Yes, it’s our second Miura today, this time with its skirt off at the Lamborghini factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese, circa 1969. What can we say? When it rains, it really pours. Happy Thanksgiving to all our US readers!
Bonus TG footage (great music in this episode, by the way):
Photo credit: József Erdősi
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We’re racking our brains, trying hard to come up with something that might be nicer than taking a Lotus Exige (or its sister, Elise) through the Lake District of rural North West England at this particular moment.
Nope, nothing.
Photo credit: Photography NorthWest
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Look quickly, and it’s almost possible to mistake it for an E21. Almost.
Photo credit: unknown
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Quick teaser of what’s up ahead:
Audi A6 Avant- by all measures a sedate German family hauler – on the track. In opposite lock!
Photo credit: GT323
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This one is truly wacky.
A bit of etymology:
Certain cars with this body style have historically been called a shooting-brake, a British term. A few models are referred to as a break, using the French term (which is sometimes given in full as “break de chasse”- literally “hunting break”). A common German term for this type, Kombi, is also sometimes used. Volkswagen’s proprietary name for a Kombi is Variant, Opel sometimes uses the word Caravan, BMW uses Touring, Wartburg used Tourist, and Audi’s examples are traditionally called Avant. Fiat often uses the term Weekend, while Alfa Romeo uses Sportwagon and Mazda uses Estate. Some British makes under BMC used Traveller or Countryman for the type. Peugeot and Land Rover have sometimes used “station wagon” even in markets which use British English (source).
Interesting factoid: the CX was apparently a favored mode of transport by Manuel Noriega (source).
Photo credit: ifa.zweitakt
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Longish, but well worth a watch.
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A soul doubleheader. Funky as hell!
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Photo credit: Michael Biro
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Here’s someone who doesn’t take himself too seriously, and looks like he’s having plenty of fun. Plus, he can build the heck out of cars, which we obviously admire first and foremost.
You might remember the car previously like so:
A little lower..
A little crazier..
A little more..
And finally, the guise under which it gained the most notoriety… ‘let loose the dogs of war’-type notoriety:
Catch the full back story here (and our previous spotlight here).
One of these days we’ll also have to spotlight his big 6er:
Like we said, he can build the heck out of cars.
Photo credit: Mike Burroughs
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