classic test: Renault Gordini
1093 Dauphine, R8 and R12: the three leading engines recorded on the ‘G’ Gordini and their blue or white stripes give them away. We have gathered in Alcaniz and we rolled on its two circuits: Guadalope and Motorland. Thrilling! Old circuit Guadalope, Alcaniz. It is just over half past noon. At that time, the city …
Cars for remembrance: Peugeot 205 T16
The Peugeot 205 T16 were the best of his time, triumphing in the world of racing in the late Group B, a time when the rallies lived their best years. The 80 They were marked by our protagonists. Seeing them back flow memories and images and excitement of an incomparable era: that of the B …
Cars to remember: Audi Coupe GT vs VW Scirocco GTS
In the eighties, opening car imports made aumentasen purchase options … even within the same dealer. It happened with the Audi Coupe GT and VW Scirocco. What a match! ran 1983 and advancing the relationship between Seat and Volkswagen. That year they began assembling in Barcelona first VW Passat, while Seat dealers They had already …
Cars for remembrance: Citroën “Jaws” DS
Technical and different from other aesthetic saloons, the Citroën DS always enjoyed a distinguished and unique air. Today we tell the story of a myth: the “Jaws”. The Citroen DS was always (and remains today), an extremely beautiful and functional car, large tourers qualities and Inside super comfortable, although its mechanical complexity also pulled back …
Cars for remembrance: Citroën Visa GTi
In the mid-eighties, PSA launched a new sports car concept. 205 GTI hybrid between a 1.6 and a car with little charm as the Citroen base, the Visa GTi was his great idea. From a commercial point of view It might seem too risky, almost revolutionary, launch a sports on the basis of Citroën Visa, …
Cars for remembrance: Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Suppression of Group B in 1986 was an impulse to cars with turbo wheel drive base for Group A Rally. The Escort RS Cosworth was Ford sporting street … unmatched. In addition to Lancia, Ford was the brand from the beginning supported the FIA in the decision prohibit Group B and suspend the S. Lancia …
Cars for remembrance: Peugeot 309 GTi (1986-1993)
special section featured in our cars to remember: the Peugeot 309 GTi. It was a sports version that he had to deal with cars of the Opel Kadett GSi height and VW Golf GTI 2.0 MK2. In an era where so-called sport compact were powered cars hundred or horses, before arrival of the versions of …
Cars for remembrance: BMW 2002 Tii, the anteroom of the M3
The BMW 2002 Tii was a sports reference, an attractive career-client usable every day, ready for the competition and marked the future of the coming BMW M3. The Darwin’s theory It is to say that animal species gradually evolve to adapt to the environment and survive. Extrapolating the Darwinian thesis, also automotive brands follow similar …
Our adventure through the desert on a Renault 4
Two co-Autopista.es, Carlos Díaz and David Jiménez, participated with 4 cans in the Classic Rally 1983 Atlas. Do not miss the first-person testimony which has been the adventure of their lives. The adventure of being 8 days in Morocco We did not begin the day we hopped on the ferry in Tarifa. Following the decision …
Cars for remembrance: Renault Fuego
The Renault Fuego was the light-hearted brother of the R18, today begins a sport out of purgatory: reliable as the Renault contemporaries, his body coupe always drew attention. We tested it. In the fifties most of the Spanish people they dreamed, at best, with have a car. Fortunately, the thing was changing in the sixties …
Cars for remembrance: Seat 1430 1974
New star in our cars to remember, classical models still continue to have a legion of followers. Here is an interesting test aboard the 1430 Seat 1974. The 70s of last century They lived the arrival of legendary cars. One of the saloons most popular at that time was the 1430 Seat, the protagonist in …
Seat 1200 Sport Bocanegra, was born the Spanish sports legend (video and photos)
Antonio Amat was the father of Seat Sport 1200 “Bocanegra”, the first genuinely post-war Spanish coupe, and told in first person that "Birth". The company Inducar It was a great adventure and Seat 1200 Sport "Black mouth", the great challenge of this story. It is the ultimate reflection Antonio Amat, father, or mother, as he …
Cars for remembrance: VW Golf GTI Mk1, Peugeot 205 GTI and GT Turbo Renault Superfive
Three real heartbreaker, the three provoked glances wherever he went: VW Golf GTI Mk1, Renault and Peugeot 205 GTI Superfive GT Turbo. Nearly four decades later, the face. It’s been four decades of the birth of the category of GTI sports car, and the first models are already historic in its own right. The time …