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Category: Classic car reviews

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BMW 6-Series 1977-1989 buying advice

January 19, 2025 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car reviews

Ever wondered what classic car to consider? Paul Murrell tests the 1977-1989 BMW 6-Series with pricing, specs, ride and handling, safety, verdict and everything the over-50 classic car buyer needs to know.  Summary: Fast, luxurious

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Volkswagen Beetle 1954-1978 buying advice

January 17, 2025 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car reviews

Ever wondered what classic car to consider? Paul Murrell tests the 1954-1978 Volkswagen Beetle with pricing, specs, ride and handling, safety, verdict and everything the over-50 classic car buyer needs to know.  Summary: The People’s

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Mercedes-Benz SL sports car 1971-1989 buying advice

January 10, 2025 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car reviews

Ever wondered what classic car to consider? Paul Murrell tests the 1971-1989 Mercedes-Benz SL with pricing, specs, ride and handling, safety, verdict and everything the over-50 classic car buyer needs to know.  Summary: It’s no

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Fiat 500 1957-1976 buying advice

January 3, 2025 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car reviews

Ever wondered what classic car to consider? Paul Murrell tests the 1957-1976 Fiat 500 with pricing, specs, ride and handling, safety, verdict and everything the over-50 classic car buyer needs to know.  Summary: It’s cheeky,

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Driving the Mercedes-Benz 600 and Lotus Cortina Mk1

July 14, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car reviews

Ian Crawford relives his early experiences in a brand-new Mercedes-Benz 600 and a Lotus Cortina Mk1.  BACK IN THE EARLY ‘60S as a youthful, car-crazy journalist on the Launceston Examiner, I thought I’d won the

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Making a good thing better. Jaguar Mk2 restored and updated

March 18, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car reviews

NOBODY HAS EVER seriously argued that the Jaguar Mk2 was anything other than fast, luxurious and stylish. It’s easy to forget just how impressive it was when it launched in 1959. Available with a choice

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Cannonball Austin-Healey BN4. Only for the brave

February 7, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car reviews

Ian Crawford has had a long and interesting motoring life and owned many potent and exciting cars, but this Leyland V8-powered Austin-Healey BN4 frightens even him. FOR MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE I’ve had a

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Porsche 904 Carrera GTS compared to Dino 206GT

January 3, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news, Classic car reviews, Uncategorized

THE RECENT PASSING of Aldo Brovarone, former Pininfarina chief stylist and the man who created the Dino 206GT set us to wondering about the similarities between the Dino and another iconic car, the Porsche 904

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Fulfil your James Bond fantasies

May 15, 2019 murrellp@bigpond.com Auction action, Classic car reviews, Upcoming new models

ONE OF THE THINGS that disappoints us here are seniordriveraus is the fixation exhibited on the James Bond connection with Aston Martin. There’s no doubt it was a seminal moment in the history (and eventual

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