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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Japan Sports Car : Mazda RX8 Review

The Mazda RX8 is a sports car manufactured by Mazda Motor Corporation. It first appeared in 2001 at the North American International Auto Show. It is the successor to the RX-7 and like its predecessors in the RX range, it is driven by a rotary engine. The RX-8 began North American sales in the model year 2004.

Mazda rotary engine vehicles introduced in the U.S. in 1971, beginning with the R100, followed by the RX-2 RX-3 RX-4 RX-5, and then three generations of RX-7 sports car. However, the lack of creature comfort and ease of use, with the high price and a declining interest in sports cars and coupes coupled at this time, go with the Mazda RX-7 from most major markets except Japan. After 1995 Mazda suffered from a relatively insignificant product line in the U.S. save the MX-5 Miata.

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Back to the Future Car : DeLorean DMC-12 : Movie Cars

Back to the Future Car

Back to the future car DeLorean DMC-12, Remember the 80′s movie, Back to the Future? The infamous car driven by Dr. Brown built and used to Marty McFly Transport back in time “was none other than the DeLorean. Today you can have a look at the Back to the Future DeLorean. If you find the Back to the Future movie memorabilia are interested, or you are just interested in DeLorean cars you are in luck.

The Back to the Future DeLorean was a real DeLorean equipped car so it looks very scientific and ready for a journey through time. Why Dr. Brown has decided to use the DeLorean for his time travel? He wanted to travel in style and because of the stainless steel body, he felt it was better for the journey through time. Although only 8000-9000 of these vehicles were being produced in the 80 years that has set back in the future six for filming.

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German Sports Car : Porsche 356

Porsche 356

Porsche 356, Suitable for the Second World War, Porsche and built three Type 64 cars for a 1939 Berlin to Rome race was canceled. In 1948 the mid-engine, tube 356 prototype was called “No 1″ completed. This has led to some discussion of “the first Porsche cars, but the Porsche 356 has as its first production model.

The 356 was created by Ferdinand “Ferry” Porsche (son of Dr.-Ing. Ferdinand Porsche, founder of the company). Like its cousin, the VW Beetle (which Ferdinand Porsche had designed seniors), the 356 was a four-cylinder, air cooled, rear engine, using rear-wheel-drive car unitized pan and body. During the 356 body was an original design by Porsche employees Erwin Komenda, its mechanism (including engine, chassis and chassis) were derived from the Volkswagen. The first 356 was on the road in Austria 8 Certified in June 1948 and used many Volkswagen parts for manufacturing economy. But soon, Porsche redesigned and refined the car with a focus on performance. In the late 50′s a lot less parts were shared between Volkswagen and Porsche. The early 356 bodies were manufactured in Austria Gmünd in aluminum, but if production in Zuffenhausen, Germany moved in 1950 models were produced with steel body.

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Super Cars Duel : Ferrari Enzo vs McLaren F1

Super Cars Duel Ferrari Enzo vs McLaren F1, A comparison of the ultimate supercar is related to the comparison of the various attributes of the world’s leading super models: It’s all fantasy turns your crank, so few of us mortals ever to test the car ride or date models. The few who own both an Enzo and F1 will tell you immediately that the level of performance in the car so high that only professional drivers and to compare with the limits.

THE CHAMP: McLaren F1 cars and was developed by McLaren designer Gordon Murray, the motivation behind the F1 was the best ever to build trams, whatever the cost. The design goal was to provide the highest power-weight ratio possible in a user-friendly, roadworthy machine to create. For this purpose, the McLaren F1 in the first road car to a full carbon chassis and body with lightweight composites and exotic metals during the entire duration of use. A magnesium cast BMW engine in a very simple (and very expensive) transverse gearbox coupled helpful weight.

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Italian Sports Car : Ferrari F50

Ferrari F50

The Ferrari F50 is a mid-engined flagship sports car made by Ferrari. The Ferrari F50 was introduced in 1995 to celebrate the 50th anniversary. The car is a two-door, two-seat convertible with a removable hardtop. It has a 4.7 liter naturally aspirated 60-valve V12 engine, the 3.5-liter V12 in the Ferrari F92A developed in 1992 using Formula One cars.

Only 349 cars were made, one fewer than Ferrari estimated they could sell. This was “are somewhat culturally Ferraris, a monument. You need to find, so that we can produce a car less than the market.” In the words of Ferrari spokesman Antonio Ghini, because The last F50 was produced in Maranello, Italy in July 1997.

The F50 engine before the car, it was used in the Ferrari 333 SP for the American IMSA series in 1994, so that they could benefit from storage engine WSC category.

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