It’s time to move our automotive icon focus across the channel and take a look at the Best of British. As is tradition with this series, I’m providing the first 5 nominations here on the site and you readers have to make a case for other nominations in comments. I think we’re going to end up with quite a long […]
I was at a school camp when I was about 14 or 15. A small group of us were talking to one of the camp leaders about cars (what else?) when we got on to the subject of grip. The camp leader, a guy in his late 30’s by my estimation, stated quite convincingly that skinnier tyres were more conducive
Many of you probably live in a jurisdiction with a ‘Green’ political party. Did you know that you’ve got Tasmania to blame thank for that? The origins of global Green politics date back to the early 1970s, when an environmental party first contested a state election here in Tasmania. On the national scene, the Green movement was solidified during the
[cp_divide color=”#919191″ height=”1″ width=”100″] Puts on smoking jacket, and gets into fireside chat mode….. I’ve hinted at this in recent posts, but I thought I’d write it down here for the record: There was a time when I very nearly bought a Jaguar. I was a very traditional kid from a very traditional family. My Dad was, as we Australians
A few people have mentioned their disappointment about the Citroen SM being left out of our poll of iconic French vehicles, which is fair enough. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion. Million-mile Saaber Peter Gilbert left a link to this video in comments overnight and I think it goes some way to showing why the SM is so wonderful in many
The number of votes was a little underwhelming, but the result is now beyond dispute. The Citroen DS is considered the most iconic French automobile by some of the wisest automotive enthusiasts in the galaxy – YOU! It’s a deserved result. Whilst the 2CV delivers plenty of ingenuity and has the French version of the common touch, the DS delivers
If you haven’t seen them already, you can view the full list of contenders here: National Automotive Icons – France. If you’ve already seen them, however, then it’s time for your vote! We have one additional car added to the poll, the Peugeot 205GTi. I used to love the old Peugeot ad featuring one of the Brabham kids a few
With the Ford Mustang wrapping up the US iteration of this series, it’s time to move across the Atlantic to a country that is perhaps not quite so well known for its automotive culture, but one that is still very well represented by some absolutely amazing automotive icons – France. As I did with the US, I’m offering five suggestions
I’ll probably talk a bit more about this as time goes by so I figure it’s best to have a copy of it on the record here. I’m quite surprised by this and intrigued as to how this could possibly be achieved and what might be the end game because right now, I don’t know how the things planned in
Press Release: Spyker’s deal with Youngman to build Spykerised Saabs (and other things) Read Post »
The Corvette was voted the second most iconic US vehicle by YOU in our recent poll, finishing 10 votes behind the Ford Mustang. Whilst I nominated the early 70’s Stingray as the seminal Corvette, I couldn’t resist these pictures sent through via email tonight from a mate on the mainland. Our photographer is a regular reader named Ian B and
It’s the 60’s 50’s Corvette convertible from the future! Read Post »
I nominated my Top 5 iconic American automobiles in a post here yesterday and you all had the chance to nominate your favourites as well. I’ve added two to the list because of those comments: Plymouth Barracuda – coz it’s nasty Cadillac Eldorado – coz more than one of you said so So here’s the poll. Do your worst. [poll
