Upper Middle Petrol Head:

The British Bristol marque is not unknown to me, with several local - but much earlier - examples gracing the pages of this 'blog.  However, I had no idea that they were still a going, albeit niche, concern, as confirmed by the website I discovered whilst researching the car featured in this post ( https://bristolcars.co.uk/#home ) . As far as I can tell, this particular example is a Blenheim from circa the mid-1990s, and may be a sub-species of the Series 603.  It could be a Brigand , too.  I really don't know.  Either way, it would appear to have been recently imported from the UK, as it's still sporting its English rego plates.  The rear plate even has the name of the local garage ("garrige") where the car was serviced, LW Smart Repairs, DE55 5RQ, which Detective Google has ascertained is in Alfreton, Derby ( http://www.lwsmartrepairsltd.co.uk/ ) . Stylistically, it's an interesting vehicle that for some strange reason put me in mind of a Saab...

Screw low autumn sun and iPhones' lack of lens hoods!  Stray light entering camera lenses creates flare, like that evident in these photos of an otherwise really great looking XC Fairmont, and ruins both contrast and clarity.  I was tempted to ditch the images but such was the quality of the car, I just couldn't bring myself to hit delete for fear of not getting another opportunity to photograph it. The deep green metallic paint was lustrous, as was the chrome.  It was set off very nicely by a radiantly white vinyl roof and a set of quite tough looking alloy wheels.  The interior of the car matched that of its exterior, which is to say that it was damn near perfect! These two final photos, taken looking away from that bloody sun, do the car way more justice than the earlier shots.  I'd like to think that readers can now see why I couldn't scrap the earlier pics and why I just had to include them in a post! U M P H (up...

A Dodge, apparently.  From 1939.  There's not much more I can tell you, except to say that it was very, very cool! U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.) All iPhone images.