We've all heard "My Dad had one of those" about cars.
I want to know what your Mum had as her car to get about. Wherever you are in the world, whatever time period. What vehicle did your Mum (or other maternal guardian) cherish and use and wax lyrical about?
I might be planning a little project...
My Mum had a moped, a Honda Cub I think (I'll have to dig out a photo), that was her freedom in the 70s.
@nyrath@vulgalour
My buddy's mom had a relative of the Olds Vista Cruiser - the Chevy Caprice Classic Wagon. I used to walk with him on his paper run, but sometimes when the weather was terrible (and this is Canada so you can imagine it had to be pretty awful), his mom would drive us slowly around the neighbourhood while we sat on the tailgate and threw papers roughly where they belonged. Good times...
Yesterday’s Seat 600 and 133 are a reminder that prior to being acquired by Volkswagen, the Spanish manufacturer mainly made Fiats under licence. Car makers draw heavily on their historical models for inspiration - a problem when your back-catalogue is based so heavily on a rival group’s designs. Seat has therefore always struggled to define itself clearly but this third-gen Leon (snapped at the 2013 press launch in Spain) was one of the better efforts.
@MarSolRivas Yes, it does a bit! I just noticed from Wikipedia that it was a design bought from NSU, which I hadn’t realised before, but which does emphasise the point about there being no settled distinctive Seat look.