Classic Retro Modern Magazine June 2022 Vorige editie

We’re not entirely sure why it took us so long to put a Metro on the cover, but that’s what you’ll find gracing the front of issue 11. To borrow a phrase from M&S, it’s not just any Metro, but a Frazer Tickford Metro. The luxury supermini cost the equivalent of £50,000 in today’s money, so it wasn’t the sort of Metro you’d buy for pootling down to Kwik Save. More like wafting along to Fortnum & Mason for a jar of fig and fennel chutney. Would you have any Grey Poupon?

Elsewhere, Richard Dredge tells the story of a very saintly Volvo P1800, while Ian Tisdale rights a few wrongs regarding the NSU Ro80. Gavin recalls the Volkswagen Passat W8 – and questions why he didn’t buy one – while Richard Heseltine delivers a wonderful Picture Past on the MGB. This month’s Ultimate Guide is for the TVR Chimaera, Gavin’s guilty pleasure is the Ford Scorpio, and Chris Bailey tells us what it’s like to live with and restore a Citroën CX.

There’s another selection of Your Classics, including a Lancia Beta, Standard Eight, Trabant P601 and Toyota MR2, along with a guide to classic tyres. Darren Walker showcases his Vauxhall Astra from another mother and Sam Glover introduces us to his Hindustan Ambassador. All of this, plus the usual array of period adverts, news and events.