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Same here, I absolutely love the Urraco

BlueSky 365 car press photo Day 13/365: Lamborghini Urraco P250 Prototipo Lamborghini's attempt an entry-level supercar to rival the Ferrari Dino. The Urraco took three years to develop to launch in 1972. It was powered by a new V8, underpinned by a Dallara chassis and styled by Marcello Gandini.

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BlueSky 365 car press photo Day 12/365: Chrysler Avenger It's January 1976 and following the government £17m bailout of Chrysler UK, funds were released to facelift the Hillman Avenger. The Chrysler model that duly followed received an Alpine front end, its dashboard and new rear lights.

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Keith Adams @keith-adams.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

BMH's entire model range gathered together and photographed in 1966. Somehow zipping Leyland's lineup into this two years later really was an act of industrial näivete...

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Thank you for the share ❤️

Keith Adams @keith-adams.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

BlueSky 365 car press photo Day 11/365: Audi 50 It's October 1974 and Audi launches the 50, designed to fight the Fiat 127 and Renault 5. Styled by Bertone and powered by new engines it proves to be too good. No wonder, then, it was badge engineered into the VW Polo - and the rest of history.

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Keith Adams @keith-adams.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

BlueSky 365 car press photo Day 10/365: Dacia 1410 Sport After Dacia and Renault parted ways in 1978, the Romanian firm found itself free to develop its version of the R12. It was renamed and new variations were rolled out. The 1410 was a two-door coupé, which introduced a sleeker look to the range

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Keith Adams @keith-adams.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

BlueSky 365 car press photo Day 9/365: Austin miniMetro It's October 1980 and The British car to beat the world was finally revealed. The Austin miniMetro was a clever piece of packaging overseen by Spen King and Charles Griffin, offering more room than the substantially longer Fiesta and R5.

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I loved mine. And I can now confess that it ended up being scrapped 😢

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BlueSky 365 car press photo Day 8/365: Talbot Tagora 2.6 SX Talbot's post Chysler C9 project, styled in Coventry, hastily re-engineered for PSA bits, and unloved by pretty much everyone, did at least have one talent. It smoked from 0-60mph in 7.9 seconds, and chomped through fuel at 18mpg.

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Blimey, I had no idea 😁 Does Parkers have one, too?

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Didn't take long to spot one in the wild...

Keith Adams @keith-adams.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

BlueSky 365 car press photo Day 7/365: Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9 When launched in 1975, this was the best car money could buy. With the unstressed V8 developing 286hp and planet-shifting torque, this ballistic plutocrat wagon was a rival to the company Learjet. They're still fabulous to drive today

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It's still possible but so much now difficult and less regarding

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Go on, then. Which brutalist saloon of the 1970s, built within the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (ComEcon) nations, are you talking home? Or are you going with an Italian original?

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I did join Mastodon, but didn't persevere. How's it going there? I rather like the daily car franchise 😁

Gosh, what important historical documents they'd be today!

BlueSky 365 press photo of the day 6/365: Lancia Trevi So, it wasn't named after the Roman fountain, Trevi was actually a contraction of 'tre volumi', or three box. It appeared late in the Beta's lifecycle. Can you name the other Beta bodystyles? I have Berlina, Coupe, Spider, HPE and Montecarlo.

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Checking out the Argos catalogue for the Atari VCS. I'm guessing late 1982 from the appearance of Defender, Phoenix and Centipede. I won't mention the inclusion of the worst version of Pac-Man ever to grace a CRT. My fave accessory is the naff set of replacement cases designed to look like books

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It'll be a classic before you know it...

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Indeed! A hugely important car for Spain!

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Stunning design. A real pallette cleanser for anyone over-feasting on a diet of electric SUVs :-)

Fab imagery, thanks thanks for filling that small but important gap in my knowledge :-)

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You are, apologies. Every day's a school day. Thank you for that!

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One of the downsides of living in a house on the side of a wet, remote hill is what happens to the access track when things freeze over. Half a mile of ice road trucking, basically. Not good after six hours of shit on the A14/M6...

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Keith Adams @keith-adams.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

BlueSky 365 press photo of the day 5/365: Rover 3500 In the background, British Leyland's new £31m factory in Solihull created especially for the car. It was built with a low-profile single-story design and placed in a man-made valley behind moulded embankments to limit visual clutter for residents

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The SEAT is, yes. It's based on the 124, not the 128

Keith Adams @keith-adams.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

BlueSky 365 press photo of the day 4/365: Fiat 128 3P (and SEAT Sport) The 1976 Fiat is a design classic but bedfellow SEAT's alternative was the striking 124-based RWD 1430 Sport Bocanegra the following year. Aimed at largely the same customers, which one does it for you? (P.S., love her boots!)

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Now come on, who doesn't *love* a Fiat Multipla. #weirdcartwitter

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Every day's a school day. I knew about the OG Chinese car, but hadn't realised they'd attempted to market it in the USA ontime.mecum.com/auction/299/...

ontime.mecum.com

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Plus, while I'm on, here's a gratuitous picture of my Peugeot 405 GR Injection. Now I'm off to practice some more lift-off oversteer...

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Keith Adams @keith-adams.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

BlueSky 365 press photo of the day 3/365: Citroën AX 14 TZS You all love 205s, but I think I prefer these. Plus, #WeirdCarTwitter factoid - those front quarterlights meant the door pockets were big enough to store a nice full-sized bottle of Côtes de Rhone. That's what I'm talking about, mmm...

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BlueSky 365 press photo of the day. 2/365: Alfa Romeo Alfa 90 Replacement for the Type 116 Alfetta. Yes, it had a removable briefcase in the dashboard, but in Italy you could also buy one with a VM turbodiesel instead of the lovely Busso V6. I mean, just because you could doesn't mean you should.

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Keith Adams @keith-adams.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Aye, it's a late 1.8T Sport Quattro, with an S3-spec engine. It's just clicked over 50k miles and has been an excellent thing while we've had it!

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Keith Adams @keith-adams.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We had a dusting here on the Lancashire fells... #UKSnow

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Keith Adams @keith-adams.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Finally! An image of the Jaguar X360 – the XJ-E, cancelled on the eve of its launch. With hindsight, it's easy to conclude that Jaguar made the right call. BUT, was it really? Now, we have no new Jags on sale, and the firm's EV lead in tatters. Catching up ain't gonna be easy x.com/RikSed/statu...

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Keith Adams @keith-adams.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

That is rather nice. The car Nissan continuously denied was styled by Giugiaro (along with the K10). But I mean, look at it...