@autoatlantica.bsky.social
I’m Darren, a collector of automotive headaches, a car industry enthusiast, YouTuber, and occasional magazine writer. I enjoy photography, reptiles, & Route 66/other road trips with the wife and dogs. Amateurish videos are at www.youtube.com/@AutoAtlantica
The Porsche Cayenne Transsyberia is a homologation special of the rally car using the basis of a Cayenne S, but stripped out, and the running gear of a GTS. 285 were built, with 26 reputedly in the U.S. three of those were manuals.
21.10.2025 09:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Car delivery days are always exciting, like this one when my Merkur Scorpio arrived.
21.10.2025 09:04 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I might feature this Classic Reflections Coachworks Corvette C2 in CRM at some point next year. These are built on a modern C6 platform and shod with LS3 V8 engines. CRC built 225 of them over sixteen years.
21.10.2025 08:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My Kubota BX was faultless for a decade, and suddenly the fuel sender failed. The dealer picked it up for it to be replaced and have a 200-hour service.
21.10.2025 08:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On October 20, 1965, the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was unleashed upon the world.
20.10.2025 17:56 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
1993 Mustang Cobra with just nine miles from new. I thought the mileage on my Camaro was low.
19.10.2025 22:16 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My first three cars: 1979 Skoda Estelle 105S - head gasket blew after two weeks. Couldn’t see out of the rear window for steam. 1981 Austin Metro 1.0L - aftermarket sunroof held water, pouring through onto my suit crotch on the same bend in Leicester. 1982 MG Metro - rusted as you looked at it.
19.10.2025 21:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fleet update October 2025!
Jaguar, Merkur, Peugeot, Pontiac: Fleet Update Oct 2025 | Collections
youtu.be/H1bBfcLa30U
Sunday morning spitting out the Cheerios time.
19.10.2025 11:13 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
1991 Chevrolet Caprice 9c1 which was in the Police Hall of Fame before ending up in a private collection. Only 260 miles from new.
18.10.2025 23:11 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I don’t get many opportunities to film old cars, but this daily driven 1956 Studebaker President was a true delight to get behind the wheel of.
18.10.2025 20:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tremendous day filming with this Mercury Marauder today.
18.10.2025 20:56 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mercury initially debuted the Panther-based Marauder as a two door convertible with a 335bhp supercharged version of the 4.6 litre modular V8. It was a one-off and sold at Sothebys in 2012. The production car would be a version of the sedan with the suspension of the CVPI and producing 302bhp.
18.10.2025 09:24 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
Nissan didn’t think many Americans would be able to pronounce “Qashqai” - true story - so the car debuted in the U.S. as Rogue Sport instead.
16.10.2025 12:55 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
Sums it all up rather well.
16.10.2025 12:40 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This 2025 BMW X7 xDrive40i with 3,980 miles was just traded in against a new Tahoe. I don’t blame them one iota.
14.10.2025 21:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
That’s what I call caravanning.
14.10.2025 09:09 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
With the RS taillights and illuminated door sills of the SS, personalisation of my Camaro has begun. I now have Morimoto LED side markers to install and a red-flanked RS lower grille and illuminated grille badge are on their was from GM.
12.10.2025 12:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some evening messing in the garage and the Volvo sounds good. Still missing first gear so that’s an outsourced project to come.
12.10.2025 11:21 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
This is the first time my Fiat-Abarth 500 has been out after dark for ten years.
11.10.2025 23:46 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An early autumn rise for my Buick Roadmaster.
11.10.2025 21:12 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The two LT1s.
11.10.2025 21:01 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Likely my final mow of the year completed.
11.10.2025 19:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This targa-topped Ford Sierra XR4i was built late in the development of Project Toni, when a U.S. model was under consideration. It never made it to production.
11.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
1966 Pontiac Bonneville ambulance at a local car show. These were custom built to be used as both ambulances and hearses.
11.10.2025 12:43 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
I came close to adding this Saab 9-7x Aero to my collection. They were a badge engineered version of the GM360 SUVs offered under most of GM’s brands, but the Aero used the 6.0 litre LS2 unit and is very fast and very rare. Its sister car, the Chevrolet Trailblazer SS, used the same setup.
11.10.2025 10:18 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A grey Aston Martin DB AR1 Zagato I found at Pittsburgh Cars & Coffee. The 99 Zagato coupes that were built were never supplied to the US, so the AR1 was built for that market instead: 99 again were built, however one of those was a Euro-spec RHD car, chassis no. SCFAG52323K800061.
11.10.2025 10:15 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This third generation Honda Accord liftback is a rare survivor, especially in base carburettored base DX guise.
11.10.2025 09:29 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
New video: Ford Mustang Mach 1 burnout … well, not quite. youtu.be/3406jBWT7t4?...
10.10.2025 22:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The European Ford Escort XR3 was launched to the press on a new, unopened section of the M4 motorway in Wales on November 24, 1980. It would go on sale in March 1981, and replaced with the fuel injected XR3i in October 1982.
10.10.2025 17:17 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
