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Great Motoring Disasters: Lotus Europa S
Retro Motor team
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October 18, 2022
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Lotus only made 458 examples of the Elise-based Europa during its four years on sale. Where did it all go wrong?
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Great Motoring Disasters
Great Motoring Disasters: MG Rover CityRover
Richard Bremner
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December 10, 2022
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The woeful CityRover was a desperate attempt to keep MG Rover afloat. But it was lambasted on Top Gear and rejected by the British public.
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Great Motoring Disasters
Great Motoring Disasters: MG XPower SV
Retro Motor team
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September 7, 2022
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We remember the bizarre 'affordable' MG XPower SV supercar. Only around 80 were produced before MG Rover went bust.
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Great Motoring Disasters
Great Motoring Disasters: NSU Ro80
Retro Motor team
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November 25, 2022
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Modern Audis owe much to the 1967 NSU Ro80. The elegant saloon was ahead of its time, but its radical rotary engine proved to be its downfall.
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Great Motoring Disasters
Great Motoring Disasters: Renault Wind
Retro Motor team
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March 2, 2022
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The Wind was a curious cabriolet that somehow survived when Renault streamlined its line-up in 2012. Don't tell anyone, but we quite like it.
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Great Motoring Disasters
Great Motoring Disasters: Rover 75
Retro Motor team
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February 6, 2023
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The Rover 75 deserved better: a handsome and competitive car that was sabotaged by politics and poor management. We tell its story.
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Great Motoring Disasters
Great Motoring Disasters: Saab
Retro Motor team
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January 10, 2023
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Swedish carmaker Saab began a long, slow decline after it was bought by General Motors in 1989. We reveal how it all went so wrong.
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Great Motoring Disasters
Great Motoring Disasters: Seat Toledo Mk3
Retro Motor team
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May 16, 2023
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The third-generation Seat Toledo completely failed to match the success of its predecessors. So what exactly went wrong?
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Cars
Great Motoring Disasters: Sinclair C5
Richard Bremner
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October 16, 2024
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Sir Clive Sinclair's revolutionary electric trike for the masses wasn't quite the success he hoped for. We tell the story of the Sinclair C5.
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Great Motoring Disasters
Great Motoring Disasters: Suzuki SJ
Retro Motor team
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March 20, 2023
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The Suzuki SJ was an affordable, capable and surprisingly fashionable little 4x4. Unfortunately, it had a tendency to topple over...
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Great Motoring Disasters
Great Motoring Disasters: Triumph TR7
Retro Motor team
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April 18, 2023
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Designed with America in mind, the wedge-shaped Triumph TR7 was hobbled by poor build quality and industrial strife. We tell its story.
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Great Motoring Disasters
Great Motoring Disasters: trying to replace the Volkswagen Beetle
Retro Motor team
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January 30, 2023
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Volkswagen spent many years and vast quantities of Deutschmarks trying to replace the Beetle. We travel the rocky road that led to the Golf.
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