Rover P6 3500

rover p6 3500

Rover P6 3500: the engine Detroit threw away and Britain made immortal Every gearhead in America knows the Buick 215. Or thinks they don’t, until you tell them the story. It’s the little aluminum V8 that Buick and Oldsmobile built for their compacts at the dawn of the sixties, the one that powered the Buick … Read more

LADA NIVA

lada niva 4x4

The Soviet 4×4 That Embarrassed Land Rover, Mercedes, and Toyota — In 1977 Chris Harris once said that the best cars are the ones engineered by people who have to use them. Not engineered for marketing. Not engineered to win awards. Engineered because the engineer knows that if it breaks, he’s the one walking back … Read more