BUICK LIMITED!! CAR OR WORK OF ART!!

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Origin by USA

First manufactured in Year 1958

Engine installed 6 I (364 cid) V8

Top speed around 85 mph (138 km/h)

Limited models had Buick's hugely complicated automatic Fight-Pitch Dynaflow transmission, which delivered a terrifically smooth ride but was heavy on fuel - around 11 miles per gallon on a run & less in the city.

BORGWARD ISABELLA!!Named after Carl Borgward's wife & Proved To BE Popular with German Buyers Despite Some Early Teething Troubles!!

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Origin by Germany

First manufactured in Year 1954 until 1962

Engine installed 1,493 cc Straight Four

Top speed around 81 mph (130 km/h)

The untimely demise of Borgward allowed BMW to launch its stylish 1500 line in 1962, to plug a big gap left by the vanished Isabella - a lucky break that is said to have rescued BMW from possible bankruptcy & laid the foundation for future success.

The Superb Build Quality of the 507 took BMW to the very Brick of Terminal Financial Collapse!!

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Origin by Germany

First manufactured in Year 1956 until 1959

Engine installed 3,168 cc OHV V8

BMW claimed a top speed of 140 mph (225 km/h) & 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in around 10 secs

Elvis Presley bought a White 507 TS whilst on Army Service in Germany, but rather crassly replaces the engine with a Ford V8 after returning to the States - he later gave the car to actress Ursula Andress.

BMW-ISETTA!! Postwar Austerity Saw the phase BUBBLE CAR enter the language as the Innovative ISETTA provided Affordable Wheels!!

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Origin by Germany

First manufactured in Year 1955 until 1962

Engine installed 247 cc or 298 cc Single Cylinder

Top speed of both models was 54 mph (87 km/h)

Original Italian Lsettas were entered in the legendary Mille Miglia road race in 1954 & took the top three places in the economy class, with the winner averaging nearly 45 mph (72 km/h) during a punishing run that lasted for some 22 hours.

The Super BENTLEY S2 CONTINENTAL confirmed that Classic British Custom Coachbuilders were Alive & Well!!

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Origin by UK

First manufactured in Year 1959 until 1962

Engine installed 6,230 cc OHV V8

Top speed of 120 mph (185 km/h); 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 11.4 secs

Rolls-Royce could have its cake & eat it with the S2 Continental - for both the coachbuilder entrusted with creating the closed bodies (H J Mulliner) & the company tasked with developing the open bodies (Park Ward) were actually owned by Rolls-Royce.

BENTLEY S1 CONTINENTAL!! Each & Every of the High Performance Continentals was Custom bodied by one of the UK's leading Coachvuilders!!

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Origin by UK

First manufactured in Year 1955 until 1959

Engine installed 4,887 cc F-head Straight Six

Top speed of around 120 mph (192 km/h) ; 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 12.9 secs

When Rolls-Royce built something it was meant to last, & the engine that went into the Bentley S1 was the final evolutions of the R-R straight-Six motor that had been introduced in 1922 to power the Rolls-Royce Twenty series.

The AUSTIN-HEALEY 3000 is Generally Regarded as the most Desirable of the Great British Postwar Sports cars!!

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Origin bu UK

First manufactured in Year 1959 until 1967

Engine installed 2,912 cc Straight Six

Top speed of the MK I BT7 was 115 mph (185 km/h) with 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 11.7 secs

After Donald Healey parted company with British Leyland in 1966 he went on to become Chairman of Jensen Motors, where (among other achievements) he produced the Jensen-Healey to fill the void left by the Austin-Healey 3000's discontinuation.