Launched in November 1970, the Mexico enabled Ford customers to purchase a high performance Escort at a much lower price than the soon-to-be discontinued 110bhp Twin Cam and its effective…
Read MoreOver the course of five weeks during April and May of 1970, members of the Royal Automobile Club and Motor Sports Association in the UK organised a high profile marathon that travelled a 16,000…
Read MoreReleased in January 1968, the Twin Cam was the first true high performance Mk1 Escort. It combined the venerable DOHC 1.6-litre engine that had powered the legendary Lotus Cortina with the smaller…
Read MoreThe Capri RS2600 had been conceived by Ford Motorsport Germany as a challenger for the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) which for 1970 returned to a Group 2 format. To qualify…
Read MoreAlthough Ford had high hopes when they launched the Mustang in 1964, the company most likely never imagined it would become quite such a commercial success. On the first day of availability…
Read MoreTo replace the long-running Anglia, Ford developed the Escort which went on to become one of Europe’s best-selling cars. Escort production began at Ford’s Halewood plant in England during the…
Read MoreHaving saved Aston Martin and Lagonda from oblivion during the late 1940s, British industrialist, David Brown, put the reformed company (Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.) up for sale in late 1971.
Read MoreAston Martin had offered a Vantage option on the DB2, DB4, DB5, DB6 and DBS, all of which were powered by the firm’s revered straight six engine. Work on a V8 to replace the straight six began in…
Read MoreWhen Aston Martin’s dual overhead camshaft straight six engine arrived in 1949, it was the envy of practically every motor manufacturer. Ten years later, it was reworked by Tadek Marek for use in…
Read MoreBy the mid 1960s, Aston Martin had made tentative plans for a new V8-powered model that would serve the firm for the next couple of decades. However, this next generation platform (the DBS)…
Read MoreIn December 1977, Lotus unveiled the prototype for an updated Esprit. Production of the revised Esprit S2 then started in June 1978. The S2 benefited from a host of improvements, most of which…
Read MoreThe Spy Who Loved Me was the tenth James Bond film and the third to star Roger Moore as British secret agent, 007. It was also the first official Bond picture not to be produced by the original…
Read MoreAs the 1970s dawned, Lotus looked to revamp their production car line-up. By the middle of the decade, the Elan, Elan +2 and Europa had made way for a trio of new models called the Esprit, Eclat…
Read MoreOnly one Panther 6 was ever finished by the factory, it was unveiled at the London Motor Show in October 1977. The Panther 6 incorporated a mid-mounted twin-turbocharged 8.2-litre Cadillac V8…
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