70s CARS
24th September 2015
David Milloy charts the rise and fall of the rotary-engined Citroën GS Birotor, the French equivalent of the NSU Ro80.
30th July 2015
PetrolBlog is off to test the all-new Volvo S60 Cross Country. So naturally it's time to salute the AMC Eagle - the original American crossover.
10th July 2015
In the days before Vorsprung Durch Technik, Audi needed used pretty girls to add sex appeal to its cars. Well this was the 1970s.
30th June 2015
Now PetrolBlog is really spoiling you. Having spotted an orange Fiat 131 Racing in rural Germany, we had to take some photos and write some words.
18th June 2015
David Milloy remembers the Talbot-Matra Murena, the final sports car Matra would ever make and a car that's all but forgotten in the UK. PB flies the flag.
8th January 2014
Following PetrolBlog's nostalgic look back at the Lancia 2000 Sedan, we received a rather brilliant email from Italy about a 500,000-mile 'Ingrid Bergmann'.
26th August 2013
PetrolBlog gets all misty eyed and nostalgic about the Lancia 2000 Sedan - or Berlina - which is about to play a starring role in the new movie, Rush.
22nd August 2013
PetrolBlog is going all weak at the knees over a Peugeot once again. This time it's the oft-forgotten Peugeot 604. Somebody save this one from the 'Banger Boys'.
19th August 2013
It was launched as 'The Pear' and later nicknamed 'The Rotten Pear', but PetrolBlog asks, whatever happened to the Renault 14?
31st May 2013
Wood you believe it? PetrolBlog spots a wooden Hustler Hellcat for sale on eBay. It was designed by the same chap responsible for the Aston Martin Lagonda. Oh yes.
20th May 2013
Achtung Baby! PetrolBlog discovers an ultra-rare right-hand drive Trabant 601 in the classifieds and now wants to fly to Bucharest to take it for a drive.
26th April 2013
PetrolBlog showcases some of the PetrolBloggy cars seen during the recent road test of the new SEAT Leon SC in Spain. Warning: contains old Renaults.