In the late 1990s, few people would have expected the conservative Opel to take an interest in producing a sleek, 2 seater sports car. Which is why when the Opel GT was previewed in 1996 as the XV/R concept car, the idea was not expected to go any further. Opel shocked the market when it [...]

Datsun (as Nissan was then called) established a fine reputation for its 1968 240Z coupe, especially in the USA. Its fine styling, exemplary reliability and punchy performance from the straight six engine meant it outsold the then dominant sports car rivals from Europe. Sadly, the subsequent 280 and 300Z replacements just fatter and less sporting. [...]

Like its contemporaries, the Ford Escort Cosworth and Lancia Delta Integrale, the Sunny GTi-R was a road going version of a serious rally machine. Despite this it is important to remember it was essentially based on a humble family car. Given the Japanese love of high technology, It was also a very reasonable commercial bet [...]

When it was launched it was called the World’s most advance car by the Press. Rumors have it that the Skyline’s engineers had been told to out Porsche Porsche. The car was launched in Europe at the extremely challenging Nurburgring circuit in Germany. It was soon clear that Nissan had succeeded in producing the world’s [...]

The high performance family car frenzy of the early 1990s was so pronounced that Britain’s CAR magazine followed report on its first drive of the 377 bhp Lotus Carlton with two pages on the Mercedes equivalent, the 326 bhp V8 engined E class saloon. Like the Lotus Carlton, the 500 E required some serious surgery [...]

Looking for a car to buy for your teenage kid is just really frustrating. Parents are constantly looking for a reliable car they can depend on. An automobile they can trust even if they’re not driving with their teens. Let me introduce the Porsche 911 Carrera, a sports car that can speed up to 168 [...]

As old as it seems now, the Mercedes 190 was seen as a huge risk for the company because it had forged its reputation on building high end, high quality limos and sports cars. Mercedes engineers thought first turned to a smaller car in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, which severely restricted supply [...]

Combine the ground breaking leap in technology of the 190 and the build quality and timeless styling of the SEC coupes, and you would still not have the measure of the impact that Mercedes all new SL made at its launch in 1989. The styling was extremely simple, yet suitable touches (especially around the shovel [...]

Mercedes high standard of engineering have been admired since before the Second World War, but they reached something of a peak during the 1980s. Its top line S Class car of that era a feeling of imperturbability that can have come from the highest quality materials engineered into the highest quality overall whole. In 1981, [...]

The Bagheera had been a moderately successful car for Matra, so for the 1980s a successor was planned along the same lines, a mid engined three a breast seater with a glass fiber body. It emerged in 1980 as the Tail bot Matra Murena and featured many worthwhile improvements. It was available with a much [...]