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The First Japanese Super Car : Toyota 2000GT

February 25th, 2012 admin
Toyota 2000GT

Toyota 2000GT

The Toyota 2000GT is a limited production, front-engine, rear drive, two seats, hardtop coupe Gran Turismo, Toyota developed in collaboration with Yamaha. First shown to the public at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1965, the 2000GT made by toyota under contract with Yamaha 1967-1970.

The 2000GT is revolutionizing the automotive world’s view of Japan. The Toyota 2000GT shown that Japanese automakers could be a sports car with those from Europe, Japan, in contrast to rival picture at the time as a producer of imitative and stodgily to produce practical vehicles. Checking a pre-production 2000GT in 1967, summarized Road & Track magazine, the car as “one of the most exciting and comfortable cars we’ve driven,” and compared it positively to the Porsche 911 Today, the 2000GT is seen as the first serious collectible Japanese car and the first “Japanese super car.” Examples of the 2000GT sold at auction for as much as U.S. $ 375,000.

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

February 24th, 2012 admin
Back to the Future Car

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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Swedish Sports Car : Koenigsegg CCR

February 23rd, 2012 admin
Koenigsegg CCR

Koenigsegg CCR

Koenigsegg CCR may be the severe version from the CC, a super sports car from your Swedish Manfacturer, Koenigsegg produced. Now, 10 years following the project of creating the CCR has several technological improvments in the direction of the engine, chassis along with the body. As a result, the CCR has received the quickest creation car ever which might run about like a current Nardo check track.

Feb 28th 2005 – Driven by Loris Bicocchi broke, the Koenigsegg CCR, the advancement street car speed report, achieving a fresh official leading velocity of 388 Km/h (387.87) at Italy’s Nardo Track kmh. Therefore, the CCR, the state McLaren F1 document of 386.7 hrs kilometers, the set acquiring a prototype recognized as XP5 was broke.

Koenigsegg CCR say was “technical standard”, with tires, ground clearance, engine, wheel geometries, gearbox, clutch, brakes, boost stress to complement the improvement car inside the specification.

The record operate in 2005 in the Geneva Motor Demonstrate, exactly where both report car, were celebrated related to a silver pendant about the display. At any time since then, the CCR for inclusion inside the Guinness Book of World Records.

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One of the Greatest Ferrari of all time : Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta

February 22nd, 2012 admin
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta

Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta

Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Form and function can be combined very well in the automotive design emphasizes the Ferrari 250 GT SWB do this like no other. By many as Ferrari and Pininfarina best looking car, took the SWB, the top four in their class at the 1960 Le Mans 24 hour race, totally blows competition from Aston Martin and Chevrolet away.

Presented at the 1959 Paris Motor Show, the SWB used a body very similar to those fought the 250 GT Berlinetta LWB Interim Report of the entire season 1960th The biggest visual difference between the two is the lack of fixed rear quarter windows interim report on the SC. The new chassis was similar in design, the 250 GT race in the 1950s, but the wheelbase was shortened by 20 mm to 2400 mm, so that short wheelbase (SWB). A wheelbase of 2400 mm is considered the ideal length to allow for good cornering (the shorter the better) and straight (the longer the better). It is no coincidence that the most successful racer ever, has the Bugatti Type 35, a 2400 mm wheelbase. Another important improvement was the replacement of drum brakes discs all around. This was the first time in the factory equipped discs appeared on the 250 GT.

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American Future Muscle Car : The Dodge Charger 2011

February 21st, 2012 admin
Dodge Charger 2011

Dodge Charger 2011

The 2011 Dodge Charger receives a number of significant upgrades, including freshened styling high-quality interior materials, an entirely and new more powerful 3.6-liter V6 engine, retuned suspension, electric Assistant Power steering, more and new standard equipment electronic interface. The high-performance SRT8 model for now, Feel monkeys is likely to return in the future.

Dodge Charger 2011 You case some thing better with age. The 2011 Dodge Charger is a good example. debuted at this sporty full-size sedan back in 2005, it marks both the return of a revered name plate from the brand muscle car days of glory and a shift to an old-hint-wheel-drive platform by year there is less-than-inspiring Front – wheel-drive my four doors. Dodge designers and engineers now have genomes, he a decent family car and makes it much better by the deficiency, a number of the previous model.

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German Sports Car : Porsche 356

February 16th, 2012 admin
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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Italian Sports Car : Ferrari F50

February 11th, 2012 admin
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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Japanese Sports Car : Lexus LFA 2010

February 9th, 2012 admin
Lexus LFA 2010

Lexus LFA 2010

Lexus LFA 2010 began taking orders for the super sports cars to 23 CAA October 2009. Buyers will be selected specifically from Lexus in the second quarter of 2010. The production will begin in December 2010 as a 2011 model. Only 500 total LFA models will be made worldwide, with only 20 produced every month. Each car will be its own pay the customer’s specifications, and costs about U.S. $ 375,000 depending on options and customization.

According to the Lexus LFA-release at the Tokyo Motor Show, Lexus unveiled a Web site with a “LFA-Configurator, which allows users to external and internal color, caliper colors, seats, steering wheel may choose leather and other interior furnishings. There are over 30 billion possible configurations. Each CAA is built by hand by a dedicated team of engineers and production specialists Motomatchi Toyota plant in Aichi, Japan.

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