Happy anniversaries!

2018 seems to be a significant year for a number of marques and iconic models... performance stats have been disclosed, but it is likely they will deliver the same performance as the standard models. Both the 350 and 380 use the same supercharged, 3.5-litre V6 engine, the latter’s in a slightly higher state of tune yielding 375bhp and 410Nm of torque, as opposed to the former’s 345bhp and 400Nm. Both cover the 0-100km/h dash in less than four seconds and can hit 275km/h. paid tribute to “seven decades of adventure, humanitarian aid and hard work across classes and cultures around the world”.

The broadcast was on April 30 – 70 years to the day since the first Land Rover made its debut at the Amsterdam Motor Show.

It told how Land Rover began as a utility model at the end of the Second World War and grew to become the world’s favourite 4x4, with more than seven million sold. THE first Subaru model to enter the highlycoveted (still is) US market was the “360”, a 356cc inline-two rear-engined two-door city car in 1958. It was also the company’s first automobile. Despite being actually advertised as “Cheap and Ugly”, Subaru managed to sell about 10,000 units in the US.

Three decades later, on April 2, 1988, Subaru’s legendary motorsport division – Subaru Technica International (STI), was founded, changing the rally and car-modifying landscape forever. The division can trace its dusty rally roots back to the Subaru Leone’s participation in the 1972 Australia Southern Cross Rally, and again in 1980 when it competed in the World Rally Championship with the first four-wheel-drive car ever entered in the series.

Subaru now boasts 47 WRC wins in total, making it the most successful Japanese car manufacturer ever to participate in the insane motorsport.

FOR the 60th anniversary of the Fiat 500 Jolly Spiaggina – the first special series model of Fiat’s supposedly-legendary little car – the Italian car manufacturer is releasing a new Fiat 500 “Spiaggina 58”, limited to 1,958 units.

Symbolic of the “Dolce Vita” era in which it was launched, the 1958 Fiat 500 Jolly Spiaggina is being celebrated in style for its 60th birthday,