American Sports Car : Ford Maverick

January 27th, 2012 admin

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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Legendary American Sports Car Corvette Grand Sport

January 22nd, 2012 admin

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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American Sports Car : Saleen S7

January 17th, 2012 admin

American Sports Car The Saleen S7 is a limited production, develops manufacturers hand made, high performance American car jointly by Steve Saleen for the original concept and direction, Hidden Creek Industries for resources and financial incentives, Phil Frank, for body and interior design and CAD development and Ray Mallock Ltd. for engineering chassis.

It is the only car produced by Saleen not based on an existing chassis was founded. S7 August 19, 2000 at the Monterey Historic Races began. From 2000 to 2004, the S7 featured a Ford 427 Big Block V8 naturally aspirated engine of 550 hp (410 kW). In 2005, the S7 S7 Twin Turbo, which replaces a powerful bi-turbo power to 750 hp (760 kilowatts PS/559) and the 248 miles up hour (399 km / h) also increased.

The body, made entirely from carbon includes the use of beads, spoilers and other aerodynamic characteristics of split channels to create a flow of air through the car, and 160 mph (257 km / h), building the car to support its own weight, and for this reason, the car produces enough support to theoretically lead to reverse.

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Shelby AC Cobra : Classic Dream Car

November 7th, 2011 admin

The Shelby AC Cobra, also known as the Shelby Cobra, is an Anglo-American sports car that was produced during the 1960s

Like many British specialist manufacturers, AC Cars had been with the smooth, refined Bristol straight-6 engine in its small numbers, including its AC Ace 2-seater roadster. This is a hand-built body with a steel frame and aluminum body panels, which used English Wheeling Machine. The engine was a World War II design of BMW, which dates from the year 1960 as A. Bristol decided in 1961 to produce the engine to stop and instead used Chrysler 331 CID (5.4 L) V8 engines.

Although untrue, it is generally believed that AC was the source of power has no future, that the left and the American ex-racing driver Carroll Shelby, the company saved from bankruptcy. AC started with the 2.6-liter Ford Zephyr engine in his car. In September 1961, an airmail letter AC Shelby asked them to build him a car had been modified to a V8 engine to accept.

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