Retro Rides at Goodwood: the greatest hits from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s

Slide of Retro Rides Weekender is a celebration of all things retro. And because anything from before the new millennium is welcome, it means there's a wonderful variety of machinery to see, from 1960s Italian exotica to heavily modified 90s hot hatchbacks – there is a car for everyone here. These are some of our picks from the show, although we could have featured a whole lot more. Slide of Lada Riva Mainly because of rust, and because they were treated as disposable cheap runarounds, Rivas are very thin on the ground in the UK, despite having been sold here for over a decade from 1983 and selling 30,000 units in their best year. Slide of Lada Riva This one is an even rarer estate model and has been extensively modified. We wonder what it is hiding under the bonnet on top of the more obvious changes. Even more intriguingly, we spotted a Riva saloon that had been turned into a lowrider, with hydraulics allowing it to jump up and down on the spot. Slide of Mazda RX-7 A very different car to the Riva is this immaculate and unmolested first-generation RX-7 in a suitably 80s colour scheme of golden brown over a brown interior. Slide of Mazda RX-7 Dating from 1983 (making it a Series 2 car) it boasts more than 100bhp per tonne from a twin-rotor Wankel engine, a 5-speed manual and a 0-62mph time in the eight-second range. Impressive for the time, and the first RX-7 was rewarded with sales of nearly half a million. Slide of De Tomaso Pantera To our eyes the Pantera is as beautiful as any supercar to come out of Italy, or indeed the world, in the 1970s. And while this one is a delightfully pure early car from the second year of production (1972), the factory in Modena continued pumping out cars until 1992, when it still looked awesome with a late-Countach-esque body kit. Slide of De Tomaso Pantera Instead of being powered by a bespoke high-revving V8 or V12 like its rivals, De Tomaso brought in Ford pushrod V8 power which was reliable, torquey and allowed the Pantera to be sold and serviced through Ford’s extensive dealer network.   Slide of Opel Monza It feels like a different world when either Vauxhall or Opel would sell you a big car with a big engine. Sold alongside the Vauxhall Royale Coupe, this Monza is a top-dog 3.0-litre model, and with 178bhp it had the grunt to take on the BMW 6 Series.  Slide of Opel Monza 38 years since production ceased, the Monza is still big enough and looks imposing enough to sit in the outside lane of the motorway and scare puny modern-day Vauxhalls out of the way.  Slide of Ford Thunderbird This ’64 T-bird drew eyes from miles away – it’s the size you’d expect of an American car, yet it has the grace, lines and low-slung body of something straight out of Europe – helped by this very classy and pristine burgundy paint.  Slide of Ford Thunderbird Despite the nameplate only launching in 1954, this is already a fourth-generation car, such was the turnover in designs American customers demanded in this period.  Slide of Datsun 240Z The one that killed the British sports car? The 240Z packed a 2.4-litre inline-six that, with 128bhp, outgunned the 1.8-litre four-pot MG B by 30%, yet it was barely any more expensive, arguably looked even prettier, and as time would tell, was far more dependable.  Slide of Datsun 240Z We think this one has been very tastefully modified, everything that has been done only leads your eyes to look at the simple but timeless lines.  Slide of Volkswagen Golf Most people’s attention to classic Golfs is with the Giugiaro-designed Mk1, but the Mk2 is quite rightly gaining interest. While Mk1 GTIs drift out of reach for the average enthusiast, Mk2 GTIs can be picked up for a lot less, even when they’re in such a lovely shade of green as this one is.  Slide of Volkswagen Golf Through this 1988 car's generous sunroof we spied some fantastic original bucket seats and a characterfully blocky dashboard, which still manages to be interesting in 50 shades of grey.  Slide of Rover 400 Retro Rides is all about the appreciation of, well, anything that takes your fancy really. For example, the humble Honda-based Rover 416 Tourer wouldn’t be the obvious base for a modified car for many people, but we think this one looks great.  Slide of Rover 400 It’s probably fair to say that the owner of this one wasn’t in Rover’s original target demographic… Slide of BMW M3 While we’re all bemoaning the loss of cylinders and capacity in modern cars, we should remember stuff like the first M3, a homologation special built to satisfy German Touring Car (DTM) rules, and as such was powered by a seemingly humble 2.3-litre four-cylinder. Slide of BMW M3 With a 7250rpm redline it is admittedly sweeter to enjoy driving in than many mo