Topical advertising: Snow

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Ronan Glon • 7 Comments

It’s officially winter time in the northern hemisphere. Ski stations are gearing up for their busiest seasons, holiday preparations are in full swing and annoyed commuters are getting ready to fire up the snow blower. What vintage car would you rather drive through the snow? What one would you trust the least? Continue reading →

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Color-coded advertising: Brown

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Ronan Glon • 7 Comments

Although brown cars have been around for decades, their heyday was undeniably the 1970s when companies from all over the automotive galaxy offered at least one shade of it. In retrospect, brown went remarkably well with cars that were often laden with emissions equipment such as air pumps and 5-mph bumpers. Brown largely fell out … Continue reading →

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Color-coded advertising: Orange

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Ronan Glon • 6 Comments

Paint colors that were popular in the 1960s and the 1970s are starting to make a comeback on new cars, but orange has largely been left out. It’s unfortunate: While most of us wouldn’t want our next car to be orange, the color makes a car stand out from the pack and helps buyers remember … Continue reading →

1970s / Caption contest / Italian / Lancia

Caption contest: Lancia Beta

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Ronan Glon • 4 Comments

“We had to turn the Beta around after reaching the castle because…” How would you caption this late 1970s Lancia press shot? Continue reading →

1960s / Italian / Lancia

Automotive zombie: Lancia Flaminia

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Ronan Glon • 4 Comments

“It all started about a week after I got re-elected,” remembers Dennis Opron, the mayor of a small town located deep in Utah’s rural Washington County. “The local sheriff was working the night shift when he noticed a hole had been cut in the chain-link fence of a vacant lot a few blocks north of … Continue reading →

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Club spotlight: Museo Vivo Provence

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Ronan Glon • 2 Comments

Museo Vivo Provence is a non-profit Italian car club founded in 2009 by four Alfisti based in the southeast of France. The club has 160 members between 16- and 82-years old and it boasts an impressive collection of over 360 cars ranging from stunning Alfa Giulietta Sprint to several 916-Series GTVs and 156s. Lancias and … Continue reading →

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Color-coded advertising: Green

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Ronan Glon • 8 Comments

Green is one of the oldest car colors after of black, gray and white. Darker shades of green are relatively low-key and have managed to outlive all sorts of trends over the past couple of decades, but lighter hues that are more eye-catching have come and gone. Which car do you think looks best in … Continue reading →

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Topical advertising: Off-roading

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Ronan Glon • 3 Comments

Automakers portray cars off paved roads to highlight a specific vehicle’s off-road capacity, to establish a link between rallying and other forms of racing, to convey a sense of freedom that can’t be found in crowded cities or to tout a car’s handling characteristics. We’ve compiled a gallery of period press shots showing cars going through … Continue reading →

1990s / Italian / Lancia / Zagato

A quick look at the Lancia Hyena

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Ronan Glon • 4 Comments

The pantheon of automotive history’s darkest corners are full of odd, unknown cars that were produced in very small quantities for a multitude of reasons. Their stories are rarely told and they mostly live on in the garages of the few who were lucky or careful enough to save one. A perfect example of this … Continue reading →

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Ran When Parked visits the Zeithaus museum in Wolfsburg, Germany

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Ronan Glon • 4 Comments

Following our visit to the Volkswagen brand museum in Wolfsburg, Germany, we trekked over to Autostadt in the center of the city to visit the museum there. Autostadt (a name that literally translates to “car city” in German) is a Volkswagen-themed visitor attraction that houses a museum, a pavilion for the SEAT, Škoda, Audi and … Continue reading →

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