Built as a successor to the mid-fifties Jaguar 2.4 and 3.4, the Mk II became, and not without good reason, one of the best loved and best known of all Jaguars.
It was also a car that epitomised Jaguar’s traditional and very much pre-war values of style, comfort and performance enshrined in their motto of ‘Grace, Space, Pace’. The car was designed from the ground up to convey the occupant quickly and in style and it was also, incidentally, a 1960, red, 2.4 litre Mk 2 Jaguar that Inspector Morse drove in the television series. As much as anything, this has helped to make it so instantly recognisable (and sought after) today.
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The MG Car Company had a perfectly good sports car in the seven year old MGA. It was popular, it sold well especially in the USA, and offered great performance linked with the joys of fresh air sports car motoring. So, in 1962 when MG announced its successor, the logically styled MGB, it had to be, not just a good car, but one that was even better.
The Giulia was unashamedly developed at the expense of the Alfa Romeo 2600, a fact I covered in my article on the 2600 which you will find 
I like Alfa Romeos, I think I always have, and I like big cars too, ones with plenty of engine and some lively right foot action. So, fifty years on, would I have liked this one?
The 1950s and 60s saw a perfusion of fast, hairy-chested but at the same time fun, sports cars roll out of the many car manufacturers in the British Isles. All of them were individual and all of them were statements of intention as much as they were designed as transport and the Triumph TR4 was no exception. 
Inspired in part by British design and appearing between 1965 and 1976, the Peugeot 204 in one of its many guises was a popular car and a common sight on British roads.
The Austin Healey (Frogeye) Sprite was almost my first car but I got the MG Midget instead. However, this remains one of the finest, the best and certainly the most distinctive of the early 1960s sports cars!