70s CARS
15th July 2021
Bono bought this 1980 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9 to celebrate the success of the album Boy. Now U2 could live the German luxobarge dream.
28th June 2021
David Milloy has written an excellent book on Lesser Spotted Classics. It's better than a book on the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Probably.
26th June 2021
People of Britain, it's time to stop getting the Reliant Robin wrong. The popular three-wheeler isn't called the Robin Reliant.
15th June 2021
Not to be confused with the large executive car of the same name, the Renault 14 Safrane was a posh hatchback for aristocrats.
4th June 2021
Classic.Retro.Modern. magazine will hit shelves and door mats on 1 July 2021. The classic car mag contains some PetrolBloggy cars.
26th May 2021
Getting to grips with Shednesday is as easy as learning your A, B, C. Which is why Ben Carter has gone full alphabet for you.
28th April 2021
Not content with breaking the internet with his weekly Shednesday feature, Ben Carter introduces Spendsday. It's Shednedsay, but more costly.
23rd March 2021
William Dickey has had enough of top 10 cars lists. Here, he names the worst offenders, including ‘worst cars’ and ’worst car names’.
26th January 2021
Until the launch of the TX, the Renault 16 TS was the performance flagship of the range. It was one of the earliest performance hatchbacks.
2nd December 2020
Move over, Portillo, because William Dickey has been on a virtual tour of the UK using his collection of Chrysler UK car brochures as a guide.
23rd June 2020
Inspired by Peter Counsell's recent CarTunes feature, William Dickey delivers a top ten countdown of songs containing an ode to the Ford Cortina.
10th June 2020
There's a Renault 6 L for sale on eBay. Key to its appeal is its original and unrestored condition. Wouldn't it be great if the new owner kept it this way?