Basically what i think is really significant about this report is where he made that statement about the future and excitement. How style does that. That right there is what improves our export ratios. Which is the core of economic might in a country. And this video is the epitomy of everything thats wrong with g m today. The kack of style. Cheesing wverything raising prices screwing customers for the wallet of the c eo.
9.17 looks like a Toyota not a Gilburn? The Wartburg was an awful Soviet eastern block lump of junk, but cheap as chips when it came out. The Nash I remember well and Lancia died of tin worm in the 80s although they did make some nice cars.
MadamX looks a wee bit like what the Trans Am and Firebird became. I also see a DMC Delorian window there. Imagine what its look like with a boat tail...mmm
The Peugeot 504 is also quite forgotten. Especially the convertible is very beautiful. It's a shame most are rotten away, the rest of the 504-cars ended up in Africa. I also miss the Bmw 507, i got the impression that nobody knows what a beauty that car is.
The Bristol 412, Italian design at it's worse, always thought that the Bristols that were built before the 412 were things of beauty. The 412 alas, was an ugly car that looked as if it was a kit car. Interesting upload.
I think I have a very rare car on my driveway… It's a Humber Super Snipe Series 5 from 1965. These used to be run by the British government, the Royal family, even by the police. But alas very few people in the UK knows what one of these is. Even the AA when I called them out shortly after buying the car and having it serviced, (rubbish Chinese "Locust" ignition parts), the AA man radioed back to the control room, after he told me he was looking for a Honda, told them it's a Humber, as in a classic car, and not a Honda. It's also been mistaken as a Hummer, even though I have told them it's a Humber as in Humber Bridge. Someone even asked if it was a Wolsley (10 out of 10 for suggesting another defunct British car marque). Mind you I fun and games when I owned a Bond Equipe 2Ltr Mk1. The AA kept on telling me that require a special trailer because it's got three wheels. And I did explain that it's got 4 wheels. Such is life.
My dad had an aluminum Panhard in San Francisco. Astonishing features, fuel economy and performance for the mid-50's. He was sad to let it go when we emigrated to the UK in 1957.
Wonder of technique, finishes and line. Maybe too much for the Italian market at the time. In Italy we could not guarantee the sales numbers of RR and Bentley
Phantom V’s were produced well until 1990, the final years as the Phantom VI (1969 onward) with minor differences to the V. The final years were produced only by special request.
The Ford X100 (name taken from the then-popular Shell motor oil?) reminds me of the car Homer Simpson designed. Perhaps the weirdest part is that stretched out '56 Dodge grill. It somehow reminds me of that Dodge and, at the same time, mid-fifty's Studebaker grills. The experimental Corvette was appealing but, like nearly all innovative sports car designs, the had to include those absurd gull wing doors. I always looked at those as ridiculous crap. "Sporty"? Futuristic? I have always considered them silly and nothing more. BTW: have you ever had a hood suddenly come down on your head because those stupid gas cylinders had gotten weak? Or perhaps you had such an experience with a rear hatch. Well, think of that and tell me how "exotic" those stupid gull wing doors are. That Mercury was proof that Ford was fully capable of designing a car even uglier than Edsel. WTF was going on with that front bumper??? All you youngsters out there who thought Pontiac Aztech and Chevy Avalanche were peak automotive ugliness, feast your eyes on that Mercury monstrosity and stand corrected.
Adler was much important brand in first half of 1900, and innovative, the Adler Autobahn or 3.5 Litre was a aerodynamic car like the Chrysler Airflow and late the Beetle VW, these was the german car industry, not the conservative industry of today.
Jensen cars were hand build in Tamworth the Jensen brothers like David Brown always had financial problems, they disappeared due to the fuel problems of the 1970’s when the price of petrol became expensive due to petrol production. All the cars you mentioned were seen on U.K. roads
0:45: Who the heck is THAT??? The Aurelia was designed by Battista 'Pinin' Farina, and he died in 1966. A quick Google search would've given you HIS picture....
The pic actually shows Sergio Pininfarina, son, not the father Battista (whereas the Author meant the father, the designer of Aurelia). Sergio took over and managed the company for decades after Battista had died in 1966. By the way, it was the father - Battista Farina, who had his real name officially changed (1961) by incorporating the family nickname Pinin (added to Farina) to form the name Pininfarina.
He apparently googled Gilbern Invader Mark II and, among other things, google brought up a photo of a Toyota Corona Mark II and he thoughtlessly took this pic.)
Interessant at the beginning the 2 Wartburg but bad developed, incredible good car the welsh Gilbern Invader, comfortable, spacious coupe and with the robust Ford V6
The only good thing about a Wartburg motor is that it's essentially the same as a DKW motor, and therefore SAAB 2-stroke sport models as well. The entire 3-carb, 3 coil, setup from the 96 Sport and the Sonnet will bolt right on to a Wartburg motor, perhaps with custom exhaust needed to connect to the SAAB exhaust header...
The XP82 should’ve been marketed by Cadillac or one of the B.O.P divisions as an upmarket more expensive alternative to the Corvette. After all that was the whole point for those divisions.
I'm so happy to see you have included the GILBERN INVADER MK3 as i own one, I did mention GILBERN cars in the comments of a previous video so thank you for featuring them, I'm Welsh and I live around 20 miles away from where gilberns were made, they are superb vehicles.
