Photos from the Promenade Stages Rally

A fantastic few hours in the sunshine, courtesy of Wallasey Motor Club who have been organising this event for 31 years now.

Some photo highlights below, but click here for the full set.

Jaguar rear view problem in Germany

From Autocar Magazine, w/e 28 February 1976

Federal officials have refused to give approval in Germany to the Jaguar XJ-S because the large rear pillars do not meet German safety laws. The Federal Motor Vehicle Authority have also taken exception to the rear pillars of the Lancia Monte Carlo and have refused to grant this car general certification.

According to our contemporary in Germany, Autozeitung, the ruling means that each individual XJ-S brought into the country will have to be taken to the authorities for individual registration and approval until the position is made clear. However the Jaguar is not banned from Germany at this stage, and sales are continuing. The German regulations lay down specific angles of vision which must be obtained from the driver's seat, and it is these requirements which have been invoked over the XJ-S.

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Colt try the police market

From Autocar Magazine, w/e 28 February 1976

The Colt Car Company have recently been putting a police demonstrator version of their Galant 1600 estate car round various police forces in Great Britain for evaluation. The car is fitted out by Bosch to latest radio specifications, and has attracted a great deal of comment from the forces who have tried it. The car is claimed to be the only Japanese police car in Europe, but so far no police force have braved the wrath of rate-payers to order one. However Colt say that some forces have been most enthusiastic in their praise of performance, comfort, handling and economy.

The Alfa 33 : Rediscover the magic of motoring

There are a lot of very practical cars around today. But none with the magic of an Alfa Romeo.

Driving an Alfa 33 is all motoring should be. Practical, but with that dash of magic.

And now Alfa Romeo have gone even further. With the Alfa 33 Estate which has an uprated 95bhp engine and four wheel drive.

So you can go practically anywhere, in any weather.

The already elegant lines of the Alfa 33 have been skilfully blended by Pininfarina into what must be one of the most stylish estates on - or off - the road.

Of course, should a spacious four wheel drive estate be a little too practical for you, there's always the rest of the stylish Alfa 33 range to choose from.

There's the Green Cloverleaf for example. With a 105bhp Alfa boxer engine driving through a slick five speed gearbox.

The performance is all you'd expect from a technically advanced car with Alfa's sporting pedigree.

Like reaching 60mph from rest in 9.7 seconds and being capable of 116 miles per hour.

And naturally the Alfa 33 range has handling that makes driving an Alfa Romeo what it always has been.

Pure magic.