133-143mph\/6.4-8.7 secs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIf this was a list of the best car names, the West Brom Wonder would still be on it. Despite being designed and engineered in just four months, Jensen\u2019s sleek Touring-penned fastback set the template for what a classic GT should be. Burbling soundtrack, big comfy hand-tooled seats, acres of bonnet and a strong sense of exclusivity. <\/p>\n
Even at standstill the Jensen looks like it\u2019s about to power down to Cannes. Shorn of the Bond connection and saddled with a reputation, in period, for not being entirely well built, the Jensen has always lagged behind its Newport Pagnell rival. But canny buyers know a bargain when they see one, and a well-sorted Interceptor today is certainly that. <\/p>\n
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Monteverdi HiSpeed <\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Average Price Range: \u00a3220,000-450,000<\/span><\/li>\n
- Production Run: 1967-1976<\/li>\n
- Number Built: 200<\/span><\/li>\n
- Horsepower: 375-450bhp<\/span><\/li>\n
- Top Speed\/0-60mph: 142-152mph\/5-8.2secs <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
It was Europe\u2019s evolving high-speed road network that begat the GT, a car perfectly orientated for long-distance, three-figure cruising. Sitting at the heart of all this, Switzerland was both an obvious choice to develop a GT, and very much not. The not part being because that the Swiss, unlike their near neighbours, had never shown much interest in car manufacture. <\/p>\n
Peter Monteverdi, however, bucked the Swiss trend. He loved cars. Alongside designing and racing them, he sold Ferraris and other high-end marques. Legend has it that the HiSpeed was the result of his souring relationship with Ferrari, but that\u2019s unlikely. What is true is that the HiSpeed was exactly what it said on the tin – a long, low and certainly lithe GT with, like the Interceptor, serious MOPAR muscle. That powerplant made it reliable where a Ferrari wasn\u2019t. The issue lay with everything else. Badly built and extraordinarily expensive, the HiSpeed floundered. But when a car looks this good and goes so well, it makes this list. <\/p>\n
<\/h3>\nBest 70s Coup\u00e9s<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
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Opel Manta B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Average Price Range: \u00a39,000-60,000<\/span><\/li>\n
- Production Run: 1975-1988<\/li>\n
- Number Built: 557,940<\/span><\/li>\n
- Horsepower: 60-174<\/span><\/li>\n
- Top Speed\/0-60mph: 110-130mph\/7.1-11 secs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Before the Quattro, Europe\u2019s car makers battled it out on a much simpler rallying tableau, one centred on light, nimble and decidedly rear-drive family cars. We love the Manta A, with its Manta Ray concept car infusions, but it\u2019s the more populous Manta B that makes this list. Mainly for its performance on gravel. <\/p>\n
The Manta B rally car was lauded for its handling and took titles in Germany and on the Paris-Dakar, but it never quite fulfilled its rally potential, despite being piloted by names such as Jimmy McRae, Russell Brookes, Rauno Aaltonen, Guy Fr\u00e9quelin, and Ari Vatanen. Yet as road drivers discovered, it was a better-engineered, arguably more stylish and certainly more nimble alternative to its Dagenham rival. <\/p>\n
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VW Scirocco Mk1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Average Price Range: \u00a33,000-20,000<\/span><\/li>\n
- Production Run: 1974-1981<\/li>\n
- Number Built: 504,153<\/span><\/li>\n
- Horsepower: 50-110bhp<\/span><\/li>\n
- Top Speed\/0-60mph: 90-115mph\/9-11secs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The 70s was the era of coup\u00e9 spin-offs of humble family wagons. The Scirocco, despite being one of Giugiaro\u2019s finest designs, has always been overshadowed by the Golf GTI. Contemporary buyers wondered why it was worth bothering buying the coup\u00e9 when the 3dr hatchback did all the same stuff, but more practically. <\/p>\n
As a classic buy, the roles should be reversed. The Scirocco is a Golf GTI in a party frock, a crisply styled car that is one of the prettiest coup\u00e9s of the era. That it also shares the GTI\u2019s agility and verve surely seals the deal. And that\u2019s all before we mention the brilliantly named Storm. <\/p>\n
<\/h3>\nCoolest 70s Cars<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
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Bond Bug<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Average Price Range: \u00a34,000-18,000<\/span><\/li>\n
- Production Run: 1970-1974<\/li>\n
- Number Built: 2,268<\/span><\/li>\n
- Horsepower: 29-34<\/span><\/li>\n
- Top Speed\/0-60mph: 76mh\/14.4-23secs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Whatever Tom Karen was smoking in the late 60s, we can only assume it wasn\u2019t straight Marlboros. When asked to come up with a \u2018fun, sporty\u2019 new car for Reliant, he dusted off his old designs for a \u2018Reliant Rogue\u2019 and, well, the result was extremely orange in every sense. <\/p>\n
