Alfa Romeo’s executive flagship car was launched in Europe in 1998, taking over the 164 as the brand’s biggest saloon. Perhaps buoyed by the initial success of the pretty 156 in the UK, Alfa Romeo took a gamble and launched the RHD version of the 166 a year later. The original Italian launch date was […]
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LHD markets received the executive Alfa Romeo 166 in 1998. Perhaps buoyed by the moderate success of the pretty 156 in the UK, Alfa Romeo took a gamble and launched the RHD version of the 166 a year later. The original Italian launch date was actually pencilled in for 1997 but Alfa Romeo was
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The XR moniker was first released in Europe with the 1980 XR3, but it was already part of the Ford terminology having been used on the Mercury Cougar as the XR7 in the late ’60s. The XR badge has never been officially explained, with eXperimental Racing being the best explanation, with Australian domestic Ford’s also
The 1960s was a significant period for Japanese cars, where their ambitions grew to overseas markets. In order to appeal to the European market, several Japanese companies utilised Italian design schools to create more appealing looking vehicles. Some like Bertone were very resolved to a European sense of aesthetics but had limited appeal in their
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This post could go either way. You could marvel at a low mileage example of a car that was used by the proverbial elderly lady or shrug at the thought of a pizza delivery car being given a post, with the opinion that Reallyloud has finally scraped the bottom of the barrel for content… However,
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A snippet of an enjoyable feature I knocked up for the much-missed Retro Japanese magazine, I spent the day at the Ace Cafe with the GTIR Registry. I was spoiled for choice as around 40 of the SR20DET powered cars turned up on that warm autumn day in late 2018, but this original UK spec
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The Mazda Familia family of cars stretches way beyond the 10 slides I have here, but this is a focus on the key sellers in the UK up to 1990. It started off as Mazdas first family car in 1963, but sales were mostly confined to Japan and Oceania/Australia. The second generation was the first
Often connected to three-wheel cars, Reliant also produced a line of appealing sports cars. The Design house Ogle was largely responsible for the transformation of the brand. With a portfolio that includes the Raleigh Chopper and Luke Skywalkers XP-34 Landspeeder, the consultancy was also responsible for the Reliants most significant cars. The first Scimitar GT
. A selection of UK Police livery Fords that have survived into the modern age. For many forces, along with BL cars, the Police force tended to use home-built cars until the ‘90s. Some models, such as the Transit was used by almost every force in the UK with uses including personnel transport, accident rescue
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An excuse to doodle more than anything but car connections have always fascinated me and how certain models develop from a single idea. I started doodling a Fiat 128 and decided to connect it to four other cars. Fiat used Autobianchi as a technical base for many of their models, and the favour was reciprocated
