Greatest Cars, ISO Rivolta Varedo

Today we are featuring yet another unusual and very rare car. In fact there is only one of these in the world and it resides at the ISO museum. Renzo Rivolta was born in 1908. His father was in the wood milling industry and owned many properties in Italy and abroad. While looking for a…

Greatest Cars, Maserati Tipo 26 M

Some of the greatest cars ever produced will be published in this section. So, why not tell us about your favourite. Use our contact page or email us with your selection. You can find more of our greatest cars here The Maserati Tipo 26 M was a model of Grand Prix race car produced by…

Greatest Cars, Dodge Charger

The Dodge Charger was introduced on January 1, 1966. Built off of the Dodge Coronet chassis but using its own body, the Charger was Dodge’s first fastback, high-speed street racer. It featured many styling cues from the Charger II concept car like a fastback roof design and full width rear lights. The interior featured four…

Greatest Cars, Toyota 2000GT

One of the more unusual cars featured here is the Toyota 2000 GT. This was a limited production car produced by Toyota with a little help fromYamaha in 1965. It was shown at the Tokyo Motor Show the same year and then it was produced in limited numbers for three years (1967 to 1970) in…

Greatest Cars, Ford Sierra Cosworth

The Ford Sierra Cosworth was the the first Ford production car to carry the “Cosworth” name. It was first on sale in 1986. This was a real high performance car from Ford. It had a top speed of 150mph. As you can imagine this caused quite a sensation. 5,000 of those cars were built with…

Greatest Cars, Daimler Double 6

Some of the greatest cars ever produced will be published in this section. You can find more of our greatest cars here Although there are more recent Double 6 Daimlers, this feature is a little more special and takes us back to the very early years of Daimler. We shall cover the Daimler/Jaguar Double 6…

Greatest Cars, Barracuda

The Plymouth Barracuda is a two-door car that was manufactured by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation from 1964 to 1974. The first-generation Barracuda, a fastback A-body coupé based on the Plymouth Valiant, had distinctive wraparound rear window and was available from 1964 to 1966. The second-generation 1967 to 1969 Barracuda, though still Valiant-based,…

Greatest Cars, Ford Escort RS 2000

In 1970, Ford introduced its first-ever RS-badged car, the Escort RS1600. The RS (Rally Sport) identity has been an important part of Ford’s sporting image ever since. Over the years the Rally Sport name has been applied to 19 spectacular road car models, which often proved their point by winning in races, rallies, in rallycross…

Greatest Cars, Lombard AL3

Lombards were made in a short production run from 1927 to 1929 and it is thought that less than a dozen now remain. The brainchild of French racing driver André Lombard, the Bugatti lookalikes were built for the popular French pastime of club level voiturette racing, although a Lombard is recorded as qualifying at Le…

Greatest Cars, Delage 15S8 Grand Prix

Louis Delage founded the Delage company in 1905. Like many of the early car makers, Delage participated in motor racing to gain recognition for his cars. After having early success with two-cylinder Delage cars, the factory began producing four cylinder cars in 1909. Having some racing success, Delage moved up to Grand Prix racing in…