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Tuesday Twist: Seventies Automotive ‘Top Trumps’ Cards Unearthed

If you've ever wondered whether British card-quiz game Top Trumps featured a “Concepts We'll Probably Never See Again” special edition, the answer is yes. It's a game that requires a British passport and a moustache to un


If you've ever wondered whether British card-quiz game Top Trumps featured a "Concepts We'll Probably Never See Again" special edition, the answer is yes.

It's a game that requires a British passport and a moustache to understand, but thanks to Retronaut, we can take you on a journey back through time - and taste - to 1978.

Interestingly, the series of cards looks a lot like motor shows today: nutty sports car concepts and small-engined city cars.

In 1978, the "wedge" shape was in. Pininfarina had two cars in the collectable card game, as did Bertone, while ItalDesign and Iso Rivolta had one apiece.

The wedge that made production was the Bertone Lamborghini Countach - a model that the game's makers bravely predicted would replace the Miura S.

The concept wore lunar rover-like wheels, and while those were later dropped, the car made it into garages and onto the streets of Monte Carlo relatively unscathed.

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