1978 Austin Allegro Vanden Plas 1500

Austin Allegro Vanden Plas 1500 spotted in South London. What a strange beast. One of the worst cars in British history – at least according its reputation.

 

Vauxhall 1980 classic mobile home van

Spotted this Vauxhall 1980 classic mobile home van in East London. Pretty cool van.

Classic Mini Cooper (Austin Mini?) for sale in London

Somebody is waiting for it to reach price of gold while the rust is eating it. Seen in Grove Park, South London.

Classic Chevrolet spotted in Brighton, UK

Not sure what model exactly this is but it has PowerGlide transmission, which was a super new thing at the time - 2 speed automatic!

Classic Citroen H van with wood paneling

Talk about classic vans! This super old Citroen van is now dream car of every hipster around the globe. Spotted in Hackney, London.

VW Classic Campervan and VW Beetle in rat style

Pretty cool couple seen in North London - 1960s Volkswagen Transporter camper van and VW Bug/Beetle as lowrider. Both in low-key rat style.

Elddis 300 RV with its best years behind it

Still pretty cool RV for weekend trips I guess.

Facelift Corolla Ultima Seca liftback spotted in London - super rare!

These have a completely redone back part from the regular Corrolla and were sold mainly in Australia.

Fiat 126 aka Polski Fiat-126p in London. What a cool classic car and so rare to see in London!

Fiat 126 aka Polski Fiat-126p

Old school electric car - the first generation Honda (ez1) Insight

Long before Tesla made electric cars cool, Honda brought EZ1 Insight - spotted in South London. For sale perhaps.

Alfa Romeo Spider in stunning condition on the streets of Central London

MG Magnette ZB spotted in London

MG Magnette ZB

Spotted this beautiful MG Magnette ZB in London! It took me a while to identify the car - at first I thought it's Rover P4, which is more 'boxy' and is missing a nice curvy back of Magnette.

Rover P4

Loads of folks are looking for MG Magnette for sale, but there are relatively few of them. When I was searching for cars for sale, I found couple of them. Prize varies a lot, some of Magnettes are for sale from £7000, but couple of them are priced over £1500.

Trumpchi: Donal Trump's Chinese car?

While researching on Donal Trump's garage - what cars he owns and drives (can he drive?), I found a funny thing. Google suggested me that I'm looking for Trumpchi - Chinese automaker, who is about to start exporting cars to USA. Really? TRUMP-chi? 

Trumpchi and Donald Trump

That can't be coincidence, surely not. Someone who values his surname like Donald Trump, couldn't let his happen! Imagine for example Obamachi, or I don't know.. Spielbergchi? Crazy. Anyway, from what I researched, there's really no connection between Trump and Trumpchi cars. What's funny though, photo from the launch event of one of Trumpchi cars, shows company bosses standing around the car showing thumbs up very much in Trump's fashion. See photos.

Trumpchi and Donald Trump

And what about Trumpchi? Well, it's not different from any other Chinese automaker. Car designs are clearly copied from European and Japanese automakers, but with Trumpchi badge on it. Quality of materials and technology is most likely sub-standard.

Trumpchi cars - not related to Donald Trump

Let's see if Donald Trump will allow Trumpchi to export cars to United States.

Reliant Kitten and Reliant Robin

Naming a car model Kitten can be seen as a bold step, but it's nothing in compare to making a car with just 3 wheels. Yes, I'm talking about Reliant - British car manufacturer.  Around 1 to 2 million Reliant vehicles were produced, and were sold in at least 9 countries. For a period from the 1970s to the 1990s, Reliant was the UK's biggest British-owned car manufacturer.

There's a mix of Reliant Robin, Rebel and Kitten photos. Some of them are for sale.

VW Beetle Brighton

Classic Volkswagen.

Skoda 120 Five and 130LSE in UK

Incredible collection of Skoda cars from 80s found near Hove, UK. Skoda 120 Five, Skoda 130 LSE Estelle Two and others. The owner is (or maybe was) collector.

Rover P6 2000

One of a few cars from 6th decade I don't like. Not sure why, maybe it seems little disproportional. It has some interesting detail though, check out the little drops on headlights. Placing hole for filling fuel tank to this place is obviously not a good idea, years prove it by rust. Produced from 1963 to 1977.