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Vintage R&T Road Test: 1967 Triumph TR-250 – Where’s Our TR-5?
Posted on April 27, 2022 | 12 CommentsMy main memory of reading about the new TR-250 was: we got cheated! While the rest of the world got the TR-5, with its new 2.5 L inline six sporting […] -
Vintage R&T Comparison: 1967 Opel Kadett Rallye & Ford Cortina GT – Mini Muscle Cars
Posted on April 24, 2022 | 29 CommentsThese two imports, one from Great Britain and one form Germany, represented the beginning of a new breed of European low-cost cars, having applied the same formula as American muscle […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1967 Fiat 124 – The First Of A Very Long Line Of 124s, And Better Than Anticipated
Posted on January 4, 2022 | 40 CommentsWho could have imagined in 1967 that this 124 would still be being built almost 50 years later, as the Lada/VAZ-21xx. In a somewhat ironic and prescient statement, the last […] -
Vintage Road & Track Road Test: 1967 Peugeot 404 Automatique – I Had A Couple Of Those
Posted on December 20, 2021 | 33 CommentsThis review was of particular interest to me, as I owned several 404s, two of which had the automatique, ZF’s new three-speed torque converter automatic, in other words. I didn’t […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1967 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTV – A Classic In Its Time
Posted on December 6, 2021 | 7 CommentsThe Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTV, formerly known by the same name minus the “V”, established itself in a class of one since its arrival in 1963. There was no […] -
Vintage Road & Track Feature: Bertone’s Lamborghini Marzal – “Design So Fresh That Everything Else Looks Old Fashioned”
Posted on December 3, 2021 | 21 CommentsI’ve had my turn here gushing over the Marzal, so now it’s Road and Track’s turn. Not surprisingly, they were as blown away as I was when they first saw […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1967 Porsche 911S – A Better And Faster 911, But Not Quite Perfect Yet
Posted on October 26, 2021 | 13 CommentsThe arrival of the Porsche 911S was a big deal, considering the exceptional reputation and image the plain 911 had already established for itself. But the “S” was inevitable, given […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1967 Volvo 144S – A Traditional Volvo In A Stylish New Wrapper
Posted on October 24, 2021 | 8 CommentsI vividly remember first seeing pictures of the new Volvo 144: Wow! What a total change from the long familiar 122. And a mighty good one at that, as the […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1967 BMW 1600 and 2000 Tilux – A Brilliant New Smaller BMW And An Excellent Older One
Posted on October 20, 2021 | 15 CommentsThe BMW 1600 (and its 2002 variant) was of course a milestone car. It’s what cemented BMW’s image and drastically expanded its sales. Up to that point, BMW had been […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1967 Triumph GT6 – “Handling…Could Not Be Faulted” Despite Its Swing Axles
Posted on October 19, 2021 | 20 CommentsThe GT6 reminds me a bit of the Porsche Cayman. Both started out as roadsters, and the addition of a fastback hard roof was something of a mixed bag, stylistically. […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test:1967 Saab 96 V-4 – More Power, More Fun, More Money
Posted on October 8, 2021 | 24 CommentsWe’ve covered the Saab 96 a few times before here, but let’s take a look what R&T had to say about the new V-4 engine, bought from Ford. It was […] -
Vintage R&T Review: 1967 VW 1500 Beetle – Americanizing The Beetle
Posted on September 26, 2021 | 38 CommentsVW, which had made small incremental changes to the Beetle its hallmark, amped up its tortoise-pace significantly starting in 1965. That year brought much larger glass areas all-round. 1966 ushered […] -
Vintage R&T Review: 1966 Fiat 1100R – The End Of The Road For The Millecento
Posted on September 15, 2021 | 9 CommentsTo find this review was a bit of a surprise, as the Fiat 1100R was a rather rare sight in the US at this time. It was the final evolution […] -
Vintage R&T Review: 1966 Citroen DS-21 – “Abounding In Interesting Technical Features”
Posted on September 14, 2021 | 23 CommentsWe have given The Goddess plenty of veneration on our pages (links at bottom), but there’s a lot of subjectivity and hindsight in the, understandably. So this review was interesting […] -
Vintage R&T Review: 1966 Sunbeam Alpine (Series V) – The Alpine Gets A New Engine With 5 Main Bearings and 99 BHP
Posted on July 11, 2021 | 11 CommentsThe Alpine was Rootes competitor to the MG. That was the MGA back when the first Alpine (with its pointy fins) arrived in 1960, with its 1494 cc four making […]