The series 2 looked better with the single-frame front end, one of Michelotti’s triumphs, if you’ll pardon the pun.
The car here still has a lot going for it: great detailing around the glasshouse and smashing proportions, power and comfort. Was it British or Italian? The Italian cars never looked so strong and the British cars seldom so imaginatively detailed. Continue reading “Micropost: 1963-1969 Triumph 2500 PI”
The vast majority of survivors are estates or saloons in dark green, dark blue or dark red . Never black.
What you don’t see are light metallic five door versions. However for the next version metallic grey became the default. The car here has the top trim but a mid-range engine, the 1.6 petrol. Continue reading “Micropost: The Elusive 1991 Opel Astra in Metallic Light Grey”
What’s this if not the inspiration for the Euro-Granada from the early 1970’s.
American readers will know more precisely what this is. My diagnosis is no sharper than to say it’s a 1968-1974 Ford Galaxie. The script is the same as on a Mk 1 Granada GLX which we featured here. So, did Merkenich use the same design, sent over in the post from Dearborn? Continue reading “Micropost: The Granada’s American Cousin”
Further to our discussions, here is the Fiat 500 by Diesel. This is less convincing than the Gucci edition. It smacks even more of aftermarket.
And the advert here is in rather poor taste. Here is a little more on the car if you can find the strength. What would I want from a proper special edition tied in to a big-league company? The wheels should not be available on the rest of the range. The seats ought to be unique to the car even if that just means new head-restraints. I’d like fitted, branded luggage. There must be firms able to run up such a thing for a few hundred euros. I imagine the people at Diesel know how to create small runs of textile products, right?
Driven To Write 