Month: November 2017

Description: Registration Number: KOM 371E Chassis Number: 36-6985 Launched at the 1962 London Motor Show, at the Elan’s heart was a rigid backbone chassis so good that it has formed…

Description: Registration Number: KMF 849K Chassis Number: 72041512P First registered on 8th May 1972, chassis 72041512P was completed in the ultra desirable period shade of L13 Pistachio lime green. After seven…

Picture Of Lotus Classic Cars The company also acts as an engineering consultancy, providing engineering development—particularly of suspension—for other car manufacturers. The lesser known Powertrain department is responsible for the design…

Picture Of Lotus Classic Cars Michael Kimberley took over as Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Company and its Group from May 2006. He currently chairs the Executive Committee of Lotus Group International…

Picture Of Lotus Classic Cars The company encouraged its customers to race its cars, and itself entered Formula One as a team in 1958. A Lotus Formula One car driven by Stirling Moss won the…

Picture Of Lotus Classic Cars Even after Chapman’s death, until the late 1980s, Lotus continued to be a major player in Formula One. Ayrton Senna drove for the team from 1985 to 1987, winning…

Picture Of Lotus Classic Cars * Lotus Elise: The Elise incorporates many engineering innovations, such as an aluminum extrusion frame and a composite body shell. The Elise has also spawned several racing variants, including an exotic…

Picture Of Lotus Classic Cars * Lotus Evora Launched 22 July 2008. Code named Project Eagle during development. A 2+2 sports car with a mid mounted, transverse 3.5 litre V6 engine. Picture Of Lotus…

Picture Of Lotus Classic Cars The Lotus Mark I was the first car designed and built by Colin Chapman in 1948, while Chapman was still a student at the University of London. The car was designed to…

Picture Of Classic Lotus Cars Classic Lotus Cars MK 3 Lotus Mark III Parts 1 Classic Lotus Cars Mark III was a single-seat sports car from Colin Chapman as a 750 racer built.…

Picture Of Classic Lotus Cars Classic Lotus Cars MK 4 Lotus Cars Mark IV Parts 1 Lotus Mark IV was a trials car by Colin Chapman built on a Austin 7 chassis. Colin Chapman’s success at…

Lotus Classic Car Picture Of Lotus Classic Car Lotus Classic Car Lotus Mark V (1952) And Mark VI (1953–1955) Parts 1 Lotus Mark V And Mark VI Lotus Mark V was…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars The Mini Cooper is a tiny little car that is great on gas, handles like a sports car, fits four adults and is cute to look at.…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars The British Motor Corporation (BMC) who built the classic Mini wanted to increase the image of the Mini and so insisted it was used in competition and…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars The MINI brand is reintroduced to the U.S. in 2002. The Classic MINI was sold in the U.S. from 1960-1967. The Classic Mini was withdrawn from sale in 1967 with the…

Sir Alec Issigonis‘ original Mini of 1959 set new standards in design and engineering. Issigonis produced his masterpiece as an answer to the European fuel crisis of the late 1950s. Issigonis was…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars Issigonis‘ friend John Cooper, owner of the Cooper Car Company and designer and builder of Formula One and rally cars, saw the potential of the Mini for competition. Issigonis was initially reluctant…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars A more powerful Mini Cooper, dubbed the “S“, was developed in tandem and released in 1963. Featuring a 1071 cc engine and larger servo-assisted disc brakes,…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars The last Mk I variant to be produced using the Tritec engine was the Mini Cooper S with John Cooper Works GP Kit. a light-weight, quasi-race-prepped John Cooper Works model. Hand-finished…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars The car, whose first generation was designed by Frank Stephenson, draws inspiration from the original Mini, which was manufactured by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars The car, whose first generation was designed by Frank Stephenson, draws inspiration from the original Mini, which was manufactured by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars In Portugal and Greece, the Mini One was powered by a 1.4 litre I4 version of the Tritec engine but all other petrol powered Minis used the 1.6 litre…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars The names Cooper and Cooper S echo the names used for the sportier version of the classic Mini, which in turn come from the involvement of John Cooper and the Cooper Car Company.…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars All models used a transversely-mounted four-cylinder engine driving the front wheels. All four wheels are pushed to the corners of the body to improve handling.…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars The Mini One and Mini Cooper were available with a ZF VT1F continuously variable transmission or with a conventional Midlands five-speed manual transmission (model years 2001-2004) the later was…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars At the 2004 Salon International de l’Auto, Mini introduced a convertible model which was released in the 2005 model year and available in One, Cooper and Cooper S versions. Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars The convertible roof is…

Picture Of Mini Cooper Classic Cars With higher powered engines, the standard front wheel drive MINI tends to produce more wheel spin instead of more acceleration four wheel drive would be a natural…

PICTURE OF MINI COOPER CLASSIC CARS CooperS Classic Car Design And development as project ADO15 (Austin Drawing Office project number 15), the Mini came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis.…

Picture Of CLASSIC MINI COOPER CARS CLASSIC MINI COOPER CARS S MINI COOPER CLASSIC CARS PARTS 2 MINI Cooper cars Sliding windows allowed storage pockets in the hollow doors; reportedly Issigonis sized them…

Picture Of MINI COOPER CARS CLASSIC MINI COOPER CARS MINI COOPER CARS PARTS 1 The Mark I Mini (1959–1967) was the first version of British Motor Corporation‘s Mini Cars. It is characterised by its…

