Alien Invader
The elephant had apparently starred in several films but it didn’t know much about marketing strategy, says Liz Turner as she gives a revealing Independence Day insight into motoring PR in the United States –
Future Classics: Mazda MX-5
The Mazda MX-5 is the world’s most successful open top two seater vehicle and that’s some accolade when you think about it, says Kim Henson –
A song, space and a TV series from June 1983
Sting promises to hunt down his ex while the Conservatives rocket back into No. 10 – leaving many wishing Mrs T was strapped to a real rocket as Simon Hacker ponders the highs and lows of June ’83 –
Three cylinders or two? Your call…
If you had suggested 30 years ago that today we would happily be driving around in cars with only three or even two cylinders and capacities of 1.0-litre or less, you would probably have been met with a shake of the head –
Let’s dance? Depends on your politics
May 1983 was all about dancing around your wheel-clamped car while bracing yourself for another five years of Mrs Thatcher, as Simon Hacker recalls –
1983 and all that…er we forgot
Who remembers the Nissan made by Alfa Romeo? Dave Moss does and recalls this and a few other automotive highlights from the year the Western Group was founded –
A star is born in your trousers
From the pound in your pocket to the mobile in your backpack, April 1983 was a month for change and WGMW Simon Hacker tots it all up –
Future Classics: 4 Peugeot 205GTI
They were good in their time and they will be even better when they mature, but we are not talking about members of the Western Group, rather the cars which our own Kim Henson has singled out as worthy of mention as he reflects on the models which have appeared during the life of the WGMW –
Margaret Thatcher and the BL years
Margaret Thatcher will be remembered for many things, but her role in changing the British motor industry is not so well understood, explains Tony Lewis –
Leon in the Slaughters
Anyone for a round of Golf, SEAT style? Western Group members have been playing around and find its Spanish links are no handicap –
Future Classics: 3 Range Rover
They were good in their time and they will be even better when they mature, but we are not talking about members of the Western Group, rather the cars which our own Kim Henson has singled out as worthy of mention as he reflects on the models which have appeared during the life of the WGMW –
Looking back at the ultimate smoothie
Glen Smale digs into his Virtual Motorpix archives to look at the “ultimate Ferrari” –
Music Maestro, please…
Cars learned to talk and echnological wonders assaulted our senses in March 83, as Simon Hacker relives the thrill of it all –
The show must go on
Honesty pays unless you are a politician running a babywear shop, as Ross Durkin explains –
Now that’s what I call a marathon
The eternal challenge to stretch economy as far as possible took our feather-footed John Kerswill to Rome in his quest to see what the new Ford Fiesta could achieve –
How to make friends and influence engineers
The sight of a German engineer fiddling with his cutlery as a table of hacks ignore him and talk about football is an embarrassing one, says Iain Dooley –
