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Motor cars in my life These are cars that I know, and in most cases have owned or at least driven, so the selection is autobiographical; and what I think of as “modern” is not strictly chronological and might not fit other’s concepts of what is modern. It would not be fair to say what I think of as “grey porridge”: it is usually obvious but cannot be defined.
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group A : pre-war
Alvis 10/40		Bugatti 57
Alvis 12/50		Citroën Light 15 (11CV)
Alvis 12/50 special		Hispano-Suiza
Austin 20 limousine		Humber Super Snipe (wartime)
Austin 7		Jeep (wartime)
Bentley 3½ litres		Morris Minor 2-seater (1)
Bentley 4 litres		Morris Minor 2-seater (2)
Bentley 8 litres		Renault Juvaquatre (pre & post)
BMW 327		Rolls Royce Phantom III
group B : post-war early
Alfa Romeo Guiletta Berlina		Jowett Bradford Van
Austin A40 (Farina)		Jowett Javelin
Austin Mini		Lanchester LD 10
Bentley Mk VI		Mercedes-Benz 170
BMW (Baroque Angel)		Morgan Plus Four
Bristol		Morris Minors
Citroën 2CV		Ogle SX1000
Citroën DS		Renault 4
Daimler Conquest Century		Renault 6
Daimler Conquest New Drophead Coupe		Renault 8 (or 10)
Daimler Dauphin		Riley Pathfinder
Daimler Empress		Standard 8
Daimler DN250		Sunbeam Alpine (Talbot 90)
Fiat Nuova 500		Vauxhall Wyvern
Ford Consul Capri		Volkswagen 411 Estate
Ford Consul Mark 2		Volkswagen Type 11 (Beetle)
Humber Hawk		Volvo Amazon
Jaguar Mks VII to IX		Wolseley 1500
group C : post-war later
Audi 100 Avant		Matra 530
Austin 1100		Opel Manta
Austin 1800 (Landcrab)		Peugeot 203
Austin Allegro 1500		Porsche 911
Austin Cambridge (Farina)		Range Rover
Austin Healey Sprite		Range Rover CSK
Austin Maestro		Reliant Scimitar GT & GTE
BMW 7 Series		Rover 3.5 Litre Coupé (P5B)
Citroën Visa		Rover 3-Litre (P5)
Daimler (Jag) DS 420 Limousine		Saabs 93 to 96
Ford Lotus Cortina Mk 1		Trabant
Honda Z600		Triumph 1300
Humber Sceptre		Triumph 2.5
Jaguar E Type		Triumph Herald
Jaguar 2.4 & 3.4		Triumph Vitesse
Jaguar Mk 2		Turner
Jeep - Chrysler Cherokee Chief		Vauxhall Cavalier
Lada 1200		Vauxhall Chevette
Land Rover 110		Volkswagen Caravelle
group D : moderns
BMW 1 Series		Rover 800 Coupé
BMW 3 Series		Seat Leon
Ford Fiesta		Toyota Avensis
Ford Transit Van		Volkswagen Bora
Kia Picanta		Volkswagen Golfs
Land Rover 90 Pickup		Volkswagen Passat Estate
Lotus Elise		Volkswagen Polo (early)
Rolls Royce Phantom		Volkswagen Polo (newer)
Rover 25		Volkswagen Scirocco
Rover 75		Volkswagen (Skoda) Pickup
group E : miscellaneous
grey porridge cars		motorists and bicyclists
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