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GT usually denotes a sporty Grand Touring model, but Yugoslavia's Zastava chose it to designate the base model of its 'new generation' of hatchbacks, derived from Fiat's 128. The English translation of the 1985 brochure was a little over-enthusiastic. #carbrochure #Zastava
Stately Pininfarina styling ushered in the last of Wolseley's big cars in 1959. The 2.9-litre 6/99 (later uprated to 6/110) was marketed as 'the choice of the professional man'. In true BMC tradition it shared a body with Austin and Vanden Plas siblings. #carbrochure #Austin
@SheepOverboard There were a few different A40s - yours must have been the early post-war Devon. It sounds like you had fun with it.
The Gay Look Minxes came in a variety of bodystyles, including a glamorous convertible plus the Californian hardtop as well as the more everyday saloon and estate. This final flowering of the old style model would soon give way to Hillman's considerably more modern 'Audax' Minx.
Made from 1955 to 1962, the MGA was MG's first new post-war sports car design and a looked far more modern than its TF predecessor. Over 100,000 were made, of which over 94% were exported.
@RSLozworth Executive I think. This was perhaps its most famous use.
The Mazda 929 (Luce in Japan) also came in saloon and estate car versions, and was the company's biggest model in many export markets at the time. It shared its body with the more expensive, rotary-powered RX-4.
The good-looking A40 was a rare example of BMC offering true choice to customers, with the car competing in the same class as the increasingly-antiquated Morris Minor, which used the same B-series engine. Ironically the decade-older Morris outsold and outlived its Austin sibling.
The Farina-styled Austin A40, although rear-wheel-drive, has a good claim to be one of the ancestors of the modern small hatchback in its Countryman version, with split tailgate and folding rear seat. This 1100 cc mkII was launched in late 1962. #carbrochure #Austin