Pursang – at least in its original incarnation – just tried to recreate 35s. But crucially they are not a multi-million dollar corporation with a proper lineup of other cars, and huge engineering and design departments.

Ad Lunam, actually.

Sorry I cannot help you. I know about the portals in the Kübel and the bus/van from reading about Porsche/VW history, not because I have ever dismantled or tinkered with them (I wish!).

First of all, I do live in Europe and for manifold reasons cannot make it “to Goodwood”, unfortunately.

The originals are insanely valuable and their owners actually drive them.

Quite a few original prewar Bentleys (supercharged or not) get the exercise they deserve, thank god.

Actually I think it would be impossible to make an exact replica. The world has moved on.

I love those old Bentleys, but this news leaves me somewhat cold.

Those “reduction gears” were in fact repurposed portal axle components of the Typ 82 Kübelwagen – needed not just to improve off-road performance, but also to make it easier for the car to crawl at soldiers’ pace.

If I remember correctly, the Aerodeck design started as a Bertone project commisioned by Reliant, who intended to build a totally new Scimitar GTE.

The doors seem to have been borrowed from a Lotus Europa - and then modified.

A common misconception. The 262C was built by Bertone, but designed by Volvo themselves – quite specifically, for the US market.

Many years ago I read a funny story about Donkervoort, which may or may not be true. It turns out he had a Caterham and loved it to bits– and realised, quite rightly, that with some minimal changes to the overall dimensions it could be turned into a much better car.

I understand what you are trying to say.

There has been a Citroën Xenia already, a concept car.

That’s the traditional ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation. in Classical Latin it would have been “weenny, weedy, weekee”.

A bit of context is necessary. The original Delta was intended to be a sort upmarket Ritmo/Strada, and that is the reason why it inherited its engines and gearboxes.

The S4 “[...] was so thoroughly re-engineered from the base 1979 car”

Oh dear, oh dear.

Procar with new-build M1s?