ORIGINAL 1959 ROAD TEST - Panhard Dyna 216

Vehicle tested: Dyna Panhard Grand Standing, type 216

Cubic capacity: 851

Year of road test: 1959

UK Magazine: Motor

Number of pages: 4

Sometimes amongst the magazine purchases I make, boxes or files of extracted road tests arrive. I have always preferred to sell the complete issue, but this is an occasion when I am offering just the original road test. I also still have literally thousands of 1945-2002 tests from my Transport Source Books and autojumbling days, but mainly unsorted so cannot help with ‘wants lists’, sorry! The starting price reflects the age of the material, and often known scarcity.

In all cases a comprehensive road test consists of a thorough description of the car in question, with problems encountered, interior appointments described, its road holding, full specification, details of performances obtained often at the MIRA test track in the Midlands, dimensions, weights, braking performance, economy, top speeds in gears and acceleration figures. Note that magazine testing is independent from the manufacturer, so often it makes interesting reading.

There are also usually several detailed line drawings and photographs including the interior - helpful if you are restoring a car. Note that colour printing did not really start until the 1980s.