Named after the Italian city of Turin, the Torino name was originally proposed for the Mustang – instead it was rolled out in 1968 for this mid-sized saloon and coupe. While most Torinos were pretty unexciting, Ford did offer something ...
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Although Ferdinand Porsche had designed several vehicles for other manufacturers, the 356 was the first car to be built that carried his own name. Despite it being derived from the Volkswagen Beetle, it was a brilliant driving machine in the ...
Read More »Renault Alpine A110
he A110 power sliding on some rally I stage or other will come to mind – even though the marque was responsible for a whole raft of models, right up to the A610 of the 1990s, which would be the ...
Read More »Daimler Double-Six Coupe
There’s something super-cool about pillarless coupes, but the configuration causes big headaches for those developing such cars, with refinement and sealing issues. That was certainly the case for the Daimler Double-Six coupe, which was a rebadged version of the Jaguar ...
Read More »VOLVO 1800
Two-door coupe that looked impossibly suave and fast, but in reality its 1.8-litre four-cylinder engine wasn’t over-endowed with power. As a result, this is a car for cruising, rather than enjoying high-speed blasts. The 2.0-litre that came later provided a ...
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