This car, due to its elegance and its brilliant performance, became an instant status symbol, born to compete against rivals of the calibre of Maserati and Ferrari The history of the ISO marque is inexorably linked to the figure of Eng. Renzo Rivolta, who bought Isothermos, a small company manufacturing heaters and coolers, in 1939. … More Purebred sportswoman
The definitive model was boldly named Gremlin, a word used by second world war pilots to describe the mythical little monsters who sabotaged their planes resulting in so many failures of their aircraft. Originality and ground-breaking design were the cornerstones of the production of the AMC brand, American Motors Corporation, which emerged in 1954 after … More Ugly and Lucky
The new coupé did not offer four seats like the 530, the engineers abandoning that idea after the problems they had encountered with its design, and also discarded the classic but limiting two-seats, choosing an original solution of three seats in a single row. By the end of the 1960s Matra had gained an excellent … More Three front row seats
The A111, the name chosen for the new model, was a very elegant car, although its lines were clearly inspired by Fiat and there were several elements attributable to the 124 but also to the future (at that time) 128. In the late sixties Autobianchi was considering a replacement for the ageing Primula, whose debut … More The other “A”
As for the car, with its excellent performance it was entered in competitive motor sport as well as being used widely by the British police. The SD1 may be considered to be the last real Rover, despite suffering from flaws that made it rather lower in quality than its forebears. Pausing to talk about the … More Tomorrow’s car, today
Hebina Plastics changed its name to Voegele Industries and, before the launch, decided that Gazelle wasn’t the most suitable name for the car so he proposed changing it to Amante since he believed that name would get a better commercial response then the old one. Bill Voegele starting working at Fiberfab, a well-known glass-fibre kit … More Amante GT – The dream
The badge chosen for the car company was certainly eye-catching, ironically depicting one of the slowest of all animals, a turtle. The history of the Gordon-Keeble sports car is partially linked to another British Marque, Peerless, founded in 1957 by two entrepreneurs: John Gordon and James Byrne, aided by the contribution of Bernie Rodger, who … More From bankruptcy to bankruptcy
The project, named R6, successfully showed that it was possible to come up with a car which was much better than the one from which it was derived. Discussing the history of the Austin Metro, we said that its successor was presented in 1990, branded a Rover. The group had already started working on the … More A British car to beat the world – Part 2
Throughout the history of the car we have frequently witnessed the birth of cars whose arduous task was to replace models which, during the course of their existence, had taken on cult status. The result was that, faced with the immense image of the progenitor, the model originally destined to be its replacement was often … More A British car to beat the world – Part 1
The new sports car was officially unveiled at the 1972 Geneva Motor Show and simultaneously with that event a press conference was held at the factory where the Healey would be produced, where it was welcomed with great enthusiasm. In the history of the car, the name Healey has often been associated with Austin and … More The last Healey
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