retro Archive

  • Filed under: Aftermarket, Concept Cars, SEMA Show, Hatchback, Kia Kia has teamed up with Antenna magazine to create a special surf-themed concept for this year’s SEMA show in Las Vegas. The publication turned its attention to the 2012 Kia Rio 5-Door. With a special sunset-metallic paint, custom gold wheels and...

    Kia partners with Antenna mag for retro surf-themed Rio

    Filed under: Aftermarket, Concept Cars, SEMA Show, Hatchback, Kia Kia has teamed up with Antenna magazine to create a special surf-themed concept for this year’s SEMA show in Las Vegas. The publication turned its attention to the 2012 Kia Rio 5-Door. With a special sunset-metallic paint, custom gold wheels and...

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  • Filed under: Motorsports, Classics, Sedan, Performance, Holden, Australia While the Holden Commodore VE had a rather short visit to the U.S. in the form of the Pontiac G8, it’s still in production Down Under – and still a worthy platform for hotted-up special editions. This one comes from none other...

    Holden Dealer Team brings out VE Retro Commodore

    Filed under: Motorsports, Classics, Sedan, Performance, Holden, Australia While the Holden Commodore VE had a rather short visit to the U.S. in the form of the Pontiac G8, it’s still in production Down Under – and still a worthy platform for hotted-up special editions. This one comes from none other...

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  • Russia’s Irbit Motor Works, which for decades had churned out its signature Ural motorcycle with sidecar attachment, has found salvation in an unlikely niche market: older American riders. msnbc.com: Autos

    Retro Russian import lures older, easier riders

    Russia’s Irbit Motor Works, which for decades had churned out its signature Ural motorcycle with sidecar attachment, has found salvation in an unlikely niche market: older American riders. msnbc.com: Autos

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  • Filed under: Classics, Sedan, Performance, BMW, Quick Spin 25 Years After Launch, Original M5 Still Stirs The Soul 1988 BMW M5 – Click above for high-res image gallery “How would you like to drive a 1988 M5 up Highway 1?” That wasn’t a call I was expecting, especially in the...

    Retro Spin: 1988 BMW M5

    Filed under: Classics, Sedan, Performance, BMW, Quick Spin 25 Years After Launch, Original M5 Still Stirs The Soul 1988 BMW M5 – Click above for high-res image gallery “How would you like to drive a 1988 M5 up Highway 1?” That wasn’t a call I was expecting, especially in the...

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  • Filed under: Aftermarket, Classics, Coupe, Europe, Mercedes-Benz, Design/Style HMC Hidalgo – Click above for high-res image gallery Now here’s a pleasant surprise. The designers at Helvetic Motor Company have officially pulled back the sheets on their Hidalgo, and we have to say that while we were expecting the worst, this...

    Shamelessly retro Mercedes SLK-based HMC Hidalgo looks better than expected

    Filed under: Aftermarket, Classics, Coupe, Europe, Mercedes-Benz, Design/Style HMC Hidalgo – Click above for high-res image gallery Now here’s a pleasant surprise. The designers at Helvetic Motor Company have officially pulled back the sheets on their Hidalgo, and we have to say that while we were expecting the worst, this...

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