Even if it had had the full complement of round rubbery things, the Bond Bug would have still been extraordinary. Wedgier than Wensleydale, more orange than Outspan, the clamshell Bug was practically the legal definition of blue sky thinking. It wowed everyone who saw it. A Bug chassis even reputedly formed the basis of Luke\u2019s Skywalker\u2019s Landspeeder.<\/p>\n
When it came to parting with hard-earned cash, the Bug\u2019s practical shortcomings were its undoing. Today drive a Bug anywhere, and we recommend you do try it, and discover attention of the sort Influencers seek but never quite achieve.<\/p>\n
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Dodge Challenger <\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Average Price Range: \u00a315,000-\u00a31m<\/li>\n
- Production Run: 1970-1974<\/li>\n
- Number Built: 165,437<\/li>\n
- Horsepower: 145-425<\/li>\n
- Top Speed\/0-60mph: 110-150mph\/4.7-11secs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The early 70s was the swansong of the muscle car era and we could have chosen any number of cool alternatives for this list. But the Challenger makes it because of Vanishing Point. If any movie defines motoring cool, it\u2019s that one. <\/p>\n
From the thrilling opening scene, as it outsmarts an E-Type across the desert, and for the next 98 minutes, the Challenger is the true star of the film. It\u2019s the ultimate symbol of freedom, speed and rebellion. And if that isn\u2019t cool, we don\u2019t know what is. <\/p>\n
<\/h3>\nThe Brownest 70s Cars<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
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British Leyland Princess AD071 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Average Price Range: \u00a34,000-18,000<\/li>\n
- Production Run: 1975-1982<\/li>\n
- Number Built: 224,942<\/li>\n
- Horsepower: 50-110bhp<\/li>\n
- Top Speed\/0-60mph: 88-100mph\/11-18secs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Whether you call it brown, beige, russet, chocolate, umber, burnt sienna or plain old sludge, the 1970s was the decade of dirt-coloured cars. And few were available in quite so many varied hues of weather-beaten earth than the ill-fated Princess. <\/p>\n
For a car that was, thanks to its Harris Mann wedge, so distinctive, the Princess was forever a car in search of an identity. It started life under a trio of different brands united by the odd \u201818-22 Series\u2019 monicker. Then it lost all the brand names and became merely a Princess. All this was against a background of British Leyland strikes, bankruptcy and a general refusal by anyone involved in the process to actually build a single Princess properly. No car was as embroiled in this utter mess quite like the Princess, and it sullied what was on paper a clever, innovative and stylish car. It was all very sad and, quite simply, merde. <\/p>\n
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Citro\u00ebn GS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Average Price Range: \u00a34,000-19,000<\/li>\n
- Production Run: 1970-1979<\/li>\n
- Number Built: 2,473,499<\/li>\n
- Horsepower: 55-107bhp<\/li>\n
- Top Speed\/0-60mph: 92-113mph\/13.5-18secs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
We like to think that British Leyland had a thing about brown, but in fact every 70s car maker did. Some even ran with it for longer and further than Longbridge. Eg Citro\u00ebn. <\/p>\n
For a while in the 70s, you could specify your GS in Vesuvius Brown, Santal Brown Metallic, Brun des Andes and Cigale Metallic. All of which sound considerably more beguiling than Harvest Gold, Sienna, Russett Brown, Bedouin, Antelope, Sombrero and, of course, Sandglow. Just like a GS is considerably more beguiling than an Allegro. <\/p>\n
<\/h3>\nBest 1970s Hatchbacks<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
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Volkswagen Golf Mk1<\/p>\n
\n- Average Price Range: \u00a33,000-30,000<\/li>\n
- Production Run: 1974-1983<\/li>\n
- Number Built: 6.7M<\/li>\n
- Horsepower: 49-112bhp<\/li>\n
- Top Speed\/0-60mph: 87-119mph\/8.1-20secs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Well, it had to be. The Golf wasn\u2019t the first hatchback, but it certainly put the idea on the map. Yes, it was practical and versatile, but perhaps it\u2019s the Golf\u2019s sheer ability to do everything so well that made it so successful and so enduring. <\/p>\n
There was also a Golf for everyone, from the parsimonious and the fuel-orientated, to the sort of luxurious and the quite quick. The Golf\u2019s trick was to be very good at everything, but not brilliant at anything, which turns out to be what most car buyers actually want. <\/p>\n
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Renault 16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Average Price Range: \u00a34,100-16,000<\/li>\n
- Production Run: 1965-1980<\/li>\n
- Number Built: 1,851,502<\/li>\n
- Horsepower: 55-93bhp<\/li>\n