Picture Of MINI COOPER CARS CLASSIC MINI COOPER CARS COOPER CARS PARTS 1 In North America the current MINI Cooper is marketed as a “car in the city.” Few people would take…

Picture Of MINI COOPER CARS CLASSIC MINI COOPER CARS MINI COOPER CARS PARTS 1 Throughout several changes in ownership of the Mini Cooper, the present owner being BMW, there have been many…

Picture Of MINI COOPER CARS CLASSIC MINI COOPER CARS MINI COOPER CARS PARTS 1 Unlike earlier versions of the Mini Cooper, which sells mainly in Europe, the new MINI sold in many countries…

Saab is celebrating its first major victory in international motor sport by showing a replica of the Saab 9-3 sedan which won the Finnish 1,000 Lakes Rally in 1957. With…

The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie, Flivver, T‑Model Ford, or T) is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford’s Ford Motor Company from 1908 through…

The brand enthusiasts at Saab History are trying to stage a last minute rally of their own – only instead of a bid for the company, these fans are looking…

A 1966 Volvo 1800S owned by Irvin Gordon of East Patchogue, New York, USA has the Guinness world record for highest mileage in the same vehicle he has been driving…

has posted a couple of grainy camera phone shots of what is apparently a modernized version of the vintage LADA 2107. The boxy original was withdrawn from the western European…

The 944, available from the spring of 1982, quickly captured the hearts of a large community of enthusiasts. “At the heart of the 944 is a sensationally smooth-running, civilised engine…

1988 Porsche 944, 944 S, 944 Turbo and Turbo SMedia Gallery The 944 range started the 1988 model year with a broader range of equipment fitted as standard. In the…

By the start of the 70s Porsche had begun to develop a completely new model which was to be fundamentally different to the previous Porsche. The engine was moved to…

1978 Porsche Turbo 3.3 The model year 1978 brought a technical refit for the turbo. Extensive modifications were carried out to the engine, whose capacity was bumped up to 3.3…

1971 VW-Porsche 914 and 914/6Media Gallery With relatively few changes the VW-Porsche rolled into its second model year in the singularly loud colours of the period including, for instance, lemon…

1972 Porsche Carrera RS The Porsche Carrera RS 2.7 celebrated its premier at the Paris Salon in October 1972. It was developed to meet Porsche’s need for a competitive motor…

The 911 was premiered at the IAA in Frankfurt in 1963 as the Porsche 901. But a French car company claimed copyright over the use of all model numbers with…

Launched in 1966, Miura was probably the best Lamborghini of all time (though some choose the Countach). First of all, the beautiful Bertone (M. Gandini actually)-designed body was one of…

Today, Lamborghini is famous for producing exotic sports cars. However, back to 1964, its first car 350GT was actually a Grand Tourer (GT). In order to establish the reputation of…

Espada was the only 4-seater that Lamborghini had ever produced. Based on an all-new semi-monocoque chassis, it was long enough to accommodate 2 more adults with comfort, that made it…

Urraro was an ambitious project. Ferruccio Lamborghini wanted this car to be sold at a rate of 2,000 units per year, which made Lamborghini the Porsche of Italy. However, hit…

Evolving from the Urraco, Jalpa was the cheapest Lamborghini in the 80s intending to compete with Ferrari 308 / 328GTB. It looked unique, if not really beautiful. Powered by a…

The Mercedes-Benz C112 was an experimental mid-engined sportscar created in 1991 by Mercedes-Benz as a test bed, similar to the later versions of the Mercedes-Benz C111. Despite using the same…

The Mercedes-Benz 300SL was introduced in 1954 as a two-seat, closed sports car with distinctive gull-wing doors. Later it was offered as an open roadster. It was the fastest production…

The Mercedes-Benz W154 was a Grand Prix racing car designed by Rudolf Uhlenhaut. The W154 competed in the 1938 and 1939 Grand Prix seasons and was used by Rudolf Caracciola…

The Mercedes-Benz W125 was a Grand Prix racing car designed by Rudolf Uhlenhaut to race during the 1937 Grand Prix season. The car was used by Rudolf Caracciola to win…

The Volvo 700 and 900 series are two ranges of mid-size car manufactured by Volvo Cars in the 1980s and 1990s. The 700 series was introduced in 1982, followed in…

The Volvo 940 is among the last in the long-running line of large rear-wheel drive cars from Volvo. Introduced in 1991, the 940 was essentially a cosmetic reskinning of the…

The BMW E24 series was the first BMW 6 Series coupé, produced by the German automaker BMW between the 1976 and 1989 model years. The 6 Series name reappeared with…

The company that became Alfa Romeo was founded as Società Anonima Italiana Darracq (SAID) in 1906 by the French automobile firm of Alexandre Darracq, with some Italian investors. One of…

The A.L.F.A 24 HP came on the market in 1910. This was the first automobile created by A.L.F.A (later Alfa Romeo). Giuseppe Merosi was the man behind engineering. The car…

Alfa Romeo 6C name was used on road, race and sports cars made between 1925–1954 by Alfa Romeo. 6C refers to a straight 6 engine. Bodies for these cars were…

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…

The Audi Quattro shared many componeThe Audi Quattro is a road and rally car, produced by the German automobile manufacturer Audi, part of the Volkswagen Group. It was first shown…

Audi quatro S1 Audi Quatro S1The original Audi Quattro competition car debuted in 1980, first as a development car, and then on a formal basis in the 1980 Janner Rally…