy MDF cabinetry and a Porta Potti. Our Ford Transit wasn’t hugely different in…
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Thrill Ride: Highs and lows in a 2009 Honda S2000
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Honda’s famous S2000 won’t fail to give you a good time, but by God does it make you work for it. I’m not easily embarrassed. I can’t afford to be, really – my height, Sideshow Bob feet, stupid hair and laughable fashion sense combined with my propensity for making stupid jokes make being thick skinned…
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The Carchive: 1966 American Motors Rambler Classic
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We’ve been living in the past this last couple of fridays, and I reckon we ought to stay there for a little while. A fortnight back we were in 1966 to see what Buick was up to, last week we were giving Dodge a chance to impress us with the ’62 Dart. This week, it’s…
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V.I.S.I.T: A UK-spec '99 Cadillac Seville STS
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I had reason to visit our local out-of-town retail park on Saturday, and the big parking lot at its core is usually home to at least something worthy of note. I was sorely disappointed at first, and my camera remained firmly enpocketed. However, when I emerged from the store and strolled back to my car,…
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The Carchive: 1962 Dodge
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Last week, we all agreed that the 1966 Buick range was rather more interesting than its 51-year-on successor. This time, we’re heading back a little further, to see what Dodge had to offer us in 1962. This brochure, presumably issued as a supplement to a magazine at the time, is among the most gratifyingly wordy…
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The road to success is paved with high-class scrap.
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My wife and I are ‘in training’ for a 75-mile walk later in the year, and we’ve been putting in some shorter stints to ease our way into things. Saturday saw us put in 20 miles, which is easy enough if there’s a pint of real ale available en route. Having a few interesting sights…
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The Carchive: Buick in 1966
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Not every volume protected in the dank recesses of The Carchive is in the best possible condition. The truth is that certain documents of note would be worth far too much to be owned by the likes of me if they were as crisp and glossy as when they were new. I don’t so much…
