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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Dream Road : Ferrari F40

The Ferrari F40 is a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive, two-door coupé sports car produced by Ferrari from 1987 to 1992 as the successor to the Ferrari 288 GTO. From 1987 to 1989 it held the title as the world’s fastest street-legal production car, and during its years of production, was Ferrari’s fastest, most powerful, and most expensive car. The car had no traction control, and was one of the few to utilize turbochargers.

The car debuted with a factory suggested retail price of approximately US$400,000, although some buyers were reported as paying as much as US$1.6 million. A total of 1,315 F40s were produced.

Power came from an enlarged, 2.9 L (2936 cc) version of the GTO’s twin IHI turbocharged V8 developing 478 PS (352 kW; 471 hp) under 110 kPa (16 psi) of boost. The F40 did without a catalytic converter until 1990 when US regulations made them a requirement for emissions control reasons. The flanking exhaust pipes guide exhaust gases from each bank of cylinders while the central pipe guides gases released from the wastegate of the turbochargers.

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Rinspeed sQuba : Amphibious Car

Rinspeed sQuba – the world’s first diving car, will be premiered at the Geneva Motorshow this year. Have you still remember my previous post about this underwater car? This wonderful Rinspeed sQuba car may dive up to 10 m on water depth. However, this car is the real deal, unlike Roger Moore when drove a submersible car in ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’… That’s just a movie trick. This marvelous car will be the Car of the Year because of its technology for diving at underwater area.

The Rinspeed sQuba is a zero-emission, all electric vehicle which uses three electric motors, one for land travel and two for water. It drives on land powered by its electric rear-wheel drive powertrain, utilizing rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Upon entering water, it floats on the surface until the operator floods the interior to submerge it. It can be submerged to a depth of 10 metres (33 ft), powered by twin electric-powered propellers supplemented by two Seabob water jets. It “flies” when underwater, like a submarine, as it is not designed to drive along the surface at the bottom of the water. The car’s top land speed is 120 km/h (75 mph). On the surface of water, the top speed is 6 km/h (3.2 kn; 3.7 mph) and underwater it is 3 km/h (1.6 kn; 1.9 mph).

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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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