We all know the “Alfa is back” narrative. Cadillac has a similar line in deja vu.
Automotive News ran a story which had such an eerie air of familiarity that I thought it was a summer reprint. As well as the Camaro and Corvette, the CT6 and XT5 will be made available in Europe, here and there. It’s yet another “Cadillac returns” story that doesn’t add up. Continue reading “Not Again?”
Given Lancia made only 9028 examples of the Kappa SW, I see them often enough.
Pininfarina did the design and construction and I expect charged Lancia more for this than Lancia made selling them. That makes them good value now.
You’d want an SW if a Kappa saloon appeared too common, if a BMW 5 too mainstream, an XM too complex and a Scorpio too ugly and an Omega too banal.
Fords kleiner, der Fiesta is im diese Jahr, vierzig Jahre alt.
Hier ist eine Exemplar im schlechte zustand.
The fate of extinct marques is that fewer and fewer people care to cherish the name and burnish the heritage.
It depends entirely on the interest in classics magazines, the numbers made, how far back in time since the marque died and the numbers of cars made whether the cars stay in the broader motoring mind. All of this is a preamble to the fact I know even less about Simca than you do and this one is the first I have seen in the metal since last year at the same place and event. Continue reading “1970 Simca 1000”
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