1979 AUTOCAR magazine featuring FIAT Strada & De Tomaso Mangusta
This is a UK weekly magazine entitled Autocar dated 19th May 1979, over 100 pages, which reports in detail on the weekly happening in the world of new cars rallying and other motor sport. In particular in this issue there is A comprehensive road test of the Fiat Strada 65 CL which includes comparisons to cars in the same class such as the Austin Allegro 1300 SDL Chrysler Horizon GLS Ford Fiesta 1.3S Honda Civic 5 Door and VW Golf 1100L 5 Door A brief look at some new models including the Toyota Pick up, Land Rover V8 built for export, Toyota Corona five door and Toyota Starlet Description of the exotic De Tomaso Mangusta which includes a colour photo. The car may well be beautiful however it is a beast to handle particularly on wet roads, three pages There is a two page colour advertisement for Southern Comfort which features a wonder photograph of a 1926 Rolls Royce Phantom Two page colour feature looking at replica sports cars in the USA the cars have the style of the 1930’s and the creature comforts of the 1970’s. The car featured in this article is a Sceptre 6.6 S Long term test of the Peugeot 104 GL over 12,000 miles A look back at the work of car mascot maker Ren’e Lalique who’s work was considered to be high fashion in pre war days and is now worth a fortune and highly collectable Full report on the Belgian Grand Prix won by Soheckter for Ferrari, three pages The front cover features a colour photograph of the Fiat Strada| £9.99 |
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