Mateus Honrado's Blog

All of them are in alphabetical order. (*) denotes defunct company. Abarth (Stellantis) - See Fiat Alfa Romeo (Stellantis) - Alfasud (1.017 million) Alpine (Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance) - A110 (18,985) American Motors aka AMC* (Chrysler Corporation) - Hornet (860,000) Aston Martin (publicly-owned) - DBX (10,675) Audi (Volkswagen Group) - A4 (7.5 million) Autobianchi* (Fiat) - A112 (1.254 million) AvtoVAZ (Lada Auto Holding) - See Lada Baojun (SAIC-GM-Wuling) - 510 (972,042) Bentley (Volkswagen Group) - Undisclosed BMW (BMW Group) - 3 Series (18 million) Buick (General Motors) - LeSabre (6 million) Bugatti (Bugatti Rimac) - Type 40 (800) BYD (BYD Company) - F3 (1.685 million) Cadillac (General Motors) - De Ville (3.87 million) Checker* (family-owned) - Marathon (10,559) Chevrolet (General Motors) - Impala (16.5 million) Chrysler (Stellantis) - Newport (1.92 million) Citroën (Stellantis) - 2CV (3.873 million) Continental* (Ford Motor Company) - Mark II (3,012) Crosley* (family-own...

Of course, I'm talking about the Buick Y-Job. Unveiled nearly 90 years ago, so 1939.

So, back in 1963, Ford announced plans to acquire the Italian luxury carmaker as founder Enzo Ferrari wanted to focus more on the racing side of the company and the deal was revealed in full on May 21, where once the acquisition was finalised, the automobile side would be called Ford-Ferrari and the racing side would be called Ferrari-Ford. However, the acquisition never materialised as Enzo, who initially approved it, discovered a clause that the racing team to request its funds from Ford, feeling it would threaten his autonomy. Because of this, Ford would create their own racing car to compete against Ferrari called the GT40.

You decide on these two identical Toyota/Pontiac cars.

Two words: British Leyland.

First pic: Chrysler Airflow (1934) Second pic: Chrysler PT Cruiser (modern version of the car, 2000) Third pic: Volkswagen Beetle (1938) Fourth pic: Volkswagen New Beetle (modern version of the car, 1997) Fifth pic: Morris Minor (1948) Sixth pic: MG Morris Minor (modern version of the car, 2005) Seventh pic: Fiat 500 (1957) Eighth pic: Fiat 500 (modern version of the car, 2007) Ninth pic: Austin Mini (1959) Tenth pic: Mini Hatch (modern version of the car, 2001)   Eleventh pic: Alpine A110 (1963) Twelfth pic: Alpine A110 (modern relaunch of the car, 2017) Thirteenth pic: Renault 5 (1972) Fourteenth pic: Renault 5 E-Tech (modern version of the car, 2024) Fifteenth pic: DMC DeLorean (1981) Sixteenth pic: DeLorean Alpha5 (modern relaunch of the car, 2024)

The Reliant Robin and of course, nowadays well known for its appearances in Mr. Bean and  Top Gear .