Angry Birds, flash mobs, Russell Brand, fidget spinners. All of these were virtually unavoidable in the previous decade, and yet, like so many popular trends, have now largely faded into obscurity.

If Harold Lightburn had been successful in his automotive endeavors, Australian driveways would have been populated by Australia’s own car (Holden) and Australia’s second car, the Lightburn Zeta, a ...

IT was the micro car — the Adelaide-built Lightburn Zeta, intended as a cheap second vehicle. You had to turn it off to get into reverse, and you couldn’t even drive it uphill. This one strange ...