German Sports Cars : Porsche 911 GT3

Porsche 911 GT3

The Porsche 911 GT3 is a high performance version of the Porsche 911 sports car. It is the latest in a long line of high-performance models, which began with the 1973 911 RS. The GT3, after the FIA ​​GT class was named after it offered a 3.8-liter six-cylinder atmospheric, the unit used in the Porsche 962 and Porsche 911 GT1 race car is based.

have developed since its inception in 1999, a number of variants for both road and rail to the area were recorded. The current range (997) consists of two blocks and three racing models. Porsche is also developing a hybrid version that uses two electric motors and a Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems, originally developed for Formula One.

The GT3 has a successful racing career, both in creating a national Porsche Carrera Cup series, the Porsche Supercup and won many international championships and endurance races, including the GT class of the American Le Mans Series was seven, the 24 Hours of Daytona winner and 24-hour race five times.

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American Sports Car : Ford Maverick

Ford Maverick

The Ford Maverick was a small car from April 1969-1977 in the United States, Canada, Mexico and produced in Brazil from 1973-1979 – using a rear-wheel drive platform of the original Falcon 1960th Originally marketed as a 2-door sedan a first prize of USD $ 1,995, the Maverick was designed to produce and maintain.
The name “Maverick” is derived from the word for unbranded range animal, and the car was designed to record a long-horned cow skull appear.

The Maverick styling marked by the long bonnet, short deck fastback roof and popularized by the Mustang, a 103 in (2,600 mm) wheelbase – and offer simple and inexpensive to produce pop-out rear side windows or roll-down window.

American Sports Car Ford Maverick History

The Ford Maverick was originally developed and sold as a small car “import fighter”, the contravention of the VW Beetle and the newer Japanese rivals do. Given the falcon, compact Ford offers its 1960 sales were decimated by the introduction of the Mustang in 1964, and despite a redesign in 1966, the upcoming federal standards for motor vehicles with effect from 1 January 1970 would come to meet. Consequently, the center of the Falcon 1970 model year and introduced the new Ford Maverick as a compact entry.

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Offroad Dream Cars : Hummer H3

The Hummer H3 is a crossover SUV / Sport Utility Truck General Motors’ Hummer division, introduced in 2005 based on the GMT355 basics, the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon compact pickup trucks. Produced at GM Shreveport, Louisiana factory and the Port Elizabeth plant in South Africa, the H3 is the smallest of the Hummer models, and the first built by GM. It was like a traditional medium such as an SUV or midsize pickup known as the H3T available.

H3 in the international market

In established in 2007 GM Hummer South Africa its first manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth to life out of this step, the Hummer brand in the South African market and also some of the work relief made in Shreveport Louisiana.Most the South African Hummer H3 England were introduced because the right-hand drive factor. The plant produces only the Hummer H3 and constructing the South African market and the markets of Asia and Europe. This plant also produced a right-hand drive version for the Australian market between 2007 and 2009. In Australia, GM Holden Hummer spread by traders.

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Classic Dream Cars : Dodge Charger

The Dodge Charger is a U.S. car manufacturer prepared by the Dodge division of Chrysler. There are different Dodge vehicles were on three different platforms, with the Charger nameplate. The name is generally a performance model in the Dodge area, but thinks it has an engine, a sedan and a personal luxury coupe equipped.

The three main iterations of the Dodge Charger built a muscle car produced from 1966 to 1978, a small car from 1983 to 1987 and now sports sedan since 2006.

The name was also on a 1999 concept car that differed substantially from those supplied Charger eventually placed into production for model year 2006. A similar name was used to truck Ramcharger vehicle.

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Italian Sports Car : Pantera DeTomaso

Pantera DeTomaso 1972

Pantera DeTomaso, The Pantera was a sports car company of Italy De Tomaso car produced from 1971 to 1991, with the last one to a customer has made during 1992. The word “Pantera” is Italian for “Panther”.

The car was born from the American designer Tom Tjaarda developed and replace the De Tomaso Mangusta. Unlike the Mangusta, which uses a backbone of steel chassis, the Pantera was a steel monocoque design, the first copy of De Tomaso with this construction technique. It made its first public appearance in March 1970 in Modena and was the 1970 New York Auto Show a few weeks later,. Approximately one year after the start of production Pantera its way into the hands of customers and production is already a remarkable run (by the standards of the Modena-built Exotica) 3 per day.

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Offroad Dream Cars : Hummer H1 VS Hummer H2 in a real world

Hummer cars for sale are not many units in the era of high fuel prices and hybrid cars, but for off-road enthusiasts, they are still loved and cherished. Learn the difference between the Hummer H1 and Hummer H2, transmissions, off-roaders dimensional statistics and the ideal type of buyer for every car. For More Details check out the Video Below.

Under the hood of the Hummer H1 and H2 are two different animals entirely. The H1 is a turbo diesel 8-cylinder pushing 300 horsepower and 520 lb-ft. Couple with 6.6 liters displacement. The engine is known for his monstrous low end-perfect for mountain running and accessible from difficult situations. The price is terrible fuel economy, mpg with some drivers reporting only one eighth

The H2 is gas and has enough power for the roads, but it’s a bit more at home in the city. The 2009 H2 has a 6.2-liter gasoline engine that runs on E85 ethanol, Issue 393 hp but only 452 pounds-feet. Torque.

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Legendary American Sports Car Corvette Grand Sport

Corvette Grand Sport 1963

The Corvette Grand Sport made its first appearanceearly brightened in the 1963 season in the C-Modified class with a production capacity of 360 hp engine in his 327 bottles £ 2000 body. It was the season as a “stock” appearing Racer. The season finale was in Nassau every year, with a “no taboos” week of racing on the island, where all teams could compete against any other employment the latest high-tech performance parts, which were otherwise prohibited by the normal club racing.

The Chevrolet Corvette (C2) is a sports car from Chevrolet division of General Motors for the 1963-1967 model years produced. Virtually all new, Sting Ray stunned the automotive world in 1963, blending world-class handling with a distinctive all-American style and performance. Bill Mitchell revisited the Super Sport race car driver and the Corvette would then re-invent radically new design, high performance and a first-ever coupe, which would become a classic, with record sales and remains one of the most sought-after collectibles cars. With a win on the track position that would benefit from two successive Engineering Innovation, the car would culminate with a fighting spirit of the best Corvette racer ever, the Grand Sport. The second generation Corvette would undergo a large five-year, that by many as the highlight of the car’s history.

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Offroad Dream Cars : Hummer H2

The Hummer H2 is an SUV and SUT, which was launched by General Motors under the brand name Hummer on the market. It’s a big truck (slimmer than the Hummer H1), while longer, heavier and bigger, with room for six passengers (including driver), seven passengers in some models. The rear part of the H2 SUV had turned into a pickup bed for the 2005 H2 SUT (Sport Utility Truck). Both the H2 SUV and SUT, after the 2010 model year when GM set to finish the entire Hummer brand . It was the only one of the trucks, the letters between the Hummer grill.

The H2 is built under contract by AM General in a specially constructed plant in Mishawaka, Indiana, USA. GM GMT820 trucks share platforms with the Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon, but those vehicles differ in many respects and are made in three other GM plants. The H2 last frame assembly consists of three parts: The front uses a modified GM 2500 Series utility frame, the middle part of all new and fully packed, and the rear section uses a modified GM 1500-Series frame, a upgrade to 8600 pounds (3,900 kg) gross weight.

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