Automotive
Unique Cars
BUICK RIVIERA
MARKETING A two-door ‘personal’ car wasn’t new territory for Buick, but within three years of reviving the Riviera name, its stunning new design was selling 45,000 cars a year into a sector dominated by Ford’s Thunderbird.
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FERRARI 348/355/360
THE EARLIEST of these midengined Ferraris now rate as historic cars and are eligible for serious savings on registration. Not that the prospect of saving a few hundred bucks is going to make much difference to someone about to outlay $200K on two seats and a Prancing Horse.
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LOOKING TO THE WORLD
IT IS HARD TO GO PAST THE PRANCING HORSE AS A ROCK SOLID INVESTMENT
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ONE MAN'S TRASH...
THIS WRECK sold for a staggering A$2,913,934 by renowned auction house RM Sotheby’s at the Monterey Car Week last month.
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MOFFAT MUSTANG BIBLE
THE MOST comprehensive book about arguably the greatest car in Australian motorsport history, Allan Moffat’s TransAm Mustang, is ready for preordering.
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Steve Coleman 1994 FORD CAPRI XR2
THE LAST GENERATION CAPRI MIGHT NOT BE FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT CERTAINLY HAS A CULT FOLLOWING
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CADDY SHACK
A SHARED PASSION FOR CLASSIC AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES LED TO THE CREATION OF AN ECLECTIC COLLECTION OF SHOW-STOPPING CARS COVERING THREE DECADES OF DESIGN BRILLIANCE
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COLONIAL CAPERS
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING IN OUR VICTORIAN-ERA WATER JUDGING BY THE SUBSEQUENT CAREERS OF THESE VISITORS FROM THE SCEPTRED ISLE
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WHAT DO YOU RECKON?
AFTER ENJOYING THE LOFTY HIGHS OF A BRISK SUNDAY DRIVE, GLENN TORRENS SUFFERS A SIGNIFICANT LET-DOWN. BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE...
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CRISIS AVERTED
THE BOXSTER AND MORLEY WERE FANGING ON BACK ROADS UNTIL THERE WAS A FUNNY SMELL. GENTLY BACK TO THE MBC THEN
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PONY PLAY!
BOTH ARE LIMITED EDITIONS AND SHAPING UP AS MODERN CLASSICS. THE QUESTION IS, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOSE?
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RARE GMH LION ZZ/Z GEMINI
AUSTRALLIA'S BIGGEST SELLER, A CAR OF THE YEAR AND BATHURST WINNER, THE GEMINI SPAWNED MANY LIMITED EDITION MODELS LIKE THE ZZ/Z
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MIGHTY MOPAR!
CHRYSLER WAS THE LAST OF THE BIG THREE TO OFFER A HOT VERSION OF THEIR FAMILY SEDAN. AND IT WAS FABULOUS
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1972 FORD XA GT
FEW CARS exemplify the glory days of Aussie muscle cars as well as an XA GT hardtop.
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1974 FORD FALCON XB GT
FOR MANY, an XB GT in a loud seventies colour, with a 351 in the snout, is the epitome of the Australian muscle car.
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1985 PORSCHE CARRERA
PORSCHE’S REVIVAL of the Carrera name in 1984 (it previously finished in 1977) marked the adoption of a huge number of upgrades for the 911.
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1959 MGA TWIN-CAM
FOR FANS of MG’s elegant post-war MGA, the twin-cam is something of a holy grail.
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1984 - FORD SIERRA XR-8
ONLY 250 MUSTANG V8-POWERED SIERRA XR-8S WERE BUILT FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN MARKET. KEITH MARICICH’S HAS FOUND A QUEENSLAND HOME
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FLAWED FLOORS!
JON IS IN AWE OF THE CRAFTSMEN HAT CREATED THE B2 CADDY
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WHAT DO YOU RECKON?
AFTER BRACING FOR CHAOS, GLENN TORRENS FINDS A HALO OF HAPPINESS WITH THE RECENT SALE OF COOQMADORE’
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SPRING CLEAN
GLENN TORRENS SCRUBS HIS SAVED-FROM-CERTAIN-DEATH 1980S FORD FALCON AND CREATES A HIT-LIST OF BITS
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HAMMER TIME!
MORLEY’S BARGAIN BENZ GETS A NEW LOOK THAT DOUBLES HIS INITIAL OUTLAY
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PRIZED PIAZZA
THE GENERAL ADDED CHIC TO ITS SHOWROOMS IN THE MID-1980S WITH THE GIORGETTO GIUGIARO DESIGNED HOLDEN PIAZZA
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RARE BAVARIAN!
IN THE LATE 1980S, BMW DIPPED ITS TOE IN THE ROADSTER POOL, WITH THE Z1 BEING THE FIRST OF MANY
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FAMILIA FACES!
MAZDA TOOK A HUGE GAMBLE WITH THE ROTARY IN 1967, REWRITING CONVENTIONAL THINKING. BUT TODAY, THE BRAND EXISTS THANKS TO THIS ENGINE
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MODERN CLASSICS DUCATI 916
DUCATI'S SEMINAL TAMBURINI DESIGN IS VERY MUCH A COLLECTABLE
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CAR-PARK CLASSICS
HUMBLE FLEET CARS ARE ESTABLISHING THEIR OWN NICHE
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TOYOTA CELICA 1971-85
IN AUSTRALIA circa 1971, owning a sports coupe meant you had a Holden Monaro or Fiat 124S, perhaps a Valiant Charger that had recently appeared, or an old school E-Type Jaguar.
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MERCEDES-BENZ W107
NO SHAPE is more instantly recognizable as a Mercedes-Benz than this one.
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KEEPING IT REAL
KEEPING A CAR TOTALLY ORIGINAL CAN PAY BIG DIVIDENDS
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