- Top Speed\/0-60mph: 90-110mph\/1.5-20secs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The 16 wasn\u2019t, officially, the first hatchback, but it put the idea into the mainstream, so it has to be on this list. Renault was clearly aiming for Golf-like everyman status, but thankfully didn\u2019t quite manage to give a full Gallic shrug to character and quirkiness. <\/p>\n
Renault channeled its typically innovative approach into the 16. Front wheel drive, transverse engines and the sort of spacious interior that made a Golf seem cramped all made the 16 one of the best family cars of the 70s. Price and a general sniffiness about all things European meant that few made it to British shores. Instead, we made do with the Maxi. And make do we certainly did. <\/p>\n
Best 1970s Kit cars<\/p>\n
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Nova<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Average Price Range: \u00a35,000-20,000 <\/li>\n
- Production Run: 1971-1996<\/li>\n
- Number Built: 2,268 (approx)<\/li>\n
- Horsepower: 49-100bhp<\/li>\n
- Top Speed\/0-60mph: 100-115mph\/9-14secs <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In the 70s esoteric car makers like Lamborghini and Ferrari were discovering something called \u2018the supercar.\u2019 For those with less deep pockets, an engineering bent and a warm garage, there was The Kit Car. <\/p>\n
No kit car was quite so supercar-themed as the Nova. It looked fantastic, it had a barmy lift-up clamshell roof and, well, that\u2019s sort of it. All the roof stuff and the chiselled bodywork hid what was actually a Beetle with Beetle running gear. But when you\u2019re parked up in Tesco fielding wowed admirers, nobody needs to know that. <\/p>\n
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Towns Hustler <\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Average Price Range: \u00a32,000-14,000<\/li>\n
- Production Run: 1978-1989<\/li>\n
- Number Built: 500<\/li>\n
- Horsepower: 34-75<\/li>\n
- Top Speed\/0-60mph: 70-90mph\/14-20secs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
William Towns was one of motoring\u2019s true travelling troubadours. He designed lots of cars you know, like the Aston Martin Lagonda, some you maybe don\u2019t, like the Railton F28 Fairmile, and some that are quite unlike either of those, like the Hustler. <\/p>\n
Conceived as a very simple modular kit, the Hustler was designed to take the complexity out of assembling your own car. Think motorised Meccano, or Lego. Towns imagined it would work quite well in developing countries where tools and technology were lacking. The Hustler did all that whilst exhibiting his usual design flare. Aspirations never quite matched reality, with just 500 built. If you\u2019re ever in North Berwick, you\u2019ll discover a Hustler still in use as an ice cream van. Not quite what Towns had in mind, but it certainly fits his eclectic approach to design. <\/p>\n
Best 1970s Supercars<\/p>\n
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De Tomaso Pantera<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Average Price Range: \u00a370,000-400,000<\/li>\n
- Production Run: 1971-1992<\/li>\n
- Number Built: 7,260<\/li>\n
- Horsepower: 305-355bhp<\/li>\n
- Top Speed\/0-60mph: 15-165mph\/5.4-6secs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Pantera was the result of the sort of circumstances that Alessandro De Tomaso thrived upon. He wanted a Ferrari rival, Ford wanted a Corvette competitor and Tom Tjaarda delivered the magnificent Pantera. <\/p>\n
It had the makings of brilliance: Italian thoroughbred credentials, reliable Ford power. Of course, in time-honoured Italian tradition, things didn\u2019t quite work out that way. The Pantera was not so much built as thrown together and General Motors carried on churning out Corvettes largely unbothered. Thankfully, Alessandro being Alessandro, he didn\u2019t let defeat defeat him and carried on developing and improving the Pantera, giving enthusiasts a range of increasingly outlandish and quick alternatives to the conventional Italian supercars. <\/p>\n
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Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Average Price Range: \u00a370,000-400,000<\/li>\n
- Production Run: 1973-1984<\/li>\n
- Number Built: 2,323<\/li>\n
- Horsepower: 335-380bhp <\/li>\n
- Top Speed\/0-60mph: 170-188mph\/5.1-6.1secs <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The BB, or more accurately the earlier 365GT4 BB, set the template for what would become Ferrari\u2019s subsequent supercars. Powered by a mid-engined \u2018flat 12\u2019 – in reality, a very wide angle V12 – the BB512 is a Pininfarina masterpiece. The car\u2019s otherworldly looks and performance pushed the idea of Ferrari into the rarified stratosphere and helped cement the brand\u2019s modern reputation. <\/p>\n
There are many flavours of Berlinetta Boxer, from that first 365 to the final BB512i. Just 2,323 were built over 11 years and today you\u2019ll pay upwards of \u00a3300,000 to nab one. Considering the value of later Ferrari supercars, that feels like something of a bargain. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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