Unveiled to a stunned public at the Geneva Motor Show in 1961, the Jaguar E-Type offered 150mph speed clothed in elegant proportions for only £1,500. At that time, equivalent offerings from Mercedes and Ferrari were far more expensive. Series I The first production series ran from 1961 through to 1968, with a simple construction to […]
1968 – the year when a production car from a tiny British manufacturer was sold with over 300bhp, anti lock brakes and four wheel drive as standard. 1968! That was way ahead of its time … The original Interceptor was launched in 1966 with a distinctive shape created and built by the Vignale company […]
Whilst being a tremendous sales success for Ford in the 1960s, the Mustang lacked a proper performance image in the marketplace and did not fit within the Ford Division Total Performance program. Lee Iacocca, then Ford general manager, approached Shelby American and asked them to build high performance variants of the Ford Mustang from 1965 […]
Launched in 1959 and sold until 1967, the “big Healeys” were very successful in their day and are still much sought after by collectors. It began life as an open 2+2 sports car but had, by the end, become a proper convertible, losing the +2 option which only fit children anyway! MkI – BN7 and […]
Announced in 1965 as an evolution of the DB5, the DB6 was four inches longer than its predecessor to give the rear seat occupants a bit more space. However, the most obvious design difference is the flat vertical tail panel with the slight kick up on the bootlid – this was not mere flattery but […]
Initially launched in 1963, the ‘Vette Sting Ray was designed as a viable competitor to the vastly superior European sports cars on offer at the time. It introduced a brand new chassis which offered much improved handling through the use, for the first time, of proper independent rear suspension (made up of control arms, shock […]
It’s that time of the year again, where I get another year older but nothing else seems to have changed much. Generally at this time I start thinking about what new gadget I’d like, and this year it seemed appropriate to play with the idea of replacing the XF. Now, as per usual, I need […]
In production from 1960 to 1963 with 954 examples produced, the Pininfarina designed 250GTE was created to fulfil the demand for a 4 seater Ferrari coupe. This was Ferrari’s first foray into production of four seater models on a large scale, and it paid off financially during the 1960s for the Italian manufacturer. With a […]
I’m starting to wonder about the integrity of the NCT. And I say this with good reason. Those of you following the story of my XF’s NCT will know that it was failed on a rear suspension imbalance. (In case you’ve only joined the story on this post, here are the first and second parts). […]
Several times recently, I’ve commented that modern cars are all very similar in design these days. This has prompted me to create this quiz around hatchbacks currently on sale in 2020. I’ve removed all the badging and licence plates, and grey scaled everything so the manufacturer’s distinctive colours won’t give the game away. How many […]