– Baader-Meinhof. Space 1999. The Dawson’s Field hijackings. The Yes Album. They’re all things from the 1970s, but all people seem to remember are bell bottoms, Nixon’s resignation, and, of course, the ’73 and ’79 oil crises. The first of these hit British manufacturer Jensen rather hard, given that its bread-and-butter model, the Interceptor, carried a thirsty Chrysler-sourced V-8 lump behind its quad headlights. Thankfully, the plucky Brits had a solution.
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– In Japan, there exists a subculture known as Dajiban, offering a unique spin on custom Ram vans that involves a soupçon of stance, a dash of bosozoku, and a twisted sense of humor. The machines are alternately known as “H-vans,” with the “H” code for “hentai”—Japanese for “pervert.” But were it not for the golden age of vanning, Dajiban would have no roots. And although the heavily customized American
– All we really want from any vehicle is for it to do its job well. It’s a deceptively simple criterion that guides our reviews of everything from burly off-roaders to thrifty subcompacts to ludicrously capable exotics. We’re hard-pressed to think of a vehicle that fulfills its mission better than VW’s Golf SportWagen—maybe the lunar rover. READ MORE ›› –
– For some reason, when we think of coachbuilt glamour, thoughts automatically drift to chassis that were handed off to British and Italian men armed with sandbags, snips, shears, shrinkers, stretchers, English wheels, and a variety of hammers. Pretty much every machine that takes home the big prize at Pebble Beach is “famed European marque bodied by famous/obscure coachbuilder.” But of course, we Americans had coachbuilding houses, as well. Budd,
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