" There are bonkers car commercials and there are bonkers car commercials. This is a bonkers car commercial. Brought to you by the fundamentally mediocre Isuzu to promote its middle of the road family saloon the Gemini, this campaign included some "
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Roadrunner, Honey! – Chrysler Plymouth American Classic
" Anyone over the age of 30 can appreciate the appeal of a burly muscle car - and most will remember the antics of Roadrunner and a mangy looking feral canine. The very conception of the 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner's very existence was intertwined "
Roadside Britain
" Here in Britain we're not usually prone to celebrating the ephemera of pop culture. We usually leave it to the Americans to mythologise the flotsam and jetsam of things, to wax lyrical about road maps and street signage. But photographer "
Rad Wagons
" Ok, we know that no one in their right minds would call this a summer. But when the earth swivels this side toward the sun, we begin to be interested again in wagons of the surf variety. And Californian artist "
Toyota Camette
" Not sure why but we missed this in this year's Tokyo Show...or is that The Tokyo Toy show...either way, but we think Toyota are smack on the money for proposing this fun looking concept they're calling the Camette "
Dan Gurney: All American Hero
" With all the ever-continuing controversy about whether or not the Bernie's F1 circus will condescend to touch down in the great United States next year, it's easy to forget that in the 1960s American driver Dan Gurney - as well "
Maserati Quattroporte
" We're not sure of the legals on this, but when we spotted this nice Maserati Quattroporte in a tube station carpark this weekend, we were surprised to see Florida plates decking the ride. Now, there's something very Palm Beach about "
Mutant VWs
" There are some things one should never do. This may be for aesthetic, moral, ethical, or safety reasons. In our opinion most of the above prevail in both these instances. And while the 360 spinnable caravan concept in the video below "
Citroen Mehari
" Of all the vehicles particularly suited to summer, Citroen's corrugated beachside runabout the Mehari must be one of the most appropriate. Citroen built the car, between 1968 and 1988, on the chassis of the Diane, with the 600cc engine that went into "
Shelby/Scaglietti Corvette
" Carroll Shelby always aspired to cross the pulchritude of nimble, European sports cars with the straight line power and muscle of American hot rods. So, in 1959 Shelby bought three Corvettes from Chevrolet, shipped them to Italy where Senor Scaglietti clothed "
Man Up!
" It's been a while since we've shared some car marketing beastliness. Being aficionados of the excesses of the 1970s, we're used to seeing less than subtle brand messages emanating from the auto ad men. But this example has to take "
Moto Guzzi Otto Cilindri
" Yep. Eight cylinders. 500 ccs. Eight carbs. 78 BHP. 148KG without the juice. This monster from the middle of the 1950s might look a cumbersome beast but there's something brutally beautiful about it, right? God knows how that fairing coped with sidewinds "
Sir Stirling Moss, 1959
" A couple of years ago we were lucky enough to spend a few hours in the company of Sir Sterling Moss. We had a great afternoon with the knight of the road in his sunny Mayfair mews house. You can "