The Porsche 911 targa may not have been the first car fitted with a removable roof panel, but it’s the one that everyone associates with it.
Both were seemingly styled using a ruler and a chisel, but the Fiat had the advantage (in both handling and inherent cool factor) of having a mid-engined layout.
There’s no question – Pininfarina definitely deserved a pat on the back and a few days off after coming up with the shape of the 308.
In the early 1980s, Toyota spotted a gap in the market – an affordable-mid-engined-sports-car-shaped gap.
At the turn of the century, Lotus needed to replace its exceptionally popular Elise due to forthcoming changes in crash test legislation.
Okay, technically, they all got into Corvette Stingrays because they were offered them on somewhat favourable terms of just $1 per year. One dollar.
In the late 1980s, Dodge was known for producing automotive magnolia – cars that you immediately forgot about when you got out of them.
Back in the 1960s, most of VW’s development engineering was done by Porsche in a long-standing contract.
The Smart City-Coupé may have been a quirky two-seater, but it was no sports car. However, Smart bigwigs believed its powertrain would work well in a more sporting machine.