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Friday, February 15, 2008
There are advantages to being old. If you’re a pensioner, you can turf healthy young whipper-snappers out of their seats on public transport. You can get away with stuff more easily: momentary lapses of memory or concentration, dubious personal hygiene and the like. And you get paid £87.30 a week for sitting on your wrinkly posterior, drinking tea and complaining about the weather.
If you’re a car magazine, the advantages of surviving to a ripe old age are even greater – and there’s none older than us. That’s why, as well as bringing you all the very latest road tests and first drives before anyone else, we can serve up a growing selection of road tests direct from our archive to your computer screens.
We’ve just looked up classic tests on the likes of the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage, the Jaguar E-type V12, the BMW 2002Tii, and the Ferrari Testarossa. In fact, the full list of them now available on Autocar.co.uk is below: there are 118 at the moment, and we’re uploading news ones every week, so keep an eye on this list as it grows.
Now, where are those rose-tinted spectacles?
The Autocar road test archive
AC Cobra 4.7 – 1965
Alfa Romeo 147 GTA – 2003
Alfa Romeo Alfasud – 1973
Aston Martin DB4 – 1961
Aston Martin DB7 – 1994
Aston Martin DB7 Vantage – 1999
Alfa Romeo GT Veloce 1750 – 1968
Aston Martin V8 Vantage – 1993
Audi 100LS – 1969
Audi A2 – 2000
Audi Quattro – 1981
Audi S4 Avant – 2003
Austin Seven – 1928
Bentley Continental R – 1995
Bentley Turbo R – 1987
BMW 1602 – 1975
BMW 2002Tii – 1971
BMW 330d – 2000
BMW 528i – 1996
BMW ‘E30’ M3 – 1987
BMW ‘E39’ M5 – 1999
BMW M Coupe – 1998
BMW Z8 – 2000
Bugatti EB110 GT – 1994
Caterham 21 – 1997
Chrysler Viper – 1993
Citroen 2CV – 1953
Citroen DS – 1963
Datsun 240Z – 1971
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona – 1971
Ferrari 512 TR – 1992
Ferrari 550 Maranello – 1996
Ferrari F355 – 1994
Ferrari Mondial 3.2 QV – 1986
Ferrari Testarossa – 1988
Ford Capri 2.8i – 1981
Ford Consul Cortina de Luxe – 1962
Ford Cortina 1600E – 1967
Ford Escort 1.4 LX – 1990
Ford Focus 1.8i LX – 1998
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth – 1986
Honda NSX 3.0 – 1990
Jaguar E-type 3.8 – 1961
Jaguar E-type 5.3 V12 – 1971
Jaguar XJ220 – 1993
Jaguar XJ6 – 1969
Jaguar XK120 – 1952
Jensen Interceptor SP – 1971
Lamborghini Countach LP500 – 1980
Lamborghini Diablo GT – 1999
Lamborghini Miura – 1970
Lamborghini Urraco – 1974
Lancia Delta Integrale – 1988
Land Rover Freelander – 1997
Land Rover Range Rover – 1970
Land Rover Station Wagon – 1955
Lexus LS400 – 1990
Lotus 340R – 2000
Lotus Elan 1600 – 1964
Lotus Elan Sprint – 1971
Lotus Elise – 1996
Lotus Esprit – 1970
Maserati Bora – 1973
McLaren F1 – 1994
Mercedes 300SEL 6.3 – 1969
Mercedes 500SL – 1989
MG B – 1965
MG F – 1995
MG ZT260 – 2004
Mitsubishi Evo VI – 1999
Monteverdi 375L – 1969
Morgan Plus 8 – 1978
Morris Mini – 1959
Morris Minor 1000 – 1956
Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 – 1997
Noble M12 GTO – 2001
Noble M12 GTO-3R – 2003
Pagani Zonda S – 2002
Peugeot 205 GTi – 1984
Peugeot 306 GTi-6 – 1996
Porsche 911 S – 1966
Porsche ‘993’ 911 Carrera 2 – 1993
Porsche ‘996’ 911 Carrera – 1997
Porsche ‘996’ 911 GT3 – 2003
Porsche ‘996’ 911 Turbo – 2000
Porsche 928 – 1978
Porsche 968 Clubsport – 1993
Porsche Boxster – 1997
Porsche Carrera GT – 2004
Renault 4 – 1962
Renault 5 GT Turbo – 1986
Renault Clio V6 – 2001
RenaultSport Clio 182 – 2004
Reliant Scimitar GTE – 1973
Rolls-Royce Corniche – 1974
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow – 1967
Rover SD1 Vitesse – 1983
Saab 92 – 1949
Saab 99 Turbo – 1978
Smart Fortwo – 1999
Subaru Impreza Turbo – 1994
Suzuki Cappuccino – 1994
Toyota Supra – 1993
Triumph TR5 2500 – 1968
Triumph Spitfire 1500 – 1975
TVR Cerbera – 1996
TVR Griffith – 1992
TVR Tamora – 2002
Vauxhall ‘Lotus’ Carlton – 1990
Vauxhall Monaro VXR – 2005
Vauxhall VX220 Turbo – 2003
Volkswagen Beetle – 1953
Volkswagen Golf GTi – 1981
Volkswagen Golf R32 – 2003
Volvo 850R – 1995
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