If it seems like your parents and grandparents were buying cars for a steal back in their day, well you might be right, although it's hard to compare historical prices without accounting for.
Sixty years ago, in November 1963, a low-budget black-and-white comedy went on release. Carry On Cabby, originally titled Call Me a Cab, was the seventh in the Carry On series and was a major box office attraction. It is also among the finest examples of automotive product placement in any British film.
Cayenne Turbo GT may not be a sports car, but this 650-horsepower Super-SUV embodies the Porsche ethos as well as any other vehicle the company produces.
THERE was an appalling mistake in last week’s Memories which had the engines of our old car spotters overheating. Sorry. We had a picture of a fancy sporty car which we said was a Jensen Interceptor, as could be seen in the second TV series of The Saint. But it wasn’t. Oh, no. “You have been bamboozled by series one of The Saint in which a Volvo P1800 coupe was driven by Simon Templar,” said Richard Stone. “In series two, he upgraded to a Jensen.” So our vehicle is a Volvo coupe. “The Volvo was a little strange,” said Mike Crawley. “The 1780cc engine and four speed gearbox, body etc are from Sweden, but the car was assembled in the Jensen factory in the Midlands.