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Benz Patent Motor Car-First Car
The Benz Patent Motor Car was built around 1875/1876 but ran for the first time in 1879. It was developed by Carl Benz and on the New Years Eve he gained so much commercial succes that he was able to carry on developing different versions of the Patent Motor Car -
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Evolution of Cars
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Shaft High Wheel Runabout
Schaft Motor Car developed many different models throughout the early years of the 1900's from 1904-1913. They started with the Shaft High Wheel Buggy and in 1913 they produced the Shaft Model P Touring Car -
ABC Motors 1920 Automobile
The ABC was an English car manufactured between 1920 and 1929 by ABC Motors. It was a light car (305 kg), powered by a 1203 cc flat-twin, air-cooled engine designed by Granville Bradshaw (the man who was also responsible for the ABC Motorcycle). -
Mercedes Benz 770
The Mercedes-Benz 770, also known as the Großer Mercedes (large Mercedes) was a large luxury car built by Mercedes-Benz from 1930 to 1943. The 770 was introduced as successor of the Mercedes-Benz Typ 630 with the internal code W07 in 1930.[1] These high-priced cars were mainly used by governments as state vehicles. -
BMW 321
The BMW 321 is a compact six-cylinder sedan produced by the Bavarian firm between 1938 and 1941. After 1945, production of the 321 resumed at the Eisenach plant and continued until 1950. -
Alfa Romeo 1900
The Alfa Romeo 1900 is a sports sedan designed by Orazio Satta for the Alfa Romeo company in 1950. It was Alfa Romeo's first car built entirely on a production line. It was also Alfa's first production car without a separate chassis and the first Alfa offered with left-hand drive. -
1960 Chevrolet Impala Convertible
The 1960 Impala models reinstated three round taillights on each side, a nonfunctional front air intake scoops, and a white band running along the rear fender. The available V8s were reduced to seven, in 283-cu in or 348-cu in displacements. The carbureted Turbo-Fire 283 cu in V8 could have either 170 or 230 hp (130 or 170 kW). The 348 cu in was available in 250 to 320 hp (190 to 240 kW) with a 350 hp (260 kW) Super Turbo-Thrust Special with triple two-barrel carburetors, 11.25:1 compression ra -
Range Rover Classic
The Range Rover Classic is a 4x4 luxury SUV series built by British car maker Land Rover from 1970 to 1996. It was available only in a 2-door body style until 1981, after which a 4 door became available, but 2 doors were manufactured until January 1994 It was the first generation of vehicles produced under the Range Rover name. -
Ferrari Pinin
The Ferrari Pinin was a one-off concept car created by Italian-design studio Pininfarina, to celebrate the design studios 50th anniversary. Discussed by Enzo Ferrari as being turned into a production model, the proposal was dropped and the car remains a singular concept model, the first four-door Ferrari ever built. -
Maserati Spyder iE
Zagato in producing the Spyder did not just chop the top off the coupé, but redesigned the complete car reducing the wheelbase from its contempories 260Omm to 240Omm and the overall length from 4155mm to 4043mm with a resultant drop in kerb-weight to 1086kg, these deliberate physical reductions have resulted in an attractive although rather small car with a most purposeful stance. -
Toyota Origin
The Toyota Origin was a limited edition mid-size car made by Toyota and released in Japan. It was made available for sale in November 2000. It was planned that only 1,000 units would be available, but in fact, about 1,027~1,071 units were produced. -
Audi R8 GT
Limited edition, lightweight version of the acclaimed Audi R8, visually distinguished by a fixed rear wing and GT badging. Over 100Kg is shaved from the standard R8 giving this track focused edition a power to weight of over 360bhp/ton. This translates to a stunning 3.5 second dash to 60 mph, on it's way to a top speed a shade under 200mph. Handling is further improved with uprated springs and dampers, while there is a full roll cage and harnesses available with the optional `race package`. -
Ferrari 488 GTB
Succeeding the highly acclaimed 458 was always going to be a difficult task, but restrained by ever tightening regulation, Ferrari have been forced to abandon normally aspirated engines in favour of turbocharging for their latest supercar the 488GTB. The instant response of the 458 Speciale may be gone but the 488GTB has been expertly engineered to all but eliminate turbo lag. Power is substatially increased to 666bhp, making for a staggering 8 second sprint to 200kmh from rest, on it's way to
