Street Fighting Cars

An autolandish Hamburg-o-rama

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Nostalgic sparkle to the season! Like Grandma's old Christmas ornament, simple yet full of charm, the Seat 600 L, produced from 1964 to 1970, was a refined version of the original 600, offering improved comfort and design.

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Moonlit chrome and fading summer air, a gentle rumble that feels like a memory trying to stay: 1978 Buick Regal in Ibiza

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When all the adventures out there are experienced, sometimes nature strikes back: Land Rover, probably a Series III, hidden in the fairy-tale German Eifel National Park.

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Kaputte Jungs (broken boys) need toys too: Ford Taunus P7b Coupé (1968-1971)

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Seems it never rains in Rhineland-Palatinate Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in Rhineland-Palatinate But girl, don't they warn ya? It pours, man, it pours

Even changing the speedometer from miles to kilometers is an art form: Volkswagen T1 (Type 2) Bus, which a truly inspiring lady brought back to Germany all the way from California to the usual rain of this season in her hometown in Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Alfa Romeo 1750 GT Veloce (1967-72), often praised as the prettiest of the 105 line. His owner has turned a few more wrenches to make sure it’s the fastest one, too. As a workshop chief, maintenance and restoration are his passion — and as a private man, it’s racing. The GTAm style appeals.

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1959 Volkswagen Beetle with a sliding ragtop. Its larger rear window was introduced just a year prior.

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1967 Triumph Vitesse 2-Litre: Michelotti styling with just enough edge. Inline-six, top-down British flair. The kind of car a Mod would drive if scooters weren’t the rule: sharp, stylish, and built to stand out on Brighton’s seafront – or on the Elbe river in Hamburg

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Welcome to the dirty corner of the Port of Hamburg, where raw forces foolishly fade: FAUN, a German manufacturer of trucks and cranes since 1918, was acquired by Japan's Tadano in 1990. Tadano, founded in 1948 in Takamatsu, still is a global leader in hydraulic cranes. This relic still bears the original FAUN nameplate, a testament to German engineering.

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By 1962, the Alfa Romeo Sprint was the tail end of the Giulietta run (since 1954), right before the Giulia took over. No Veloce here, but this one is also slightly tuned: subtle suspension tweaks, a bit more breathing room for the standard 1.3-liter-twin-cam, and just enough attitude to feel sharper without losing its original charm.

The body? Pure Bertone - designed by Franco Scaglione, and still turning heads six decades later. It’s that classic Italian recipe: curves over horsepower, feeling over figures.

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Jeep Ebro Comando

The Spanish-built CJ cousin you didn’t know you needed. Born in the ‘70s for rugged terrain but now cruising Ibiza’s coast like it owns the place. Hard-edged design, leaf-sprung simplicity, and that unmistakable utilitarian charm. Not flashy – just effortlessly cool.

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Spotted in Ibiza, where nights never end and the bass never sleeps: First generation 1985–89 Lincoln Town Car Stretch, whose chrome might be faded but whose stories are louder than any DJ set. Once rolling royalty for superstar DJs and midnight legends, now a ghost of afterparties past - quietly watching the sunrise over the so called White Isle

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Post 1989 Porsche 944 Turbo, European version

220 horses up front, wide hips out back, and that iconic transaxle balance that makes Elbtunnel runs feel like Spa-Francorchamps at dawn. Blue like the Elbe, loud like St. Pauli

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Money may be finite. But if your love for the car is boundless, you simply grab a checker plate and rivet the rust holes shut. However, it has to be said that coachbuilders from the little Spanish island Formentera have not yet achieved any notable fame: Citroën 2CV

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Who needs speed when you’ve got this much style? Alfa Romeo Giulia 1300 TI (1966-1972) Minty fresh and forever classy, you can't fake that Italian charm

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Faster in reverse than the law allows! DAF 66 Marathon 1100 Coupé (1972/73) with unique Variomatic belt-driven continuously variable transmission – just as quick forward as in reverse. Good thing the Dutch police were driving Porsches.

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A find without the popular barn, excusez-moi: Mathis EMY 4 légère

The economic depression of 1930-33 hit France and thus the little car manufacturer from Strasbourg in Alsace hard. Little is known about the brand. So here is a brief overview.

Emile Mathis , who founded his company in 1910 after a planned project with his friend Ettore Bugatti failed to materialize, concentrated in these challenging years most of his efforts on developing a new model, the EMY-4 8 CV. It was presented at the Paris Motor Show in October 1932, had to contend with increasingly fierce competition from the Peugeot 301, Citroën Rosalie 8 CV and Renault Monaquatre and was marketed just before the company finally was reorganized under the brand name Matford.

At the beginning of 1935, the EMY-4 range consisted of the 4 S and Légère versions. These two benefited from some mechanical developments, the most curious of which was the gearbox, whose number of gears was reduced from four to three. The model survived the Mathis-Ford Société Anonyme Française merger and even carried the Matford name later from 1935 to 1936 until the EMY-4 was discontinued.