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72 episodes

Panther's 6-wheeled Car

6 days ago

Surely if 4 wheels are good, then 6 are better? Panther Westwind, maker of the Panther 6 obviously thought so when they produced this crazy car in 1977 to an astonished reaction. How did its owner, a retired clothing company manager find himself launching

The Toyota Corolla Story

2 weeks ago

This video is an effort to change your mind. I recently asked on a YouTube Community Post what the most boring car from the last 50 years was, and I got a lot of answers! If you’ve read the title of this video you already know what car won, but here’s...

The Peugeot 309 Story

3 weeks ago

In 1984 PSA, the company that comprised Peugeot, Citroën and Talbot was in a bind. They’d just spent a couple of years designing a car that didn’t fit into their new line-up. Should they scrap it, launch it, or give it away to another car company?...

The 100,000 Subscriber Story

1 month ago

It’s been a wild ride to 100,000 subscribers, and I thought I’d do a quick video talking about it, with a bit of a look behind the scenes. Follow and Subscribe Above! My second channel - Little Car: https://www.youtube.com/littlecar #bigcar

The Volkswagen Corrado Story

1 month ago

When the Corrado burst on the scene in the late 80’s I was a massive VW fanboy, but even I was left scratching my head on this one. This car, that looked like a mk2 Golf, from memory, was being sold for more than £20,000 ($27,000 USD, €22,000,...

The Dacia Story

1 month ago

There’s not many car brands that get a successful second act. There are brands that have such a loyal following that they’re rescued and rise again like a phoenix, but Dacia was just another ex-Communist state car company churning out dated copies of...

The MG XPower SV Story

2 months ago

There were a lot of letters in the MG XPower SV’s name, and almost all of them were invented by MG’s new management to convince the buying public they were definitely, truly, serious about making highly tuned sports cars. The SV was on the face of it...

The Toyota Hilux Story

2 months ago

Toyota’s best-selling vehicle is the long-running Toyota Corolla, but second is Toyota’s resilient pickup the Hilux that’s been sold for over 50 years. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll likely find one moving up to a ton of cargo down a...

The Ford Probe Story

2 months ago

In 1985 Coca Cola released new Coke. In a move that became the poster child for one of the largest catastrophes in marketing history, they ended production of the Coke taste people loved and replaced it with something they didn’t want. Just two years...

Renault's Backwards Car

3 months ago

Renault’s Project 900 is certainly an odd-looking car, but it’s also a car designed to break new ground. It used innovative new materials and gave class-leading visibility to try to leapfrog the competition. It also seems they were trying to beat...

The Lada Riva Story

3 months ago

My enduring image of the Lada Riva from the late 1980s is an old-fashioned car that people bought because it was cheap. With it being the butt of many jokes, it was about as exciting as Steve Davis. But this is like judging a film you’ve missed the...

The Vauxhall Cavalier Story

3 months ago

The Vauxhall Cavalier, along with the smaller Chevette signalled the end of British Vauxhall design and the ascendency of a series of well-put together cars from Opel’s design studio. But UK customers didn’t really mind, in fact they approved with...

The BMW X5 Story

4 months ago

The mid-90s was a seminal time for BMW. They’d returned to Formula 1 in 1998 with Williams, and with their help they would win the 1999 24 hours of Le Mans. They’d purchased both Rover and Land Rover to turn BMW into a large volume car manufacturer....

The Renault Fuego Story

4 months ago

Fuego is Spanish for Fire, and Renault hoped the Renault Fuego, like the American Pontiac Fiero, would inflame customers desires in the 1980s. Its unique styling, with black louvred panels and bubble glass tailgate turned heads when it launched. Yet in...

The Volkswagen 280mpg Car

5 months ago

The Volkswagen XL1 was born out of a simple question. Can we make a practical car that can cover 100 km on just 1 litre of fuel? That’s a lofty goal – it’s a car that can do 280 miles per Imperial gallon. It was created at a time when Volkswagen CEO...

The Suzuki Jimny (aka Samurai) Story

5 months ago

It’s easy to dismiss the Suzuki Jimny as a toy car, driven by people who want a fashion accessory rather than a serious off roader. But the car is far more than that. Since its 1970 launch, the Jimny has used a proper 4x4 chassis that means it’s not...

The Fiat 500 Story

5 months ago

My wife loves Tiny Houses. Those custom recreational vehicles that people pour their love into and are a master of small packaging. And we’re both fans of caravans, and their ability to pack so much into such a small space. I’m not talking about...

The Jensen Interceptor Story

6 months ago

The Jensen Interceptor, quite possibly the coolest name for a car, ever, is to me the epitome of 1970s high end driving. There’s nothing more 70s than playing the latest tunes on your 8-track, and with Cliff Richard being a fan of the car it’s not...

The Range Rover Story (1994-today)

6 months ago

When I last talked about Range Rovers – over a year ago – I promised you flying cars. Well, we’re getting there, but we’re not there yet. When we left the Range Rover, it had risen from a farm workhorse to a school run fashion accessory. But in...

The Aston Martin Bulldog Story

6 months ago

The Bulldog was a science-fiction supercar not penned by Bertone or indeed any Italian design house. And it didn’t come from an Italian car manufacturer. This was Britain’s, and specifically Aston Martin’s answer to Ferrari, Maserati and...