Burrell
August 15, 2019
Mark II Jag still sexy at 60
It’s 60 years since Jaguar took the covers of its Mark II sports sedan, or saloon if you prefer to be properly English. Many Jaguar enthusiasts regard the Mark II as the…
Author: Burrell
David Burrell is founder and editor of Retroautos.com.au, a free online classic cars magazine. Dave has a passion for cars and car design. He's also into speedway, which he's been writing about since 1981. His first car was a rusted-out 1961 Vauxhall Velox. His daily driver is a Pontiac Firebird. Prior to starting Retroautos, David was an executive in a Fortune 500 company, working and living in Australia, NZ, Asia, Latin America and the UK.
Burrell
August 15, 2019
Burrell
August 8, 2019
Shotgun-inspired headlights a trademark
Shotgun-inspired full-sized 1963 Pontiacs are universally hailed as the designs that defined the company’s youthful and exuberant image in the 1960s. These long and low cars combined a deeply sculptured split grille,…
Burrell
August 1, 2019
Cyclops Rover big with doctors
Devotees of that most British of bygone brands, Rover, are quietly sipping champagne and munching on cucumber sandwiches (without crusts, of course) to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the P4 — or…
Burrell
July 25, 2019
GTO started whole muscle car thing
It is the 55th anniversary of the release of the one and only Pontiac GTO, the muscle car which started the muscle car revolution. The GTO was born in a time of…
Burrell
July 18, 2019
Cool TurboFlite consigned to crushers
The Chrysler TurboFlite was developed to convey to the public the company’s styling and engineering themes for the 1960s. It was constructed by Ghia, in Italy, and was the last dream car,…
Burrell
July 11, 2019
XW Falcon propelled Ford to sales record
Fifty years ago Ford Australia released a car which was pivotal in the company later achieving market leadership. The new 1969 XW Ford Falcon presented a powerful and assertive alternative to the…
Burrell
July 4, 2019
A minute’s silence please for Mr Mustang
Father of the Ford Mustang and saviour of Chrysler, Lee Iacocca, has died at the age of 94. Iacocca enjoyed a stellar career in the global automobile industry and he is forever…
Burrell
June 27, 2019
Flitewing a flight of fantasy
The Dodge Flitewing was developed to establish Chrysler’s styling and engineering themes for the 1960s. Constructed by Ghia, in Italy, the Flitewing was fully operational but today is one of those Chrysler…
Burrell
June 20, 2019
A little ray of sunshine for could-have-been Benz
It is 50 years since Mercedes first showed the striking C111 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The bright orange wedge-shaped, fibreglass bodied, gullwing doored super car attracted plenty of attention in September,…
Burrell
June 13, 2019
Aussie Capri one of rarest in the world
Glenn Bryant’s 1973 Ford Capri RS 3100 is one of the rarest Capris in the world. Between November, 1973 and January, 1974 Ford built a mere 250 of these V6 engined, road-registerable…