Classic Cars
Japanese car auction finds: 1962 Ford Falcon Ranchero
The reason this pick-up looks so much like a sedan in profile is that the Ford Falcon Ranchero pick-up was der…
Read MoreMazda Withdraws from Commercial Vehicle Production to Focus on Fuel Efficient Cars
With Toyota it was F1. For Subaru it was rallying. It’s not quite such a glamorous choice for Mazda, but…
Read MoreJapanese Car Auction Find: Alfa Romeo RZ (Zagato-Designed Convertible)
It’s almost a year since I posted about an Alfa Romeo SZ that I had seen in one of the car auctions in J…
Read MoreRare 2011 Lexus LFA at Auction In Japan
Toyota’s answer to the supercar makers of the world is a stunning performance machine — but unfort…
Read MoreSubaru 360s Reborn as Electric Vehicles (EV) — The Cutest Retro EVs Ever?
The Subaru 360 is a little bundle of automotive cuteness that sold 392,000 units in Japan between 1958 and 197…
Read More2000GT SEV Solar EV Crazy Car Project at Tokyo Auto Salon 2012
The original Toyota 2000GT is a sleek throw-back from the late 60s. Just 337 of these were built between 1967 …
Read MoreSupercar Pile Up in Yamaguchi, Japan Wrecks Ferraris, Lamborghini and Mercedes
Coming to an auto auction in Western Japan…. A bunch of wrecked Ferraris, with a smattering of crashed M…
Read MoreJapan Car Auction Finds: Rolls Royce Corniche & MG ZT
Here are two blasts from Britain’s not-so-glorious motoring past at the auctions in Japan today: At one …
Read MoreJapanese Car Auction Finds: BMW M6 from 1985
We are talking the original E24 M6 here, not the modern E63 / E64, which was just discontinued last year. This…
Read More"New" Porsche Hybrid: The Semper Vivus
Ferdinand Porsche created the first petrol-electric hybrid in 1900, and this model has been lovingly recreated…
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